Oconee Enterprise Article

October 31, 2008
The following article is from the most recent Oconee Enterprise covering our 3rd place GA finish at the BEST robotics competition.


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What is BEST Robotics?

October 27, 2008

Information below is from BEST Inc. website: www.bestinc.org

 

Robotics - Each team designs and builds a radio-controlled machine to accomplish defined tasks in a game-type format. Six weeks before the competition, the teams gather for Kick Off Day in early September at local hub sites where they receive identical kits of equipment (motors, r/c unit, batteries, etc.) and raw materials from which to build their machines, and a detailed set of game rules. The machines they build cannot weigh...


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Team wins 3 awards, finishes 3rd in state!

October 27, 2008

This past Saturday, Westminster's Tech Squad competed against 27 other schools in the Georgia BEST Robtics State Competition and finshed the day as one of only 3 teams to qualify for the SOUTH'S BEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP on Dec. 12-13 at Auburn University in Auburn, AL. South's BEST is one of three championships of BEST Robotics, Inc. that hosts 50 winning teams from competition sites in Illinois, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama each Decembe...


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About our team

October 27, 2008
Westminster Christian Academy's Robotic's team consist of 5 freshman students, Hannah Cole, Steven Hook, Jordan Russell, Steven Stowe, and Ausitn Woods and the team is coached by Mrs. Donna Rae Woods.  The team, better known as the Westminster Technological Innovation Squad far exceeded anybody's expectations for a 1st year robotics team in this past weekend's Georgia BEST Robotics Championship, 'Just Plane Crazy' at Southern Polytecnic State University in Marietta, GA. Westminster's T...
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Mentors Needed


If you would like to volunteer as a mentor for our team for next year, please contact Coach Woods at 706-769-9372 ext. 538.

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