Friday, October 31, 2014

Happy Halloween!








BOOOO! Today is Halloween any many of us have got in the spirit by dressing up as Indiana Jones, Colorblind Waldo and the king of tools. This Wednesday our race mentor Josh brought his personal Quad copter and flew it above the school  and through the door of the tech room. We accomplished our goals this week as we sent our sponsor plaques, and organized the classroom with our new bins and toolboxes.

Monday, October 27, 2014

Getting it done








Syd's plans this week is making sure all the plaques get all sent out. Jasen swept the floor to get off the "no cookie list." Matt, Syd, and Jasen delivered the plaque to Marcus!! In first hour the main focus is organizing the whole week. Syd and Matt will also travel to Bombardier to deliver some more plaques. 

Friday, October 24, 2014

Pony Mail



This week Syd got all the pictures framed and sent out letters! The pedal on the Go Kart wasn't finished because of the huge delivery of all the new VEX Robotics parts and the welding lessons from Mr. Insel. Jasen and Kirsten unloaded all the parts from the truck. 

Monday, October 20, 2014

We hit 200 page views!




Hi everyone! Don't forget to friend our team on Facebook. We update it with important events on the go. This week is only a three day week for Syd. Therefore she plans on getting names of more people to send letters to, and hopefully get some sent out. She is waiting on team pictures. In first hour, Jasen and Kirsten had a welding lesson from Mr. Insel. This week they are planning on taking their welding skills and weld the pedal.  

Friday, October 17, 2014

Picture Perfect








Sydney started this week with updating the flyers and brochures. She took the inventory of what we need for the Holiday parade in the upcoming weeks. We also got an email back from our district school board member. The letters we sent out have been seen! Syd spoke with Mr. Collins and Mr. Reed about connections at the BB&T center and Dolphins Stadium and they said they would be willing to help. We delivered our first plaque to Mrs. Henschel our amazing principal, and also framed all the thank you pictures from the frames Matt and Syd got at Ikea. Matt and Syd also participated in the Izone meeting on Wednesday after school. The only thing that wasn't done is more letters because we were super busy this week. Jasen started fixing the sponsors on the solar blog as well as updating it. In first hour, Jasen and Kirsten practiced their welding skills. The pedal wasn't welded because they were practicing. The wiring is done expect they need a new fuse and two terminals. 



Monday, October 13, 2014

Public Relations






This week Sydney is working on calling different grants to see if we would be applicable for them. She is also calling The Miami Dolphins stadium and the BB&T center about upcoming events that we could present the solar car at. She will start delivering the plaques, and continue writing letters to different community people and politicians. Sydney is also planning on updating the solar brochure to send out in emails and letters. In 1st hour Jasen and Kirsten are planning this week to work on the Go-Kart. Our goals are to finish wiring the Kart by Friday and to weld a pedal to use as the throttle.


Friday, October 10, 2014

Stacks Of Plaques




This week closes out and we received our plaques from EDCO. They are fantastic and I am sure our sponsors will love them too. The Solar class continue to work on SK2 and the Go-Kart and our parts arrive along with the needed solder used in the welding machine. We would like to thank EDCO for there great plaques and how fast they were able to make them for us. Sydney registered for the Motorola Grant. She also got in touch with Ben Wesley from FPL about sponsoring the Solar Knights again this year. Sydney and Jasen called Zach from Tesla but he never answered. Sydney wasn't able to send letters this week due to confusing of who she was sending letters to also because she wasn't there. 

Monday, October 6, 2014

EDCO delivery




For the upcoming week, we are going to make sure the plaques get picked up from EDCO and delivered to all of our wonderful sponsors. In first hour, Solar energy class, Kirsten and Jasen are to continue working on their two projects: SK2 and the new go-kart. They have to make a parts list of all the materials they need for both cars and find a solution to where they need to put the batteries for SK2. Today is also an ICC meeting, therefore Syd and Jasen are working on getting all the monthly paperwork done to turn in. Sydney is continuing to find people and sending letters to sponsors. Sydney is also calling Motorola about the Motorola grant. 

Friday, October 3, 2014

T-shirt fun-day Friday!




This week Sydney and Kirsten were able to get their new women shirts in, from Embroider-me, which have their names stitched on the sleeve! We have still not got our plaques in yet but they are currently being made. Sydney sent out 10 letters to dignitaries. Also she is working with Jasen and Matt R to get the website undated. In the 1st hour solar class, Jasen and Kirsten are working on two projects to rebuild SK2 and adding a new go-kart to our fleet.