UFH: Stephen Florence

[Andy Baker]

Steve Florence is an amazing guy. He is the type of lead teacher who can inspire everyone on the team and also keep them in line. He is passionate about FIRST, and sees the impact it has on kids he has in class.

Steve is one of those people who can preach about FIRST and get people excited to be a part of it. The amazing thing is that Flo also does many more things for his school besides FIRST. He is a wrestling coach at the same time the FIRST season is taking place. Flo is a good guy and a dependable friend.

Here's to Steve Florence!

Andy B.

[Carter Kiser]

Just though I would give this a bump to let everyone know about the video the 2004 seniors made for Mr. Florence. Here is the write-up for it:

The class of 2004 was Westside Boiler Invasion's largest graduating class in its 5 year history. Almost all of the seniors had been on the team for 3 or 4 years, and many had known Mr. Florence for even longer. To some, Mr. Florence was like a second father. At the end of the year, one student had the idea to do something special for Flo, something that would show the appreciation they all had. They came up with idea of making a DVD with testimonials from all of the seniors. Here is a video of the main portion of the DVD.

Here is a link to download the file (it's large - 64 megs):
http://www.boilerinvasion.org/?page=videos

It's down at the bottom of the page.

My goal in producing the video was to make Flo cry, and all of seniors presented it to him at our team banquet. He didn't cry, but he was speechless. ANd for those of you who know Flo, that is a feat in and of itself. I think the video gives a good idea how much Mr. Florence means to Team 461, the sentiments we share in the video were and are shared by eveyone in Purdue FIRST Programs.

[tiffany34990]

This man surely deserves this award. Congrats to Stephan Florence. It's great to hear how much he has done. People still continue to amaze me. I can only hope to be as good as a mentor as all of the UFHs.

[florencecity]

Congratulation flo!!!!!!