STEAM TEAM UPDATE

This Week

• Aug 25 - AUVSI Pathfinder Symposium 1:00-5:00pm VBC (selected team members only)
• Aug 25 - Spirit Night at Super Chix 4:00-9:00pm
• Aug 26 - Practice 3:00-5:15 - Officer candidate speeches
• Aug 26 - STEAM Parent Meeting 5:30pm HCMS AV Room (*Note updated time!)
• Aug 28 - Practice 3:00-5:15 - Officer ballots close/Elections
• Aug 29 - New member application deadline
• Aug 30 - No Practice (Labor Day Weekend)

Next Week

• Sep 2 - Practice 3:00-5:15 - Officer election results announced
• Sep 4 - Practice 3:00-5:15
• Sep 6 - Practice 9:00-12:00 - First Meeting for new members
• Sep 6 - FTC Kickoff Athens - Team members attend with parents (optional)

Our first Spirit Night of the year will take place on Monday, Aug 25 4:00-9:00pm at Super Chix on Memorial Pkwy. Tell them you are there to support the HCMS STEAM Team and we'll receive 10% of revenue for the evening. Be sure to tell your friends and family and share on social media! We have lots of awesome events planned this year - fundraising helps make this possible!

A small group of our STEAM Team members will attend the AUVSI Pathfinder Symposium on Monday, Aug 25 from 1:00-5:00pm at the VBC with Ms. Snider. The HCMS STEAM Team will host a booth as well as meeting and learning about other professional and educational STEM organizations. This is a great outreach event and learning opportunity for our team! Selected students should have received notification from Ms. Snider. Parents are responsible for transportation to and from the event.

Candidate applications should have already been submitted to Ms. Snider. This week, officer candidates will give platform speeches or present videos during practice on Tuesday, Aug 26. Ballots close and elections take place during practice Thursday, Aug 28. Election results will be announced Tuesday, Sep 2. Good luck candidates!

Please plan to attend our first STEAM Team Parent Meeting of the school year on Tuesday, Aug 26 at 5:30pm in the HCMS AV Room. (*Note the time change from last week's newsletter.) Ms. Snider will outline the team structure and rough schedule for the year, discuss applications for prospective new members, and answer general questions. Parent Booster Board members will provide info and be available for questions as well. Watch for a possible zoom link from Ms. Snider via Remind for those unable to attend.

• Aug 26 - Practice 3:00-5:15 - Officer candidate speeches
• Aug 28 - Practice 3:00-5:15 - Officer ballots close/Elections
• Aug 30 - No Practice (Labor Day Weekend)

Officer candidate speeches and elections will take place during practices this week. No practice will be held on Satuday, Aug 30 because of Labor Day weekend.

The veteran students did an awesome job helping with our final STEAM Open House. They did a great job planning, preparing and facilitating forensics, tool, and CAD activities. A special thank you to Ms. Langseth for stepping in while Ms. Snider was out of town, and thank you to our wonderful parent volunteers! If you have friends applying this year, be sure to remind them about the parent meeting on Tuesday, Aug 26 and the new member applications due date Friday, Aug 29.

Next weekend, robotics students and parents have the opportunity to attend the FIRST Tech Challenge kickoff on Saturday, September 6th at Athens Renaissance School (601 S Clinton St, Athens, AL.) Local FTC leadership will announce and celebrate this year's theme and details for the 2025-2026 FTC season. This is a great time for local teams to gather and get excited for this year's competitive events. Further event information will be sent to interested participants.

Newsletter - Weekly updates about upcoming events, event information, and celebration of team experiences.

Website - https://member.hamptoncovesteam.com

Includes calendar for all events and helpful information regarding events and fundraising. (if you have skills in updating and maintaining a website we would love your help! Please contact Mrs. Snider, Jennie Maestri or Beth Wright)

Remind - Remind is the primary method of communication between Mrs. Snider, the boosters and the parents. Mrs. Snider will send out a current Remind link as the new year begins. There will be a general thread and separate threads for each working team within the full team. Be sure you are signed into link to make sure you are receiving up to date information.

Are you a member of the HCMS Steam Team group on Facebook? This page is

where we celebrate team accomplishments, share the newsletter and share community opportunities.

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