FIRST World Festival on YouTube

Check out the YouTube video of this years FIRST World Festival. It was an amazing event! Great job FIRST!
If you look at one of the last slides [:29 seconds] you can even see Kendall Jacobs and Kevin Pagett in line to distribute awards during the FIRST LEGO League awards ceremony. :-)
If you are on the NCSD network YouTube will not work. Please visit this LINK to watch the quicktime video.

Wyoming FLL at School Improvement Conference

Wyoming FLL will be making two presentations at this year's spring Wyoming School Improvement Conference (http://www.k12.wy.us/SAA/nca.asp). The School Improvement Conference will be held on Monday and Tuesday, March 5-6 at the Parkway Plaza in Casper.

The Wyoming FLL sessions will be on Monday in the Railroad Room.
Monday, March 5, session 4, 2:30-3:30 pm
Monday, March 5, session 5, 3:45-4:45 pm

Please stop by to find out more information about how to get a robotics program started in your district.

Casper Volunteers Headed to Atlanta

Wyoming FLL has 9 individuals heading to Atlanta to volunteer to help at this year's FIRST Robotics World Festival held annually in Atlanta Georgia at the Georgia Dome. This year the World Festival will be held April 12-14.

Our primary goal is to learn as much as possible about a large scale robotics competition so we can improve here in Wyoming. Is there a better way to learn than to roll up our sleeves and jump in and help? We don't think so. Our secondary goal is to support FIRST's continued efforts to deliver a phenomenal experience to young minds from all over the globe.

Here are the volunteers from Natrona County, their funding source, and their job assignments:

Funded by Central Wyoming BOCES
Jeff Brewster - NCSD TOSA - Team Queuing
Mike Britt - NCSD TOSA - Judge's Assistant
Kevin Pagett -NCSD TOSA - Pit Administration Support
Kendall Jacobs - Casper College - Judge's Assistant

Funded by NCSD Curriculum & Instruction
Kora Huffman - NCSD Teacher - Practice Table Assistant
Frank Comiskey - NCSD Teacher - Practice Table Assistant
Cathy Bisiar - NCSD Instructional Facilitator - Pit Administration Support
Mauro Diaz - NCSD Teacher - Practice Table Assistant

Funded by Crest Hill Building Funds
Jim Stark - Principal Crest Hill Elementary -Pit Runner

Thanks to the volunteers for your willingness to help!

Casper Journal writes editorial about Lego Robotics

The Casper Journal has an excellent editorial regarding the value of what happened Saturday.

Read Editorial

Wyoming FLL Winners

All the students that participated in this year's Wyoming FLL tournament were winners and received a Wyoming FLL Medallion for their tremendous efforts. The teams winning a trophy this year are:

Champion's Award:
1st: Crest Hill Fire-breathing Programmers
2nd: Mills Robot Brigade
3rd: Sagewood Starbotics

Robot Performance Award:
1st: Crest Hill Fire-breathing Programmers
2nd: Oregon Trail Lazer Blazers

Robot Design Award:
1st: St. Anthony's SAM's Robitz
2nd: Casper Classical Academy Geek Squad

Teamwork Award:
1st: Sagewood Starbotics
2nd: Centennial Eagle Robotics

Challenge Project Presentation Award:
1st: Verda James Robo Kings
2nd: Pineview Hippy Chic Panther Geeks

Team Spirit Award:
1st: Mills Robot Brigade
2nd: CY Junior High Biohazards
3rd: Westwood/McKinley Mini Lego Maniacs

Congratulations to all the students and coaches for such a great day!