GirlsFIRST Robotics Girl Scouts – September 9, 2017

Come join us for a FREE all-day hands on workshop designed to get you prepared for a fantastic experience on a  FIRST Robotics FLL Team!  Students ages 8-14 will learn the essential parts to team and competition including teamwork, robot building and engineering design, programming, research and presentation skills. Coaches, and adults who want to be coaches will attend sessions on how to support the team, structuring meetings, and competition readiness.
This all-day workshop will be held at Walton High School on Saturday, Sept 9th from 9-3pm.  Lunch is included.  Registration is limited, so please reserve your space TODAY at https://goo.gl/forms/YUxhPr4QVA15Chtn2.

Membership apps due on Thursday by 4pm

Applications for the 2017-18 team are due Thursday by 4pm in T129.

Please download an application:

Fill out the applications completely, print and sign. Don’t forget the parent signatures and application!

Drop off at Walton,  either in T129 or at the front desk.

We expect membership will be very competitive, so do a great job telling us about yourself!

Here are important dates in the membership process.

5/4 – All applications due in T129 by 4pm

5/6 – Notification of interview date and time (15-minute blocks during the evening)

5/8-5/11 – Interviews – most applicants will be assigned an interview time

5/26 – Notification of team membership

Email us with any questions you have!
brian (dot) benton (at) waltonrobotics (dot) org
khyati (dot) shah (at) waltonrobotics (dot) org

Open House Wednesday, 4/26

Walton Robotics is hosting an open house on Wednesday, April 26 at 6:30 pm in T129. We will talk about the team, answer questions, and drive robots! Hope to see you then!

Membership applications are here!

Applications for the 2017-18 team are here.

Please download an application:

 

 

Fill out the applications completely, print and sign. Don’t forget the parent signatures and application!

Drop off at Walton,  either in T129 or at the front desk.

We expect membership will be very competitive, so do a great job telling us about yourself!

Here are important dates in the membership process.

4/26 – Open house and information session, Walton, T129

5/3 – All applications due in T129 by 4pm

5/6 – Notification of interview date and time

5/8-5/11 – Interviews – most applicants will be assigned an interview time

5/24 – Notification of team membership

Email us with any questions you have!
brian (dot) benton (at) waltonrobotics (dot) org
khyati (dot) shah (at) waltonrobotics (dot) org

DE Marietta Scrimamge

On Saturday, February 18th, Walton Robotics hosted eight teams from across Georgia on the Marietta DE 2017 FRC Steamworks competition field. The teams experienced a safety briefing, lunch, and of course ROBOTS! We had some teams who could climb and others that could get across the field really fast. It was a wonderful day full of information sharing, teamwork, and all around fun!

Marietta DE open Thursday!

The Marietta DE field is almost complete! Thanks to generous sponsorship from GeorgiaFIRST and over 600 hours of student and parent work, we have our first open field this Thursday, 2/9 from 6:30 to 9:30 pm. 

DE Marietta has a full field with a steel airship, boilers, and loading stations for your use.

The first five teams to respond back will be able to participate in this open field event. Good luck to all teams and remember practice makes perfect.

Please remember to bring your own safety glasses for everyone who attends a DE event! Closed toe shoes are also required.

We look forward to seeing teams moving on the field!

Walton’s field build crew

Thanks for your hard work!

GirlsFIRST Interview and Application Workshop 1/16

The Walton Robotics will be hosting a GirlsFIRST Interview and Application Workshop in collaboration with TagEd on Monday, January 16, 2017 from 10am to 2pm at Walton High School. This is a free event open to all high school and rising high school girls. Lunch will be provided.
Participating girls will have the chance to write winning applications, practice answering typical interview questions with STEM professionals, and discuss their future plans with small groups.
The registration is available at https://goo.gl/forms/fzKpKKiF6thdqsjK2. Please join us to learn how to differentiate yourself in interviews and applications and sharpen your skills.

Here’s the flyer – Interview and Application Workshop 2017

GirlsFIRST Event 12/3

The next GirlsFIRST Programming Workshop will be held on Saturday, December 3 from 1pm to 3pm at Walton High School.

This is a FREE event open to all high school girls. Participating girls will have an opportunity to work on fun programming challenges tailored to their programming knowledge. Wendy Frazier, VP Software Engineering at The Weather Company, an IBM Business, will  be our VIP Guest and will share her expertise in web development and give the girls advice on how to be successful in a STEM career.

And as always, we will network and share some free SWAG!

 

Registration is available at https://goo.gl/forms/lQT6lsLdXZa51sYO2. Seating is limited, so don’t wait to sign up! Please join us to meet this amazing STEM leader and sharpen your programming skills and learn new ones!

GRITS 2016

GRITS 2016 was a fantastic event for the FIRST program. On Saturday, October 22, our team was able to to debut a brand new drive team and scouting team. We trained a few new members in our pit, we held a signup for our upcoming GirlsFIRST events, and we even practiced mock awards scouting to prepare for competition.

Thanks to everyone who made this event possible! A special thanks goes out to Riverside Military Academy for hosting this incredible offseason competition. Our team is excited for the upcoming build season and FIRST Steamworks!

 

GirlsFIRST Cancelled

We are very disappointed to report that, due to unforeseen circumstances, we will have to reschedule the GirlsFIRST event planned for this Saturday, October 15 at Walton High School.

 

Thank you very much for interest in working together and learning about futures in STEM.   We will let you know as soon as the GirlsFIRST event is rescheduled.  I hope you will be able to join us then.

 

In the meantime, if you would like any additional information about GirlsFIRST or Walton Robotics, please contact us.  We would enjoy sharing our passion for STEM with you.

 

Thank you again for your time and understanding.  We look forward to meeting you in the near future.