End of Year Recap

FRC 7659 has had an eventful 2021-2022. Here is a recap of all the events we have hosted and participated in this year.

In October 2021 we had our first event: Engineering Career night! We heard from those who are currently working in the engineering field. Though the event was online our audience was from a multitude of a different teams and were filled with excitement about STEM!

Next we hosted drop in coding, we had younger participants work with scratch and taught them the basics of coding. We got valuable feedback from the kids who attended and we were able to share our love of coding with a younger audience.

Next in November we hosted STEM Day, STEM day is an event that is run annually for grade 5-12 at our school. Some of the activities the grades participated in are as follows Gr 5 make your own bouncy ball, Gr 6 Ballon Cars, Gr 7 LED Cards, Gr 8 CEMC Computer workshop, Gr 9 Ice cream making, Gr 10 Tinkercad 3D design, Gr 11 heart rate and blood pressure activity, and Gr 12 Women In White Coats Presentation.

In November we also hosted our annual Business Brunch. We hosted 40 participants and 5 speakers who are in the business field. We heard about their academic and personal journeys. This was our fourth annual business brunch and needless to say it was a success!

In December we hosted STEAM night for grades 5-8. They participated in activities such as driving the robot, making obleck, math colouring and making catapults. With a great combination of pizza and STEM it was an amazing night!

In March 2022 we had our first competition at Humber College. The team had a great mix of veterans and first-timers on the playing field.

In May we hosted our annual alumnae chats. We had 6 alumnae speak to participants gr 7-12 about their post secondary journeys and how robotics has shaped them as a person. Participants and panelists participated in a Q&A during the session. This event is a Team 7659 staple and was a success.

We had our next competition in April at St Mary’s. This was an eventful competition as we won the Engineering Career Inspiration Award. The team was ecstatic and full of spirit and drive for provincials.

We participated in the Ontario provincial championships from Thursday April 14- Sunday April 16. The team came dressed in purple and black and ready for three days of fun. We networked, made adjustments to our robots and competed in 12 matches with our robot climbing to the low and medium rung!

In May we hosted Fun with Tech, 22 eager participants from JK to Grade 9 came early on a Saturday morning to learn about robotics, coding and STEM. Participants were especially excited to drive the robot and make cards.

Also in May we participated in our schools Spring Cafe. The robot made an appearance while dancing to the Imperial March from Star Wars.

In June we had students attend FIRST’s Girls and Allies in STEM conference. We would like to thank FIRST Youth Council for running and planning such a wonderful event.

To wrap up the year our mentors came and we all had a celebration of the hard work done this year!

Team 7659 has had an eventful year and is ready for a restful summer before getting going for next year.