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Celia5-Regular Member
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September 29, 2011
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FLL 2011 Food Factor Team

  • September 29, 2011
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I coach an FLL team in Medford, MA and we got a write up in our local newspaper!

http://tinyurl.com/69myldv


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      bfw11-Visitor
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      October 10, 2011

      Way to go! Excellent photos, too. How did you manage to get someone from the newspaper to come out?

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      Celia5-Regular MemberAuthor
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      October 10, 2011

      Thanks, Brian!

      We just called the local paper and asked, and they were happy to send a reporter and photographer to one of our meetings. The reporter interviewed the children, and they all did a good job responding to questions. It was a good reminder that they need to be prepared to answer questions come tournament time.

      We are hoping it stirs more interest in our town, especially at the high school level.

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        Celia5-Regular MemberAuthor
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        December 9, 2011

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        Quincy, MA FLL Qualifiers -- Medford Tinkers in round 3 of robot competition.

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        Celia5-Regular MemberAuthor
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        December 9, 2011

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        After the last judging session

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          Celia5-Regular MemberAuthor
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          December 9, 2011

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          The drivers and their robot

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            JoshH1-Visitor
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            December 11, 2011

            I echo Lindsey's sentiment. Awesome job getting out there!

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            BrianMartin13-Aquamarine
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            January 4, 2012

            Wow... excellent! We need more of this kind of press and we need more robotics clubs in our schools.

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              DenaGuo1-Visitor
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              January 24, 2012

              Congrats on the write up in your newspaper!

              I'm a senior at Lexington High School and although our robotics team participates in the FIRST Tech Challenge, a couple of us volunteered as judges at a local FLL tournament last month. Many of us had actually participated in FLL teams when we were younger so it was a real throwback. Watching younger kids work with NXTs and LEGO parts was inspiring to say the least; I couldn't imagine a younger version of myself completing as many tasks as some of the teams did. We all thought that this year's FLL challenge was especially challenging since it was impossible to obtain a perfect score. (We also enjoyed playing with all the LEGO parts, but that's a different story.) Hopefully next year we'll be able to actually work with and mentor the local FLL teams.

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              Celia5-Regular MemberAuthor
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              January 24, 2012

              We had a follow up blurb in the paper a few weeks ago with our team picture taken at the Quincy Tournament.

              http://www.wickedlocal.com/medford/news/x1157705648/Medford-fifth-graders-compete-in-LEGO-League#axzz1jJBBQxIT

              We were so impressed with the 16 Lexington FLL teams that were at the same tournament we participated at. The community infrastructure that supports them is something we would like to aim for in Medford. We had only one team this year, but we are hoping to have 3 or 4 teams next year.

              Thanks,
              Celia

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