Managing Grades and Responsibilities While On A FIRST Team

[Al Skierkiewicz]

For WildStang students, robots are dead last on the priority list. Family, school, church and what ever is needed at home comes first. Students need to maintain a minimum grade standard to be on the team including a grade for the robotics class. There is a higher standard for pit crew and drive team. And of course, grades are also part of the consideration for travel. Yes we have had drivers and pit crew in the past try to push the envelope and they lost. Grades fell and they were taken off the drive team or pit crew until things improved.
Mentors are in contact with the teachers and when grades start to fall, we will send students home to study until grades rise. We are an all year program and class that is assigned grades that affect GPA. The school district requires students to register for the class and attendance and participation are tracked for grade purposes.