CONGRATULATIONS - State Championship - Top 10 - 325

Congratulations, Lego Lions!

Team 10801, with 325 points, placed in the top 10 (of 52 teams) at the State FLL Championship in Honolulu on December 1, 2012. The team also represented St. Andrew's Priory well in the other categories of Research Project, Core Values, and Robot Design.

Since October, the team of 4th and 6th graders has learned to build, program, and run an NXT robot; design and strategize; research and present on the topic (challenges faced by the elderly), and how to function as a team, including communication, decision-making, and being able to rely on each other.

Way to go, team. Great job!

The team (and coach) wave "thank you."

The scores for Robot Performance put the Priory team at 9th place overall in that category - 

impressive, for their first State Championship!

District Tournament, November 10, 2012: Robot Performance - 275

On Saturday, November 10, the Saint Andrew's Priory team won first place in the Robot Performance category at the District Tournament at Sacred Hearts Academy. The team, named "Lego Lions," includes three sixth graders and three fourth graders. 

Of the ten teams that participated in the District Tournament, three - including the Lego Lions - were invited to advance to the State Championship on December 1.

This means they performed well in each of the categories: robot performance; research project & presentation; core values & teamwork; and robot design.

Congratulations, team!

There are 176 Hawaii FLL teams this year!

Facts from the Hawaii FLL organizers:

1.  176 Hawai'i teams are nationally registered FLL teams  

2.  92% or 162 teams will be participating in district tournaments from Oct. 27 to Nov. 10th 

3.  48 teams will advance to the State Championship (a little more than 20% from each district tournament)

The scoring sheet and other useful resources: http://firstlegoleague.org/challenge/2012seniorsolutions

NEEDED: 2 volunteers per team!

If you can help by being a volunteer, please let Coach Tome know. Volunteers are needed to serve as referees (robot game) and as judges (for project presentations, robot design judging, and as teamwork evaluators). Mr. Tome has volunteered to be one of the Lego Lions' volunteers. Can you be the other one?

Each volunteer will need to:

• Attend ONE of the training sessions
  - Sat. Oct. 13, 1-4 pm, Kalakaua Middle OR
  - Wed, Oct. 17, 5:30-7:30 pm, Moanalua Middle. 

• Attend the 10/20 meeting (10 am-noon) at Sacred Hearts.
• Serve in their volunteer role at the tournament on 11/10. This may mean that project judges will miss some or all of the robot matches in the afternoon.

Quiz 2: Core Values

Be ready to discuss QUIZ 2 on Tuesday 10/2!

It's here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KXH7JGS

On Monday 10/1, we set up the table with its field mat and mission models, and started building robots.

Current calendar

Changes / Updates:

NO SCHOOL Friday Oct. 5 and Monday Oct. 8.
Saturday Oct. 6 we WILL have a meeting.

Oct. 20 event at Sacred Hearts is just for team coaches and volunteers. Not for students.

Saturday meetings are being held at Coach Tome's house.  Check emails for details. Transportation may be provided upon request.

More information is posted, as it becomes available, on the Hawaii FLL website: http://www.hawaiifll.org/

ACCOMPLISHMENTS for the week of 9/24-29, 2012

CONGRATULATIONS, TEAM!  For the week of 9/24-29, 2012:

Members, coaches, and mentors:

• Learned about FLL, the Game, and the Project
• Completed Quiz 1

GAME:

• Viewed introductory video, 27 minutes:
  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=116QPFHygYk&feature=youtu.be)
• Set up the field, with mission models in place
• Programming tutorials provided by 6th grader for 4th graders

• Watched youtube videos of robots completing missions
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcdh91TUkmA&feature=endscreen
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw7aR_cDado
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XOsCz0wVEE
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26qff0_IIlA&NR=1&feature=endscreen
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j7ZufRuYOQ&NR=1&feature=endscreen
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&v=H0i1RsVEakE&NR=1
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUga7xQQQK8
  http://fllpriory2012.blogspot.com/

PROJECT:

• Selected and interviewed our Senior Partner
• Brainstormed problems faced by seniors
• Selected a problem:
  Difficulty walking and getting around (mobility)

POSTER / CORE VALUES:

• Display board ready; topic headings printed.
• Team members were leaders; teachers; participants; and learners. 
• Members practiced including everyone during brainstorming; discussing options; and making decisions.
• Sam provided training on programming.
• To select who would do which mission, each team member selected one she preferred; if there were two who wanted the same one, the decision would be made by coin toss.
• Maria led the discussion on quiz questions. Good job, Maria!
• Amelia led the brainstorming for problems. Excellently done, Amelia!
• Katie managed the decision process (voting) for the problem, efficiently and effectively. Thanks, Katie!

Welcome team Lego Lions!

The kickoff meeting is TUESDAY September 25!

Come when you can, between 3:30 and 5 PM. 

1st floor of Sellon Hall.

Plan to stay for at least half an hour. 

Meet team members; get familiar with the project and robot game. 

Try Quiz 1. 

And finally, pick up your red binder with the calendar and important information.

See you there!

Quiz 1: Topic

The first quiz is available!

FLL Quiz 1: Topic introduces the Challenge and Project, and gives some hints on where to find information to get started.

How many of these 10 questions can you answer? (Yes, you can look for information on the Internet to help you.)

Click HERE to take the quiz.

Introduction: FLL is...

FIRST LEGO League is a volunteer-led program open to students in grades 4-8.  Over 20,000 students in 60 countries participate each year.  

Teams of up to 10 students will research and present a project on the 2012 Challenge Topic of “Senior Solutions” and will design, build, and program LEGO robots.  

The Hawaii season is from September-December, with a district tournament on a Saturday in November.  If the Priory team makes it to the state championship, that will be Saturday, December 1, 2012, 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM.  A generous donor is supporting the creation of a team from St. Andrew’s Priory. Priory Students have until 4  PM, September 7, to deliver their application forms to the technology room.

http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/fll • http://www.hawaiifll.org