[AndyH]

I totally agree! There is so much more to this program, and those things can be more difficult to articulate. It's easy for administrators to understand, "We brought home this cool winning banner," but not so easy to explain that we didn't rank well, but we accomplished so much more. I hope that hearing it from other teams/schools will help with that message.

Team 1098 would be thrilled to write a letter for 1108! Our kids have talked about your team several times, and they'll love brainstorming all of the things that they remember.

I'll post a copy of the letter here when it is done just in case anyone wants some ideas.

Of course, we don't have to limit it to one team writing a letter - let's send several.

By the way, the contact information for Team 1098 (the little robot that had the Superbird car body) is -

Rockwood School District
High School Administrators
c/o Dr. Craig Larson
111 East North Street
Eureka, MO 63025

The kids were most proud of our Woodie Flowers Award winner Tim Emerson, helping other teams with programming, and the articulated chassis of our robot.

Teams, keep posting addresses here. Don't be afraid to ask for recognition! You've earned it!! It could be good for the current team, and good for the future of the program in the schools, especially as budgets decrease and districts are looking for places to make cuts.