Powerhouse 9410 Newsletter
February 2025- PART 1
Help us document our team progress and the process of building the robot.
The Team is yours, the Drive is yours.
Parents, Please encourage your student to share with the rest of the team.
This year we submitted essays for the two (2) following awards:
The Woodie Flowers Awards, which Dr. William Murphy in 1996 to recognize mentors who lead, inspire, and empower students using excellent communication skills. CLICK HERE to find out more about this award
The Dean's List Award, which the Kamen family sponsors, recognizes the leadership and dedication of the most outstanding secondary school students (10th or 11th grades) from FIRST®. CLICK HERE to find out more about this award
Click on the pictures below to read the full essays submitted to FIRST®.
Rachel will be interviewed at the Greater Kansas City Competition at the end of March: this will determine if she moves on to the Finals.
Justin Edgar- Mentor
Woodie Flowers Award Nominee
Read the Essay
Rachel Shouey- Team Co-Captain
Dean's List Award Semi-Finalist
Read the Essay
Team Bylaws
With our team being this new, it occurred to us that we never developed and adopted a set of bylaws, which are necessary for us to be recognized as an official club here at LNHS.
This is now resolved.
Thank you to Cindy Thompson for all her help in helping drafting the document. The members (active students) all voted, and the bylaws were adopted as of 2/3/2025. They are on file with the school and posted on our website.
Click HERE to read the full document
GROUP ME- Text Message Group For Parents
A few parents indicated in the last poll that they would like to have a group text option to communicate (which will come in very handy during Competition weeks).
The preferred method appeared to be GROUP ME
You can join by scanning the QR CODE or by clicking THIS LINK
Great news on the Sponsorship Side
Congratulations to Aidan P. again for bringing us yet another sponsor.
This time Aidan brought in WACHTER (Technology Integration Experts) as GOLD level Sponsors ($2500)
This is fantastic News. WAY TO GO AIDAN
And please, keep up the good work:
- Template letter for anyone wanting to reach out to potential donors.
- use in combination with our pamphlet. (or this simplified version )
- Check THIS DOCUMENT for an updated list of sponsors who have already been contacted, & who have already donated
NOTE: Coach Klug will provide us with a Finance update next Newsletter; but for now, we can tell you that we are somewhat OK until the competition in Kansas City at the end of March (provided we don't incur too many more purchases for the robot and competition needs); However, if the team were to qualify for World, we would be short at this time. So, if we could continue with the sponsorships quest, we would greatly appreciate it.
The Liberty Robotics Foundation is still looking to fill a vacacy on their board (Vice-President).
This would be perfect for a parent of a Freshmen or Sophomore looking to be more involved with the Robotics programs all around Liberty
As a reminder, the Foundation supports both our program and LHS's program. They have been a big help to us so far.
Feel free to ask Kim Steiger more details if you have any question, as she has served on the board for several years.
We are still needing a few volunteers for concession stands for the following dates
-Wed February 12 (Basketball)- 4:30 pm (3 people) ($100)
-Friday February 14 (Basketball)- 4:00 pm(6 people) ($300)
Please sign up below or contact Cindy
Use this link to sign up- - https://my.cheddarup.com/c/9410concessions2024fall
There are still items on our Amazon wishlist that could really be helpful, especially as we prepare for competition.
If you, or any of your friends or family members out of state, want to help, they can easily select an item from the list and have it sent to the school. (Make sure to send it to ROBOTICS club.. ATTN: Michael Klug or Mimi Jones)
Thank you in advance
COMPETITION TRAVEL
- A tentative itinerary will be provided in our 2nd February newsletter- A more definite/finalized itinerary will be provided in our 1st March Newsletter
- We will be traveling with 2 (two) ten-passenger vans (they have been reserved via Enterprise already), and 2 of our mentors will be following in their own trucks. As of now, Coach Klug is driving one of the vans, and our 3rd mentor is driving the other.
- If you would like to join us and book your own room(s) in the same hotel as our team, here is the hotel info:
March 11, 2025-March 15 2025- ( the competition starts on the 12th)
Kalps Patel AL316
Sleep Inn & Suites Huntsville near U.S. Space & Rocket Center AL316
4727 University Drive Huntsville
AL 35816 US
Dates At A Glance
February
11 - Work Concessions: wrestling, 5:00-8, 3 people, earn $150
12 -Work Concessions: basketball, 4:30-7:30, 3 people, earn $100- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
14 -Work Concessions: basketball, 4:00-8:30, 6 people, earn $300- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
26 - FIRST competition season begins
March
06 - Liberty Robotics Foundation (LRF) Meeting 6:00 (parents encouraged to attend)
11-16 - Competition: Rocket City Regional- Huntsville, AL
26-29 - Competition: Greater Kansas City Regional
April
03 - Liberty Robotics Foundation (LRF) Meeting 6:00 (parents encouraged to attend)
16 - Championship Houston (Potential)
May
06 - End of year celebration (tentative date)- Regular Meeting Time- (Parents Invited)
08 - Liberty Robotics Foundation (LRF) Meeting 6:00 (parents encouraged to attend)
24-25 Randoms
Build Season
9410 YouTube Channel
CONTACT US
Email:
Head Coach: Michael Klug (michael.klug@lps53.org)
Asst Coach: Mireille "Mimi" Jones (mimi.jones@lps53.org)
Location:
1000 NE 104th St, Liberty, MO, 64068
