The Friarbot has come and gone from the Chesapeake, and with it brought back fond memories of competition. The Friarbot had an outstanding year, recording many wins and new innovations.

During competition, the Friarbot showed its strength when lifting the trackball with its elevating arm. On numerous occasions, the Friarbot garnered large amounts of points by raising the trackball up and over the overpass. The autonomous code programmed into the bot allowed us to gain a cool lead on teams before the human players even took control. All in all, team 1168 was a big player this year at Chesapeake, even posting fourth place for a good while during the competitive tournament.

After a series of penalties awarded to our alliance partners and some close losses in the last three rounds, the Friarbot finished in thirty-eighth place out of sixty teams. One often wonders what would have happened if our team had won at least one of those close defeats -- but for now, team 1168 prepares for the next year by experimenting on new innovations on the off-season.

Cheers to the Friarbot!

The second payment is due Monday, March 3. Please contact me if you do not know the amount. Get it in!

jwhite90@malvernprep.org
~jimmy

We need to start figuring out who has family members coming to Annapolis for the Friday night dinner at Maria's so that we can gauge the total number of the people attending because if we aren't overwhelmed with family members we may not get the room in the back that we plan on using. So, let me know.

email: jwhite90@malvernprep.org

~jimmy

Due to school being canceled for inclement weather, the robotics team will be meeting at CTDI from 6pm to 8-9pm today, Wednesday February 13th, to continue working on the robot.

See you there,
Lehman

We will be having dinner at Maria's on Friday, March 14. For any parent who wishes to sign up, please contact Mr. Boyce. We will bring this up on Thursday at the Parent Meeting as well.

~jimmy