Wow. Competition was a blast! Everyone did a great job in the robot challenge, the presentation, and during all of the judging sessions. It was a whirlwind of activity and excitement and Team Proteus did a wonderful job. It took a little time for the group to get going on the challenge table, starting off with 77, and 53 scores in the first two rounds. They stepped up their game and finished second overall with a 252. For the final event Team Proteus achieved the highest score of the day with a 320! There was dancing, clapping, and fox noises; not to mention tons of laughter and smiles.
            The kids put in a tremendous amount of work and coupled with the support of great parents and coaches, Team Proteus 2013 was a great success. Thank you to everyone involved and look out for great things from the group in 2014.

The highlight of the day, Team Proteus' 320 point run in the finals.

We practiced our presentation and filmed it for us to  review. They have all done a great job writing, editing and performing their material. We film Thursday for our TV appearance on the Nottingham TV channel and will be performing it live for the school on Friday! The clock is winding down for competition and it seems  we still have so much to do.

Wow! Only 1 week left until competition! We extended our meeting times to get in some extra work before the big day. We practiced our presentation and hammered down some more details about the challenges we plan to complete.

IMPORTANT CHANGES FROM LAST YEAR

We have new start times.

Registration: 8:00-8:30 AM

Opening Ceremony: 8:30-8:45 AM

Lunch: 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Finals: 1:40 PM

Closing Ceremony: 2:30 PM

Please park in B LOT.  (Same as last year.) There are other UNH events so others will be parking in B Lot as well.

The Oyster River High School FIRST Robotics Team #3499 will operating a concession stand for the duration of the event. There will be an Ice Cream Social in the early afternoon @ $3.50 per person.

PLEASE have your team members bring new or gently used ADULT shoes for Team #3499’s Shoe Drive for the Homeless. Consider putting a collection box in your school, library, coffee shop, etc. to collect shoes. For each pair of shoes donated, team members will receive a raffle ticket – with prize drawings to take place every half-hour. We will also have age appropriate information on what it is like to be homeless for FLL team members. Shoes will be donated to St. Francis House.

Our last meeting was an exciting one! We were able to complete a mission with our chassis and attachment! Much more engineering and programming to go! The group worked well together and tackled problems as they arose.

Emergency preparedness you say? Why lets talk to Nottingham's Emergency Response Manager, and Chief of Police, Officer Gunnar Foss. It was great for the kids to interact and ask questions about our town pertaining to our research project. Team Proteus would like to extend a huge "Thank You" to Chief Foss for taking the time to meet with us. We are so grateful for what they do day in and day out to keep our community safe.

We had a very productive meeting gaining ground on our research project tonight! The challenge elements have started coming together as well. We have some excellent Lego builders for sure!