{"id":2062,"date":"2014-06-10T13:15:24","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T13:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/?p=2062"},"modified":"2014-06-17T19:12:31","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T19:12:31","slug":"landstowns-first-attempts-earn-first-accolades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/landstowns-first-attempts-earn-first-accolades\/","title":{"rendered":"Landstown&#8217;s first attempts earn FIRST accolades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been said that nothing ventured, nothing earned.<\/p>\n<p>And, the young minds of Landstown High School\u2019s Governor\u2019s STEM and Technology Academy certainly proved that this year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2063\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2063\" style=\"width: 2592px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LHS-STEM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2063\" alt=\"Landstown High School competes in the world FRC competition in their rookie year of competition. \" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LHS-STEM.jpg\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1944\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LHS-STEM.jpg 2592w, http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LHS-STEM-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LHS-STEM-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LHS-STEM-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Landstown High School competes in the world FRC competition in their rookie year of competition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For the first time, the school put together a team to compete in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), an international contest that pits the robotic creations of students against each other in a specific performance challenge.In its first year of competing, Landstown was one of the teams who made it to the worldwide finals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was almost hard to believe at first,\u201d said senior Alex Newbern. \u201cIt\u2019s crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His teammates agreed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt definitely felt like a dream,\u201d said Caleb Whitney, a fellow senior in the STEM Academy. \u201cIt didn\u2019t feel real.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2062 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height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_2614-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/img_2576\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_2576-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/img_2572\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_2572-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/img_2587\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_2587-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It may not have felt real, but with just a few weeks to prepare, the team was traveling to compete against competitors from Mexico, Israel, the Netherlands and from here in the United States.\u00a0 68,000 students from 2,700 teams across the world participated in the FRC in 2014. Of those 2,700 teams, 400 FRC teams qualified for the World Championship in St. Louis, Mo.<\/p>\n<p>Landstown\u2019s new team held its own. They came in 82<sup>nd<\/sup> in their division, and they were named to the Top 10 of rookie teams for their division as well.<\/p>\n<p>While impressive, their success should not be surprising.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the year, STEM and Technology Academy students have earned rave reviews and myriad accolades in a variety of events and competitions.<\/p>\n<p>In February, the Batten College of Engineering and Technology at Old Dominion University hosted the Engineering Open House and Design Contests. Landstown High School took home big honors there, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Personal Piloted Vehicle Contest,(earned for designing an aircraft for one and making a presentation about the design): Michael Delacruz &#8211; First Place<\/li>\n<li>Rube Goldberg Contest, designing a complicated 10 stage mechanism that accomplishes a simple task: Tyler McDaniel &#8211; First Place<\/li>\n<li>Amelia Earhart Contest, designing and building a glider from limited recycled items which will fly the farthest: Tyler McDaniel &#8211; Second Place<\/li>\n<li>Boat Contest, designing a small boat which uses a single AA battery to run a small motor and travels fastest down a trough: Andre Cumberland &#8211; First Place; Michael Delacruz &#8211; Second Place<\/li>\n<li>Egg Drop Contest, designing a mechanical device that protects an egg from the impact of a 2 story drop: Dexter Hubbard &#8211; Second Place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Academy students also participated and placed at the Virtual Enterprises International Trade Fair (VEI) held in March. The team Less Than Mainstream placed in the following seven competitions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First place in Company Apparel &#8211; Nylea Johnson<\/li>\n<li>Second place in Impact Marketing &#8211; Arooba Ayaz, Janet Mineva, Natalie Shelby<\/li>\n<li>Third place in Printed Sales Materials &#8211; Cory Petinga, Nikki Ligo<\/li>\n<li>Third place in Marketing Case Study &#8211; Shawntel Johnson, Damien Dobos<\/li>\n<li>Fourth place in Human Resource Case Study and Employee Manual &#8211; Yasmonia Mack, Nicole De Perio, Adrian Daniels and William Escobar<\/li>\n<li>Fourth place in Website Design &#8211; Justin Robles, Damien Dobos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Again in that same month, students also entered the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) competitions. The Landstown &#8220;Pier Pressure&#8221; team took home Best Design History Notebook, which was earned for the most professional and captured the team\u2019s journey throughout the design process.<\/p>\n<p>Awards and honors aside, the students at the STEM and Technology Academy credit their years in the program as the greatest prize. The work they do in the classroom each day automatically prepares them for future careers \u2013 partly because they feel like their coursework is a job already.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, when I wake up and go to school, I don\u2019t feel like I\u2019m going to school; I\u2019m feel like I\u2019m going to work,\u201d Whitney said. \u201cI can talk to other kids and say, \u2018I build robots.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Building robots and winning awards \u2013 not a bad way to spend your high school career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings you\u2019ve seen and you never thought you get to do, you get to do,\u201d Newbern said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been said that nothing ventured, nothing earned. And, the young minds of Landstown High School\u2019s Governor\u2019s STEM and Technology Academy certainly proved that this year. 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