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Re: Team 1717 retires
1717 will definitely be missed, but as an educator I salute them taking the path they see as best for their students.
We have an Engineering Academy in Dublin, though younger than theirs. Our FRC program, which the EA students participate in, is an extra curricular activity. We are actually in the process of more integration of the Engineering Academy and the FRC program.
The FRC program is the best recruiting tool we have for the Academy and for our other engineering and programming classes. The extra-curricular nature of the program helps because it is students from all three district high schools, as are all of our academies. Our district has a number of such Academy programs, engineering, biomedical sciences, teaching, energy and the environment, business and young professionals that serve all of the schools. The extra-curricular competitive aspect of FRC is one of the things that heightens the inspirational effect of FRC.
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Thank you Bad Robots for giving me the chance to coach this team.
Rookie All-Star Award: 2003 Buckeye
Engineering Inspiration Award: 2004 Pittsburgh, 2014 Crossroads
Chairman's Award: 2005 Pittsburgh, 2009 Buckeye, 2012 Queen City
Team Spirit Award: 2007 Buckeye, 2015 Queen City
Woodie Flowers Award: 2009 Buckeye
Dean's List Finalists: Phil Aufdencamp (2010), Lindsey Fox (2011), Kyle Torrico (2011), Alix Bernier (2013), Deepthi Thumuluri (2015)
Gracious Professionalism Award: 2013 Buckeye
Innovation in Controls Award: 2015 Pittsburgh
Event Finalists: 2012 CORI, 2016 Buckeye
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