Singapore Exchange Visit January 07

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This past week a group of 22 students and teachers from Singapore visited with Team 341 for a week long cultural, educational and technological exchange. The exchange experiences the kids had were wonderful. In addition to Wissahickon High School, they made exchange visits to DeVry University and North Montco Technical Career Center.
There were so many special moments, including watching a group of teenagers play in their first snowstorm. Singapore is 80 miles north of the equator, so they were very excited to see snow.
The Singapore robotics team also came to the USA to compete in the FIRST VEX Regional in Delaware. We are pleased to announce that the Singapore S.M.A.R.T. robotics team is taking home two trophies, winning both the FIRST VEX "Amaze Award", and the overall FIRST VEX Regional Championship in partnership with teams 1712 and 2055.
On behalf of the Singapore Team, Thank you to everyone for opening up their hearts this past week. It was an amazing and rewarding experience for all involved. These kids were very far from home, most had never left their country before. The Singaporean students were deeply appreciative of your help and friendship during their visit. We also wanted to say a special thank you to Vincent Frascella, BAE Systems, and the NJ FVC Committee for supporting these kids during the visit.

I will post a few pictures from the trip shortly.

Alan Ostrow
Team 341