Monday, September 3, 2018

Restarting Junior Robotics - Sorry for the late start

The long awaited start of Junior Robotics is almost upon us!

Unfortunately, the relocation of our headquarters to the Jacobsen Middle School campus has delayed us getting started this year.  However, we are very excited to be located at the prime spot for building the FIRST Tech Challenge portion of our Junior Robotics program!  We are going to visit every science classroom at JMS this week, with Information Night for FTC happening on Monday, September 10th!  Come join us at our new location - JMS Room 501, to learn more about FTC and this great opportunity for middle schoolers!  The meeting will start at 6:30 and run until 8:30.  We will meet at that time each Monday with added meetings as the teams get rolling.  Our competitions will start sometime in November/December.

Don't worry, parents of younger students!  We've got your programs coming back on September 17th.  Join us in the JMS Gymnasium (please note the location change from years past!) starting at 6 PM as we kick off another great year of FIRST LEGO League and FIRST LEGO League Jr.  If your child is in 4th or 5th grade, they will be participating in FLL, using LEGO Mindstorms to build and program robots to complete a variety of challenges in a space themed challenge. Their competition is in early December in Visalia. Kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade can participate in FLL Jr., using the LEGO WeDo robotics system to explore colonization of another planet. They will have an Expo at our annual Super Science Saturday (November 10th) and the opportunity to travel to Legoland in January or February for an expo as well.

We are so excited to get started with our Junior Robotics program! We hope to see you there!