The superintendent included no updates regarding health and safety. There are also plans to resurface its tennis courts and track. Work on the facilities is expected to begin on June 12 and conclude on Aug. The district approved a contract to re-do spectator sports entrances at Fairmont High School. Traetow also presented a summarized buildings and grounds update which detailed the state of several projects. At this meeting the committee reviewed feedback from staff and drafted a final calendar which will go through one more review before it is presented to the board. Traetow noted the committee responsible for creating next year’s calendar had met on March 20. Classes will now be held on June 5 and 6 which were designated as snow day make up days in the current school calendar. In Traetow’s report he noted the district is going forward with its plan to extend the school year due to an unexpected amount of snow days. She’s done a fantastic job going to every training she possibly can and getting a handle on the revised budget,” said Traetow. “I want to commend Jessica on her learning curve over the last five months. Traetow also highlighted the performance of Jessica Korte, the district’s new business manager. During the budget discussion Superintendent Andy Traetow noted this past year the district had lowered its operating expenses by $600,000 for the 2023 fiscal year as it plans for the expiration of pandemic era financial assistance. The next robotics semester will begin in fall 2023.The updated budget is largely in line with the budget passed by the district last summer but makes some modifications due to unexpected issues with the elementary school’s boiler system which were not covered by insurance, increased costs for vehicle replacements and higher expenditures for staff development.Īltogether these expenses warranted an increase of $498,500. They are hoping to grow the program next year and maybe offer a middle school level team. The Fairmont Catholic School Robotics team is the only elementary school level team in Marion County with two separate teams of six students. It wasn't a competition in terms of competing against each other, it was a chance for them to show their knowledge," Van Volkenburg said. Each team member was given a medal made out of Lego pieces that move but they had to assemble it by themselves. I mean, it was it was amazing how quick they picked up the block coding and really ran with it," Boyce said.īut the "competition" is more of a festival of ideas. "With the coding, I was worried that the kids were not going to be able to pick it up, but they pick it up so quick. It's awesome," Coach and FCS teacher Christina Moales said.Ĭoach Leach Boyce shared similar sentiment, but added that students not only learned how to code quickly, now some of them code for fun outside of their meetings. So, they're growing in all kinds of ways. Some of the kids didn't even want to speak and they all spoke so well today. I mean, they work together so well and they grew a lot. "I just enjoyed watching the kids do their thing. Parents and coaches, Julia Van Volkenburg, Amie Marchesani, Leah Boyce and Christina Moales agreed that they have enjoyed watching the team learn and develop. They got another lesson on nuclear energy from Westinghouse Electric Corporate Nuclear Engineer Eric Hinkler during one of their meetings. Fun - I had lots of fun and made friends, too," RoboKnights team two member Aurelia Moales said.ĭuring their first semester in robotics, students took a field trip to the Tygart Valley River Dam where they learned about hydropower renewable energy. Teamwork - we always believe in each other to save the world. "Impact - we want to help support and make a difference in our communities. Each student came up with their statement to share about the projects. Monday, students shared how they incorporated the principles into their projects. Robotics includes six core principles - discovery, innovation, impact, fun, inclusion and teamwork. The "RoboKnights" are students Luca Beto, Serena Boyce, Izabella Charcandy, Landon Constabile, Rosie Lafferre, Nicholas Marchesani, Sofia Merriman, Cash Naternacola, David Van Volkenburg, Aurelia Moales, Arkham Neel and Anthony Pagliaro.ĭuring their presentations, students explained how their prototypes worked and what they learned during their meetings. I like coding and I like that we all have a job to do and we do it together," RoboKnights team two member Serena Boyce said. We all get together and learn new things. Both teams used block coding, which they learned over the past several months in their robotics team meetings. They focused on decreasing homelessness and obesity in Marion County, so they used kinetic energy from gym equipment. Team Two created a Lego gym prototype that produces enough electricity to power a homeless shelter.
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