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BEST Robotics Shines at Competition
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Congratulations to our
BEST Robotics teams who competed at the Front Range BEST competition this past weekend at Englewood High School.
Our first-year middle school team, Team Backdraft, won Rookie Team of the Year! They placed 6th in the robot competition, shutting out teams with much more experience.
A big congrats to the high school team who, in addition to coming in 3rd place in the overall BEST award, also won 1st place Software Design Award, 1st place Founders Award, 1st place Outreach Award, tied for 1st place Spirit and Sportsmanship Award, and 1st place Game Award. The team received an invitation to the Regional competition in December, which will take place in Denver for the first time. We are so proud of their accomplishments and the way they represented STEM!
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FIRST Robotics at SparkFun Autonomous Vehicle Competition
On October 14th and 15th, our FIRST Robotics team (FRC) competed at the SparkFun Autonomous Vehicle Competition. The team's bots made it a combined total of 6 rounds! Click
HERE
for a video of one of STEM's robots, the 3-pound robot ZOOZ, competing against a horizontal spinner bot from Georgia Tech!
The team will now turn to preparation for the upcoming FIRST season to start in January. There is still time to join and check out the program! The team meets Tuesdays at 5:30. Please email [email protected] or
visit the FRC website!
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CTE Golf Tournament
Join us for the First Annual Career Tech Ed (CTE) Golf Tournament at TopGolf in Centennial on Thursday, November 16th! Click
HERE
to read more and register!
Bridging the Gap Between Education and the Workforce!
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Middle School Basketball
STEM will be coordinating middle school basketball teams through a local recreation center.
Click
HERE
to register your interest - we are building teams now!
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Speech and Debate - MS/HS
Join Mr Haydel and student leaders for an info meeting about a new Speech and Debate club for middle and high school students! The meeting will take place Wednesday, October 25th, after school in room 105.
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ULA Payload Interest - Summer 18
We are gauging interest in our ULA summer Payload program for next year. The program has changed from previous years, and we have the option to enter a competition at the middle school level. Students that participate will help design and build the payload that will be launched on the ULA Intern rocket next summer here in Colorado. Students will get great experience and make contacts with individuals in the aerospace industry. Click
HERE
to express your interest.
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Be sure to check out all Enrichment offerings HERE!
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October 25th Unity Day - Sponsored by Allies in Diversity
November 6th KidStage Production - Beauty and the Beast 6:30pm - Elementary Cafeteria
November 16th Career Tech Ed Golf Tournament - Top Golf
4:30-9:00pm - Click
HERE for more Info
December 1st TSA (Technology Student Association) High School Run-Off Event
December 8th TSA (Technology Student Association) Middle School Run-Off Event
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Updates from TSA (Technology Student Assoc.)
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"Tops for Tops" Effort
STEM TSA is collecting soda can tabs to help the Ronald McDonald Charities, helping families with sick children find support and comfort. We are having a school-wide contest amongst the students to find out who can bring in the most tops. Students - this is held in your 8th period classroom!
Fleece for Fighters
For the third year in a row, STEM TSA is joining the statewide effort to make fleece blankets for kids with pediatric cancer in the "Fleece for Fighters" campaign. We currently have 12 blankets and our goal is 500! Last year, STEM made 261 blankets! You can help in one of three ways: making blankets, donating money, or donating supplies. For more information, click
HERE
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Meet our 2017-2018 MS T
SA Officer Team
Pictured above: the 17-18 Middle School TSA Officers: Viviana Nelson, Katie Seymour, John Masulit, Grace Triplett, Madalynne Kaspar, Amogh Varanasi, Tyler Pautler, Gabby Gallardo, and Taekyung Kim.
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Another year, another successful Mocktail Social event. The GSTEM girls had the chance to hear the inspirational story of Katica Roy, had their headshots taken, and learned how to do networking with professionals from several STEM fields.
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Have you ever wondered how the internet works from space? On October 26th middle school girls will have the opportunity to meet a software engineer and other STEM professionals from ViaSat. They will locate a working satellite from earth with one of their satellite dishes and more!
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STEM School Highlands Ranch | 303-683-7836 | www.stemk12.org
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