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The drum line just finished break by competing at State Championships. In a nutshell, their show this season was not received well by the judges at our competitions and we made a decision heading in to break to change the show theme entirely and re do the show to make it work better for competition. This was an extremely risky move...we had 1 weekend to do this. Since friday night, your drum line kids have been practicing and competing for over 26 hours. They worked extremely hard. The group was ranked last heading in to state finals...and took 2nd place jumping 10 points in 1 week and winning the Silver Medal. This was a bold move, and it paid off. If you see any drum line kids today, please congratulate them. This has more meaning to them than most will understand, but they were the defending State Champions and had a reputation and standard to uphold and I am extremely proud of all of them. |
Congratulations to the Heroes of Tomorrow. The HOT Robotics team finished as finalists of the Curie Division in the FIRST World Championship. Students and mentors from the HOT team participated in a packed four days of competition and conferences in St Louis, April 24-27. The world championship began Wednesday with a series of conferences on build and game strategy, programming, electronics, and team structuring. The conferences were followed by a fierce three days of qualification and tournament matches. The HOT team finished with a 6 and 2 record and was the first selection by the 3rd seed alliance, captained by team 4814 (United Robotics of London) a defensive power house. The alliance was completed by team 1918 (NC Gears) a sweeper and climber. The partnership of these 3 teams brought the 3rd seed alliance to an unexpected finish as division finalists. The HOT team is very proud of their scoring contribution to the alliance.
Katie Kasperian, Daniel Miller and Shelby Rayner made a video for the University of Michigan's German Day competition and won first place in their level. |