coyote connection
edition 6
Crescent School's Robotics Program is the envy of many schools, and has become a signature hallmark of Crescent. It is also an expensive program to implement and maintain. In order to ensure the program's ongoing success and sustainability, Crescent is seeking modest financial support from the parents of those in the Robotics Program, [1]
and from the Crescent community. You might wish to provide a taxdeductible donation to help support the operational costs of the program. Please contact John Lynch, Director of Advancement, at (416) 466-4290 ext 242 or jlynch@crescentschool.org to discuss how your family can support Robotics with a taxdeductible gift. Thank you!
our third contest
first place prize - premium spirit package second place prize - spirit package third place prize - three buttons
the questions: how many cim motors are on our drivetrain? how many different awards did 610 win at the 2012 southern ontario vex tournament? who are team 610’s sponsors? (name at least four)
contest rules: to be eligible to win you must ‘like’ the team 610 facebook page to win a prize, send your answers to contestteam610@gmail.com we will have a contest in all remaining issues of the newsletter those who participate in at least three weekly contests until the final issue will have their names put forth to win an official 610 jersey
the contents of the awards: premium spirit package: team 610 hat, three rally towels, three buttons spirit package: three rally towels, three buttons three buttons: self-explanatory
students, mentors, and alumni of 610 cannot win a prize [2]
division feature: strategy As we near the end of the build season and human player skills as well as designing and the robot’s completion, 610’s strategy running robot drills with the drive-team. division is hard at work. This weekend, they Although it will be at competitions where will be running our drive-team through Jake is truly tested, he will have double the countless drills with the robot. These drills responsibility as most team members, are designed to improve the drivehelping plan 610’s strategy for every team's skills in every aspect of this match, and then assisting in the Like us on year’s game. It is the strategy execution of those strategies via Facebook teams job to ensure that the the human player position. Jake drive-team is performing their is sure to be pushed to his facebook.com/team610 very best when competition limits this year, but the team is Follow us on comes around. However, the confident he’s up to the task. Twitter work doesn’t stop there for the strategy division. After the build Ryan Fredrickson is this years twitter.com/ season finishes they will dive assistant head of strategy. He is frc_team_610 into the actual strategies that the one of the most passionate and team will need at competitions and energetic members of team 610, will begin analyzing the competition for and that becomes clear at both events we will be attending (New competitions. Ryan has been a devoted Hampshire and Waterloo) to figure out what member of the team this year, helping to we can expect from other teams. machine some of the drivetrain. Ryan has also assisted in designing the drills for the Jake Fisher is the head of the strategy drive-team and preparing strategies for division and our human player for this competitions. This season, Ryan and Jake season. During the build season, Jake was a have done a great job working together and key contributor to designing the shooter. At sharing the heavy workload that is placed on the moment he is deeply involved in the the strategy division every year. team’s practice sessions, both practicing his
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practice makes perfect
As the time we are allotted to build the robot dwindles down to none, 610 has set their sights set on the latter half of the FIRST season competition. Our team, with the assistance of other teams from our area, have been practicing on the field we have constructed in our field house. Practicing shooting cycles and hanging will give our drivers a feel for the robot that will improve their skills tremendously by the time our first regional comes around. The top teams in FIRST aim to finish their robot early. Teams can benefit from this by troubleshooting problems they inevitably encounter and drivers becoming familiar with the robot.
This year, we are grateful to be accompanied by FRC teams 907, 1241 and 3396. Having these teams here with us allows for the reciprocal sharing of ideas, and is just one way we reach out to other teams in the FIRST community. Not only does it raise the level of play at regional competitions, having an entire weekend to focus on robotics reduces the stress that follows this stage of the build season. Thus, as our team strives for perfection with the hopes of catching excellence along the way, students and mentors clock numerous hours finishing the robot. We hope to make this season our best ever! [4]
week 6 photos
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BAE Granite State Regional February 27 – March 3 Manchester, NH
competition dates
Waterloo Regional (parents welcome) March 20 – March 23 Waterloo, ON
we would like to thank all of our parent sponsors for donating food Seto Family
Ravindran Family Riley Family
Rose Family Liu Family
Spevack Family DiMenna Family
Lang Family Chien Family
Bianchini Family Menon Family
Pearce Family
Ganguli Family Dhar Family
Harrs Family Haughton Family
McCauley Family Kachura Family [6]
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