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Originally Posted by tribotec_ca88
I guess it's because we dont have any sports teams at all at our school, and we dont take "normal classes" (we learn electronics, mechanics, computer science, telecommunications, etc) so our school values FIRST so much more than any other regular high school would...
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Well now that sounds familiar. My school is a "pre-engineering academy." PLTW is required cirriculum for frosh and soph years and it was like pulling teeth to get the administration to agree to having a drama club because it wasn't directly related to our school's "theme" (and yes they call it a theme).
That said, I think a lot of our support comes from the local administration. It's very odd, but it seems like it only comes from one level. Our district is very strict about things like class trips and spending money =P so it's a bit of a project to get forms and permission to go to regionals (forget nationals) and all that. But our "local" administration, like our principal, is really supportive. We get excused absences for competitions and we display our robot at our freshman orientations. (Someone drives it around with a box of programs on it and incoming students are told to "please take a program from our school's robot." Haha it's like the epitmoe of geekiness, it's great.)
But then, when you get to the student level...well, they're either on the team or couldn't care less. =) I dunno if I have a whole lot to complain about though. We were at the SBPLI regional and the judges were asking about the size of our team. We said we were pretty small, we could stretch the number to about 25 if you included everyone who only showed up at a few meetings. Later on the in the conversation we mentioned the size of our school (250 students) and the judge said, "well, then 10% of your school is on FIRST."
Excellent point. =) Heehee.
As far as other aspects of the school go: We get just as much yearbook space as everyone else (right next to TSA, Physics League, Math Club...haha) and we're featured in the school paper every once in awhile. Our school announcements are student run, so basically if you want to talk about how our team did at a regional, you just show up in the broadcast room the next morning and tell the SGA President to let you get some camera time and you're in.
And yes our annoucements are video. =)