Greetings! Thank you for visiting our website. Please check back often for updates and additions. First, let me thank all the interest in our FIRST Robotics program! Our informational meeting Friday was filled to capacity! We had 10+ students interested in the FTC program and over 30 students experienced the FLL program! Feel free to spread the word. We do have room for more.
The most important task right now - besides creating and testing robots - is to register for our new club. To register, please go to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1oY6dYHjvyLc-c1ZModA6N39a6Qg2iViwMG-i1-1MT_4/edit and submit the form. You cannot be considered part of the club unless this form is submitted. Additionally, there is a $25.00 registration fee for each club member, payable the BLMS's book keeper. PLEASE ALLOW 2 - 3 DAYS BEFORE SUBMITTING PAYMENT FOR THIS TO BE SET UP! I will follow up with another blog when payments are ready to be accepted.
Our normal meeting days are Fridays from 3:00 - 5:00. These hours may be extended in the future depending on deadlines. I do feel that adding another day will allow more students and parent volunteers to participate, so I'll be adding either Monday or Tuesday from 3:00 - 5:00 to the schedule. Parents, I've added a quick question to the registration form for you to help decide which day works best your you and you student.
Finally, I'd like to solicit for mentors and volunteers. The more students we have, the more mentors and volunteers we need.
Mentors do not need to have any direct or indirect robotics, engineering, or coding experience. Mentors can be a person of any age but usually an adult, teaching others what they know; they bring either technical or non-technical expertise to the team; and provide the opportunity for students to learn directly through experiences. Mentors wok directly with the students. Ideally we should have 2 mentors per team each meeting.
Volunteers are needed to help shuttle kids to events, bring snacks during weekday meetings, help spread the word about the club to other parents, help keep this website up to date, create a news letter or blog entry, etc.
I have created a list to register for mentor and volunteer slots at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0E4CAAA92AAAF94-blms. Please review the available mentor and volunteer opportunities and complete the online sign up form.
Thank you!
Mr. Christensen