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Re: How to keep new students entertained?

We're active year-round now and run a summer program. Generally we focus on new technology areas which we feel will be useful for the team to understand better. We prototype & test our ideas and then document this work and the conclusions. This is a good intro for new students joining at the start of the summer (we always have a few).

In the fall, we've got a few things going on:
1) Fundraising (never stops)
2) Community outreach (local town festivals - sponsor demos - etc.)
3) Training - especially tool use and safe working processes
4) Training - CAD; drivetrain basics; pneumatics basics
5) Driving practice and try-outs
6) Offseason competitions - we do two fall competitions each year (Duel on the Delaware & Ramp Riot)

Hope this helps.
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Re: How to keep new students entertained?

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We're active year-round now and run a summer program. Generally...
Thanks, I will keep those activities in mind. I'm actually thinking about bringing the CAD teacher at this school aboard (hopefully)
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