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Posted by colleen.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Coach on team #246, Blue Light Special, from John D. O'Byrant High School/Boston Latin Academy and NSTAR/Boston University/UTC/Raytheon/MassPEP.

Posted on 10/11/2000 3:02 PM MST


In Reply to: Passports posted by scott on 10/11/2000 8:20 AM MST:



Hey Scott--

I know for a fact that the former FIRST team #23 from Plymouth North High School used passports as a way to show and track student involvement.. it was a major part of their winning Chairman's submission a few years back and a really cool idea..

From what I learned looking at their passports and watching their video (one of the best submissions as a whole I've ever seen.. and I've seen quite a few..).. each 'event' be it a demo, a bake sale, Rumble, etc.. had it's own 'stamp'.. If the student helped with that event, they got a stamp in their passport. I believe, but I'm sure, that the students got stamps for years in the program as well. This way, you could open any students passport and it would show the work they had done over their X# of years in the program.. this was a good thing for the student to see and remember their accomplishments, for the adults to see who was there, for the sponsors to see the work the kids did, etc, etc, etc...

I think it's a really cool thing.. especially if your team does a lot of 'events' and you want to help the kids and team leaders keep track of who did what..

Cool note on their Chairman's.. the team's 'book' consisted of everyone on the team (btw.. I think I saw adult passports as well) passports.. their video showed all the various events.. and showed the stamp that accompanied it in the video.. that way the FIRST judges could easily match it up and understnad what each stamp meant..

That's what I know-- Mr.B could do it much more just I'm sure.. it is a cool thing.. I would've loved to have one, even if only for my 4 years in high school, so I could start to remember all the events I participated in.. I'm not even old and I don't remember!