FTC Robotics

Adam and Lulu with the house to themselves for the day

 

FTC Robotics competition at GSMST

 

Derek left at the crack of dawn to carpool with his team. We drove over in the afternoon on the way to meet up for a holiday outing with some of Helen's teacher friends.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coach

 

Derek and Connor doing some modifications between events

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tyler, Derek, and Connor

 

 

 

 

It was a long day, but Derek's team ended up in the 3-team alliance that won the competition. He made it home just in time to quickly grab his hockey gear and drive to Alpharetta for his 9 pm game.

 

Trying To Finish Strong

Derek working on his Indvidual Oral Presentation (IOB) for his IB Diploma where he has to stand in front of the class and give a 15 minute talk about "A Room with a View". Makes me sweat just thinking about it.

 

Finals are this week so the first semester of his Junior year is almost over

 

 

Connor and Derek showing us the progress they made in preparation for the upcoming robotics competition

 

 

Heading out to coach his first practice. Community service is another aspect of the IB Diploma Program. In addition to everything else, he volunteered to coach a youth hockey team this winter. 

It's Beginning To Look...

...alot like Christmas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XBox One

Adam held out for over a year, but finally decided to pull the trigger on an Xbox One Black Friday deal