Proud Mommy Moment....

                                         

Athens Bible School "Trobotics, Inc"

Six weeks ago, this group of young men and women

decided to take on a challenge.

They signed up to participate in the 

Tennessee Valley's B.E.S.T Robotics Competition.

B.E.S.T stands for Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology.

These kids were given a box full of parts and motors and sent

away with a task.  They had six weeks to build a robot

that would be used in a "game" that would be against

several other schools in our area.

For six long weeks, they spent two nights a week and 

all day on Saturdays working towards their goal.

And there is more than just the task of building the robot.

They were involved in community outreach, fundraising,

and marketing, not to mention the building, programming,

CAD drawing, and testing that had to go along with it all.

And their regular school work too!

They even got up early one morning, on a school day

and were on the Morning Show with Jamie and Gloria Cooper!

I mean, out the door by 5:30, on the air, grabbed some breakfast,

and then went to school, early!

They spent countless hours working on their Robot 

making sure it was just right...

And on Saturday, October 15th they put it to the test!

The "game" field where there were different objectives that

the teams had to try and get their robot to accomplish. 

 Different tasks were worth different points...

the harder the task, the more it was worth.

Soon, the gym was packed!

There were bands playing, kids cheering,

and music cranked up LOUD! 

And it was ON...they competed from around 11 until about 4...

and then it was time for the results...

There are many different awards given at the competition...

but we took home

First Place in Marketing Presentation

First Place in Website Development

Third Place in T-Shirt Design

Third Place Most Robust Robot

(means it didn't break down very much)

And Craig Adams, our Sponsor, was awarded the 

Toyota Teacher Leadership Award

This award is given to the teacher who best inspires 

leadership, teamwork, respect for humanity and continuous improvement

in their school's program.

And...Third Place Overall in the B.E.S.T competition

which earned them a chance to compete at 

the Regional Competition to be held at Auburn University

in December!!!

I was so excited for them...

they have all worked so hard and it paid off...

Now, on to Auburn!