Monthly Archives: March 2014
FIRST Robotics Competition® Team 314 qualifies for the Michigan FRC State Championship
- Overall Rank: 2nd in the District event
- Was in the 1st – 3rd ranking positions all weekend mainly 1st and 2nd
- Was selected by the 1st Alliance Captain to be a partner which was the Team 2337, Grand Blanc Enginerds
- Played in the Elimination matches. Went all the way to the finals.
- We won the Motorola Quality Award. This award celebrates machine robustness in concept and fabrication. The winning team has demonstrated these characteristics in many ways from planning through execution. Building the robot is only part of their success and the judges recognize them as a quality example to others. The following is how the judges worded it for our team ” This team showed forceful robustness in design, build and control with control over the playing “Pit.” They hatched a bot that could shoot venom like a viper with speed and accuracy.”
- We are also the 2014 Kettering University FIRST® Robotics District Competition Winners. Our Alliance was Team 2337, Grand Blanc Enginerds (Captians) and Team 5081 Lumbernators, Bay City.
- Because of these efforts we are currently in 5th place out of about 150 teams that played in the State of Michigan with 69 points earned towards the Michigan FRC State Championship.
Our next competitions are the following:
March 28 – 29, 2014 Livonia District Competition. (Churchill High School)
April 4 – 5, 2014 Lansing District Competition (Mason High School)
When we qualify (will know after the Livonia District), the Michigan FRC State Championship will be April 10 – 12, 2014.
Dye’s Awards Assembly
Dye’s students were honored during our second marking period awards assembly. Mrs. Fields and Mrs. Cox had the privilege to present many of our students with different awards. The students received awards for All A’s honor roll, A-B honor roll, perfect attendance, Citizenship, Home Links and Study Links. Congratulations to everyone. You did a great job.
Hat Day at Dillon Elementary
Students and teachers at Dillon Elementary were able to wear a hat to school on Friday, February 28, 2014 if they donated a dollar to the Food Bank. This is one of the many special days we have had over this year to contribute to the Food Bank.
Cookies and Cocoa Night at Dillon!
Dillon students and parents got to experience our cookies and cocoa night during our conferences! Students got to take home a gingerbread book, make a gingerbread boy or girl with words of praise written on it by their parents, decorate a foam frame for a story they wrote about getting away from the fox if they were a gingerbread person, and they got to decorate a gingerbread cookie and eat it! Thank you Title I for all of the great activities our students and parents got to enjoy!
100th day of school at Dillon!
Dillon Kindergarten students celebrated their 100th day of school! They were making fun hats, brought it 100 of a certain item for the classroom 100’s museum. One class even had pictures aging kids to 100 and they wrote about what they would be doing when they were 100. What a great day all of the students had.
CAMS Swim Team takes 2nd Place at League Meet!
Congratulations to the Middle School Swim Team for taking 2nd place at the Middle School League Meet held at Brandon High School last Friday. The team took first place in all three relays – Natalie Cook, Carson Koegel, and Katie Speaks made up portions of those relays. Natalie Cook led the team in points scored in individual events, taking 1st in the 200 freestyle and 3rd in the 50 fly. Carson Koegel brought home a 2nd place in the 50 free, along with Katie Speaks coming in 5th in the 50 breaststroke and 7th in the 100 IM. The 400 freestyle relay team of Natalie Cook, Daniel Burkhardt, Carson Koegel, and Josh Stemczynski broke the school record with a time of 4:07.60. Again congratulations to all of our Swimmers on an outstanding season!
CA High School Spelling Bee
Grade level champs
9th
1st Hamza Jafari
2nd Franchesska Moore
3rd Olivia Van Duyne
10th
1st Sterling Hatter
11th
1st Jodie Arnold
2nd Kalizjah Garvins
12th
1st Frederick Van Duyne
2nd Rico Phillips
3rd Chris Crowder
4th Gonzales Stennis
The first and second place winners will go on to compete at the Genesee County Spelling Bee in March. Good luck spellers!
Randels Family Experienced a House Fire
There was a house fire experienced by one of our Randels families recently. There are still many needs, especially clothes for the older child. Clothing items and sizes still needed include:
Boys Pants size 10
Boys Shirts 10/12
Boots and tennis shoes size 5 boy
Boots and tennis shoes size 8 toddler boy.
They are also in need of household items as well. You may send/bring donations to Randels Elementary.
