Friday Report: January 10, 2014 Date Submitted: January 7, 2014

Subject: JHS FIRST Robotics Team hosting First Tech Challenge Submitted by: CL Fender

Strategic Target : 1.2b, 5.4a

Sunday January 12^th 2014, Jackson High School’s For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics team is hosting a FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) North Interleague Championship. The event will run from 11:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. with 33 teams from around the region to play the game “Block Party”. More information can be found by going to the following link: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc/game

FIRST Tech Challenge is a student-centered activity that is mentor supported and is about giving students a unique and stimulating experience. Students learn the value of teamwork and to respect everyone’s ideas and contributions to the team. FTC Competition challenges students’ creative problem-solving skills by enabling them to build robots that do amazing things. Students design and construct robotic devices which can be autonomously programmed or operator-controlled to perform various tasks.

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