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First I'd like to say Team 522, this is their 3rd year in FIRST all by themselves (not teamed up with another school) and 4th year all together in FIRST. Just a quick run down of the Staten Island HS's involvment in FIRST. 371 debuted as a McKee HS and Curtis HS alliance and after the first rookie year together they decided to split and go on their own. 371 has been in FIRST for a total of 4 years. 1st year with McKee. and the next 3 all by themselves. so Congradualtions guys for making it this far. Second Team 522 this is its 4th year in FIRST 1st year with Curtis HS and the other 3 also by themselves Congrads to u to. 375 this is their 3rd year. Congradulations to all the staten island teams that made it much further then expected.
Team 522 everyyear since the Membership rate goe down every June. We always look forward to September when all the fresh blood arrives. The earlier we catch the students the more years they will be involved. After the new recruitment in the first few months of school. Designs are brougth up for next years game. These designs are made up months in advance to Sept. but we try to get a jump start after Natl's and get designs going let alone new sponsorship / team recruitment. This year we got off to a bit of a slow start. Recruitment is going well but currently we have not spoken to last years sponsors. so basically. all we're doing is getting a team put together. shortly after that when the prototype of the robot design hits the floor we began testing drivers. we test them according to school grades / their ability to handle stress in intense situations / their ability to coordinate with one another let alone the coach / and their ability to folow rules. after the drivers are selected we then wait till jan. to see the new game. after thats unveiled we make modifications if any to the robot prototype we have built (if their even is a prototype). after the robots 100% built and working we then test the drivers again with a real time 2 minute practice session on a fully laid out field in our shop. if they do not meet the requirements that is needed to be in the booth they will be asked to give their spot up to someone else.
What are we doing now?? Currently ?? designing a tranny and building up our team.
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