Spectrum Gracious Professionalism Award at 2017 TRR

Semifinalist at Texas Robot Roundup 2017

View this email in your browser TRR Recap Spectrum made it to the semifinals at our competition last weekend in Austin at the 7th Annual Texas Robotics Roundup.   At the TRR awards ceremony, Spectrum 3847 was bestowed the prestigious Gracious Professionalism award. “We were thrilled to have been awarded the Gracious Professionalism Award! Spectrum 3847 is a team that demonstrates how to be an integral part of the FIRST community. We host our Texas Robotics Invitational every summer and we are instrumental in helping other teams with their tournaments. We help manage their AV, live stream, social media and photography for many of the tournaments year after year as well as help set up and take down the field.” said Allen Gregory, Spectrum 3847 Coach/Mentor. You can watch our matches here: http://ift.tt/2unCMsq Our photo gallery can be found here: http://ift.tt/2uOir1u Full Press Release: http://ift.tt/2vYoWx1 Timelapse of TRR 2017 SPECTaculaR Summer Class the next Two Weeks “SPECTaculaR” is a two week course for the Boys and Girls Club July 31 to August 11. Since 2012 our students have designed and implemented a curriculum for SPECTaculaR that teaches engineering principles to children in the third to eighth grades. We know this STEM mentoring works and make a difference for kids. I am very proud of my students commitment to STEM outreach.” said Spectrum 3847 Coach Allen Gregory IV. Follow us on social media Website = www.spectrum3847.org Blog = Blog.spectrum3847.org Photos = photos.spectrum3847.org Twitter = http://twitter.com/spectrum3847 Facebook = http://ift.tt/2dwip2y Instagram = http://ift.tt/2cTk6tu Youtube = http://youtube.com/spectrum3847 Copyright © 2017 Spectrum, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Spectrum 9000 Bellaire Blvd Houston, TX 77036 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

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Awesome Performance at IRI, TRR is coming up

Indiana Robotics Invitational July 14-15th View this email in your browser IRI Recap Houston, TX -- July 19, 2017 --   After a successful regular season, members of the Spectrum 3847 Strake Jesuit College Preparatory and St. Agnes Academy, engineering team packed up their robot and headed for the Midwest on July 14 & 15 where they competed against the best FIRST Robotics Competition teams from the United States, Canada and Mexico.   Spectrum 3847 was in the top 14 for the alliance selections. TechFire 225 picked Spectrum as their first choice for the #7 alliance. Sparky 384 and Panther Tech 292 completed the alliance The #7 alliance lost in the quarterfinals against the #2 alliance of EngiN 2337 & OP Robotics 2056 & Greater Rochester Robotics 340 & Hilltopers 1732. You can watch our matches here: http://ift.tt/2unCMsq Timelapse of our pit at IRI Mentor of the Year: Allen Gregory Spectrum 3847 Mentor Allen Gregory was awarded the IRI Mentor of the Year. He was recognized for developing his students as well rounded professionals, and blending technical with strong communication skills while he builds great friendships with all his team members. He is active in the robotics community; pouring his time into the volunteering as an FRC Lead Robot Inspector, VEX Robotics Head Referee, and helping provide online resources for robotics teams world wide. Allen said “I’m honored to receive such great award, the students on Spectrum are the real reason for any honor that I receive they work countless hours to help make STEM education better for numerous students.” TRR is July 28th and July 29th Our next event is coming up quickly in Austin. This is a small event with only 24 teams. It's a great event to get more of member experience driving the robot and running the team event operations. Watch the action live at TheBlueAlliance.com Follow us on social media Website = www.spectrum3847.org Blog = Blog.spectrum3847.org Photos = photos.spectrum3847.org Twitter = http://twitter.com/spectrum3847 Facebook = http://ift.tt/2dwip2y Instagram = http://ift.tt/2cTk6tu Youtube = http://youtube.com/spectrum3847 Copyright © 2017 Spectrum, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Spectrum 9000 Bellaire Blvd Houston, TX 77036 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

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Robot All-star game this weekend!

Indiana Robotics Invitational July 14-15th View this email in your browser Indiana Robotics Invitational Friday July 14th & Satruday July 15th Spectrum is going to Indianapolis this weekend for the 2017 IRI. This is the All-Star game of FRC. 68 of the best teams in the world competing in STEAMworks one more time. Our team has been working through out the summer to improve the robot and get it ready for this elite level of competition. You can watch all the action at http://ift.tt/2mG7ngI Gamma Ray shooting 39 balls completely autonomously!  Follow us on social media Website = www.spectrum3847.org Blog = Blog.spectrum3847.org Photos = photos.spectrum3847.org Twitter = http://twitter.com/spectrum3847 Facebook = http://ift.tt/2dwip2y Instagram = http://ift.tt/2cTk6tu Youtube = http://youtube.com/spectrum3847 Copyright © 2017 Spectrum, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Spectrum 9000 Bellaire Blvd Houston, TX 77036 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

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IRI Preparations

We are getting ready for IRI this week. We have our hopper auto ready to go.

We are also preparing both side gear autos and making sure every system is tuned-up and ready to go.

You can watch IRI Friday and Saturday at TheBlueAlliance.com

- Spectrum

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