2014 Mid MO FIRST® Tech Challenge Qualifier

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LASER 3284 annually hosts, sponsors, and runs the Mid MO FTC® Qualifier that brings numerous MO teams to the Ozarks to compete and share FIRST® with the Lake Community. The 2014 event was held on December 13, 2014 from 7:30 AM to 6:00. PM

2014 Mid MO FIRST® LEGO® League Qualifier

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LASER 3284 prides itself in hosting the annual Mid-MO FLL® Qualifier that brings teams from central Missouri and beyond together for a day of Gracious Professionalism and Coopertition®. At this event, 3284 also exhibited FLL Jr.®, FTC®, and FRC®. The Camdenton community supports the FIRST® LASER programs by helping to provide 130+ volunteers to make the day successful. This year, the event was held on November 15, 2014 at Camdenton High School.

Drive One 4 UR School

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The annual Drive 4 UR School event, sponsored by Sakelaris Ford, has become much more than a fundraiser for the FIRST® LASER programs. Sakelaris proudly supported the LASER program by hosting a full day Drive ONE 4 UR School event. At this event, community members were invited to test drive Ford vehicles. Sakelaris and Mid-West Ford donated $20 per valid test drive, up to $6,000 to the LASER program. In addition, Mid-West Ford hosted a Facebook voting competition to double the donation. This year, LASER was fortunate enough to win this bonus competition! Thank you Sakelaris and Mid-West Ford! In addition, LASER was able to showcase all four progressions of FIRST® ​for the entire community!

2014 LASER 4-H Sea Perch Camp

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4-H and LASER partnered to host a summer Sea Perch camp for 5th and 6th grade students. This was an exciting week-long camp where students built an underwater robot that was able to navigate underwater obstacle courses! The camp ended with an exciting underwater robot competition run by LASER 3284.

2014 Show Me Robotics

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LASER 3284 co-hosted the off-season Show-Me Robotics Event in partnership with 4-H, The Corps, and Team Scream from Sedalia, MO. This event took place at the Missouri State Fair, where several thousand attendees are introduced to all four progressions of FIRST®.  

 Missouri Governor Declares April 2014 FIRST® Robotics Month

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Governor Jay Nixon declared April 2014 to be FIRST® Robotics month in Missouri on behalf of LASER 3284’s efforts to share STEM! This proclomation coinsided with the 2014 FIRST® World Championship that was held on April 23-26 at the St. Louis Edward Jones Dome!

Missouri STEM Day

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On March 6, 2014 LASER represented all four progressions of FIRST® programs at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City for STEM day at the Capitol.  

Read more about this event and watch the Capitol hgihlight video that featured LASER students:
http://mochamber.wordpress.com/2014/03/07/students-educators-rally-in-support-of-stem-education/