2020 EVENTS
FTC SUMMER CAMP
JUNE 15-19, 2020
Incoming seventh graders and eighth graders attended a week long FTC summer camp hosted by LASER FRC 3284. During the camp every participant fabricated, programmed and competed with their robot in a game format developed by coaches and FRC team members.
WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP
APRIL 15-29, 2020
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LASER was honored with the Engineering Inspiration Award at the Houston World Championships in 2019, which prequalified the team for the 2020 Championship! We can't wait to see old friends and meet new teams.
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FIRST LADIES EVENT
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LASER was selected and named the Missouri FRC Regional Partner by FIRST Ladies. LASER 3284 is holding a FIRST Ladies Luncheon at the Central Missouri Regional on Saturday April 4th. The luncheon will have guest speakers and a special VIP speakers to talk about STEM and FIRST. We hope you join us!
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CENTRAL MISSOURI REGIONAL
Cheer LASER 3284 on as they and 35 other teams challenge each other in the hardest fun ever. The Central Missouri Regional will be held at Smith-Cotton High School in Sedalia Missouri from April 2- April 5 .
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MEMPHIS REGIONAL
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Follow LASER 3284 as they join 36 other teams at the Memphis, TN Regional to compete. This regional will be held at Collierville High School from March 18 to March 21.
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GREATER KANSAS CITY REGIONAL
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On February 27th through March 1st, LASER 3284 competed at the Greater Kansas City Regional at Lee's Summit North High School against 36 teams from 6 states. The team placed 5th overall and became the 4th seated alliance captain with their partners 525 and 5141. The alliance made it to semifinals where they had two hard fought matches against the 1st seeded alliance. The team was also honored to win the UL® Safety Award and the prestigious Chairman's Award. Thank you to all who attended and cheered for LASER at their first regional of the season!
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#WALKLIKEWOODIE
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Camdenton LASER 3284 launched a global initiative to honor Dr. Woodie Flowers and to keep his ideals and core values alive and growing after his passing in late 2019. Dr. Flowers coined the two terms that are the ethos of FIRST robotics – Gracious Professionalism® and Coopertition®. LASER decided to honor Dr. Flowers after watching his celebration of Life as a team and talking about how he had affected students and the LASER team through FIRST. Members of 3284 had worked with Dr. Flowers as they developed the team’s code of ethics. Dr. Flowers had published the LASER 3284 Code of Ethics on his Mobius website. LASER 3284 posted on social media and asked teams to share pictures of their feet wearing Converse tennis shoes. Doing this on FRC kickoff day was a way to remind teams to start their 2020 season remembering to exhibit Gracious Professionalism throughout the season and to carry Dr. Flower’s core values with them in all that they do. Hundreds of teams posted photos on kickoff day to honor Dr. Flowers on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. #WalkLikeWoodie was a huge success and LASER 3284 will be making it an annual event as a way to honor Woodie.
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KICKOFF 2020
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On January 4th, LASER 3284 hosted a kickoff celebration to start the 2020 season. 3284 gathered early in the morning for a team breakfast. After watching the game release video, 3284 immediately began brainstorming, studying the game manual and prototyping.
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