Monday (8/5) – Friday (8/16) Given that this would be our first year holding the camp, the fact that there were roughly ten active participants each day made it a huge success. Web development, data and AI, cybersecurity, P5.js, Python, and Scratch were the topics that the students studied. The…
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The Beginning of the FLL Season
Wednesday (8/7) The FIRST Lego League season (FLL) for students in grades 4-6 starts today! In order to get to know one another and view the 2024–25 season game video, four teams got together at the EPHS East Commons for their season kickoff. All teams, comprising roughly forty kids, couldn’t…
Off Season Open Room Day 1
Wednesday 6/26 Summer starts when Open Room does We’re back! We had first open room this summer. After an impromptu room change, Talon is back and ready to begin doing summer projects. After recent changes on our team, the room was bustling with new excitement about what’s in store this…
Off-Season Events- Happy July Fourth!
Sunday, July 3rd Sparklefest! Sparklefest is an annual festival on July 3rd where many people come to celebrate. We decided to demonstrate our robots Cronus and Disco as part of the festivities this year. In around two weeks, we managed to plan transportation for the robot, gathered around 25 volunteers,…
2023-2024 End of the Season Banquet
Thursday (5/16) After hundreds of hours poured into our 2023-2024 season, it finally came to an end. To celebrate all of the hard work done by our teammates and mentors, we hosted a banquet with around 130 attendees to highlight everything that we accomplished. The banquet was filled with amazing…
End-of-Year Talon Picnic
Tuesday (5/28) Today we held our first team builder of the off-season. Due to the fact that school is ending this month, we thought it would be fitting to hold a picnic team builder. This is a way to introduce new people to the team, provide an opportunity for existing…
Girl Scouts Demo
Written By: Audrey T Saturday (5/11) When a local Girl Scout troop reached out to us asking for support in earning some robotics-based badges we knew this was something we wanted to do. Our Outreach subteam worked hard in order to ensure we had the best event possible. Over the…
Freeziac Fundraiser
Saturday (5/11) As the robotics season ends, our team ended with a fundraiser at Freeziac! Freeziac is a local store selling self-serve frozen yogurt. This was a great way to unwind after a busy season, with our teammates bonding over ice cream. Of course, we can’t have a Freeziac fundraiser…
2024 Build Season Days 81-88 (3/26-3/31)
Monday 3/25 Pancakes & Snowmen! In open room, instead of beginning building, we went outside to go play in the snow! After many attempts, we ended up with 2 large, slightly misshapen snowmen and a lot of snow on our clothes. Afterwards, we decided that it was probably best to…
2024 Build Season Days 73-80 (3/18-3/26)
Monday 3/18 Practice & Pizza Usually, Mondays are one of our busiest days in the open room. Instead, with most people being away for spring break, today was quite sluggish. Work on our robot continued as usual, just with fewer people. A lot of the work didn’t require an abundance…