5/16/2023 0 Comments Shotbot endgameThe purpose of this project is to design an engineering lab by repurposing and renovating existing space to support the current middle school lego. The new Robotics lab will help expand that tradition and provide students with opportunities to explore their interests So please consider a donation today before or after reading about the lab below: These funds will cover the lab, plus other grants that come up during this school year. A donor who wishes to remain anonymous has offered to match all donations up to $50,000 between now and the end of February. Know that there is a major ask here: WEEFC would love to grant this proposal but it has a hefty price tag. Or harder? Not sure there.īelow you will find a description of the proposed Robotics labs with all its math-y, science-y stuff which is an area in which the Owl succeeds in describing only with the help of lifting words off the WEEFC page and pasting them here. And needs WEEFC’s (umm, your) help to kick it more. Can I summarize? The middle school kicks ass. Our middle school has a long-standing tradition of fostering students’ interest in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) fields. We have the best of the best right there at 456 Wellesley Street. Now, in the Owl’s mind, if award-winning and massively awesome Principal Gibbons and Assistant Principal Oates ask for anything, I say just give it to them. To become the next generation of robotics/engineering our Weston students need a state-of-the-art facility, with ongoing support, that can provide opportunities for unlimited success. Yet, in spite of this, our robotics teams at both the middle and high school levels (GNCE) have achieved tremendous success through their own initiative, parent support, and passionate drive. Over the years, the Middle School instructional space has remained the same, however, the robotics program has evolved greatly with newer desktop computers, instructional technologies, 3-D Printers, a Laser Cutter, and upgraded Lego robotics kits.Īnd yet, as the robotics and engineering field has evolved in other schools on the top edge of the field, the space requirements to meet not only the classroom needs but also the team needs has not. Since 1998, the classroom has been an adequate facility for the teaching of robotics to reasonably sized classes of 18-24 students for grade 7 and 8 robotics. This grant is currently in the Weston Education Enrichment Fundraising Committee (WEEFC) approval process. Middle School Principal John Gibbons and Assistant Principal Phil Oates, in collaboration with a team of faculty and administrators, and parents recently submitted an $80,000 grant proposal for a Middle School Robotics/Engineering Lab, which would enhance teaching and learning in the areas of robotics and engineering at the Middle School and High School for years to come. While the Robotics lab has been adequate to start the awesomeness our teams and students have today, it is time for an upgrade. Does it seem like robotics has maybe changed in the last 25 years? If you answered no, please seek access to real news as soon as possible. While the Owl can go on and on about the teams, the fact is that our current Robotics lab at the Middle School is 25 years old (renovated in 1998, which does not seem like 25 years ago…and yet it is). WHS team 18754 won the overall Inspire Award for the first time in their history and advanced to the MA State Championships on March 4. In case you didn’t know, robotics teams at Weston schools are startlingly good, and I don’t even need to put in the disclaimer “for a school district our size.” Most recently, the WHS Galactic Narwhal Chicken Effect (GNCE) FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) robotics teams had a superb performance at the first tournament of the season.
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