First Practice!

We had a fantastic first practice today!

• We had the kids work through a team building exercise (put a towel on the floor and have them show you what they did). 
• We talked about core values, and each team member got a core value that they will help to keep track of throughout the season.  They need to find a way to illustrate the core value (drawing, picture, etc.).  We'll look at these on Monday.
• We started building the table pieces.
• We took a look at the mat and and some different robot builds. 
• We talked about different items to consider for the robot and the mission, and each team member came home with one to investigate before Friday (links are on the Helpful-Robot tab). 

 Team 4894:

Patrick	Attachments	We display Gracious Professionalism® and Coopertition® in everything we do.
Sebastian	Attachments	We share our experiences with others.
Emma	Chassis/Body	What we discover is more important than what we win
Aaron	Chassis/Body	We honor the spirit of friendly competition.
Alex	Light Sensor	We are a team.
Lilith	Light Sensor	We have FUN!
Mo	Turns	We know our coaches and mentors don't have all the answers; we learn together.
Pascale	Turns	We display Gracious Professionalism® and Coopertition® in everything we do.

Team 4892:

Blake	Attachments	We know our coaches and mentors don't have all the answers; we learn together.
Ellie	Attachments	We display Gracious Professionalism® and Coopertition® in everything we do.
Justin	Chassis/Body	We do the work to find solutions with guidance from our coaches and mentors.
Jacob	Chassis/Body	We honor the spirit of friendly competition.
Anna	Light Sensor	We share our experiences with others.
Henry	Light Sensor	We have FUN!
Dominique	Turns	What we discover is more important than what we win
Sam	Turns	We are a team.

Don't worry, we'll have better names for the teams in the near future!  Team identity is one of those things the kids will work on together. 

Additionally, some kids took a bag with a game piece that needs to be built home.  If you didn't get one and want one, or if you want another one, let us know!

Anna – Pets for Help

Ellie – Table

Jacob – shopping

Blake – stove

Lillith/Alex – strength exercise

Thanks to everyone who brought in contracts and registration payments!  If you haven't please try to get those in on Friday!