• UTC Sundstrand

    UTC Aerospace Systems is one of the world’s largest suppliers of technologically advanced aerospace and defense products. We design, manufacture and service systems and components and provide integrated solutions for commercial, regional, business and military aircraft, helicopters and other platforms. We are also a major supplier to international space programs.

  • Maze Nail Co.

    Maze Nails, the largest division of W.H. Maze Company, is located in Peru, IL - just a mile from the Maze lumber yard. Maze keeps substantial inventories of hard-to-find nails in stock, and boasts the most prompt shipment in the industry.

  • Woodward

    Woodward integrates leading-edge technologies into fuel, combustion, fluid, actuation, and electronic control systems for the aerospace and energy markets. Our growth is driven by the increasing demand for fuel-efficient, low-emission, and high-performance energy management.

  • Rockford Toolcraft Inc.

    At Rockford Toolcraft Inc, they specialize in designing and building heavy gauge stamping dies and running production metal stampings and assemblies. Large, heavy gauge stampings run from coil are one of the many factors that set them apart from your average job shop. Their strong tooling/engineering power have created many value added, in-press type operations that reduce labor costs and help our customers stay competitive in today's price driven market.

  • Spider Company Inc.

    A leader in aerospace deburring, tight tolerance CNC machining, laser cladding, fabrication, powder coating and tube bending since 1976. Is also an industry leader in tight tolerance microscopic and electrochemical component deburring.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Week of January 2


Happy New Year!  Kick-off is just six days away and we have work to do.

This Week's Events
  • Open Shop Tues - Fri 3pm - 7pm.  Shop organization and training on mills, lathes, electronics, etc NEEDS to happen.  Team members are expected to be there.
  • Team Meeting Tues 7pm. Students and a parent are expected to attend this meeting.  Important information prior to kick off.
  • Kick Off - Saturday January 7, 2012
    • Secret Santa - Meet at WHS at 8:30am.  Bring a breakfast item to share and your gift.  
    • Kick Off Webcast - Begins at 9:30am at WHS.  Bring your parents!  
    • Team and Family Meeting - 11am at WHS. Student and at least one parent needs to attend.  Parents bring your calendars to sign up for team meals and shop supervision.  We need to have two adults - 21 years old - at shop whenever students are present.  Students will sign up for subteams.  
    • Design and Brainstorming - 3pm at the shop to inventory kit of parts and begin brainstorming.

Thank you to Mr. Freeman and Mr. Hedlund for driving to Waukesha to collect our Kit of Parts.

Official FIRST Registration  - Students need to register with FIRST to be "official" participants.  This can be a complicated process, and requires students to register with their email, parents to approve with a second email, and Karen to confirm as the final step.  New team members need to create their Student Team Information Member System (STIMS) account; returning team members can use their existing account.  Please take a few minutes to do this BEFORE kick off.

Click here to get started - or copy this URL https://my.usfirst.org/stims/site.lasso to your browser. 

(Adults serving as mentors will need to register on the TIMS site at https://my.usfirst.org/frc/tims/site.lasso.  You will receive a system-generated email if this pertains to you.)

Links to Game Manual and other helpful "things" are available on the Team Resources page - click here or use the persistent link in the menu at the top of every page.


Please pay attention to your studies and stay on top of your schoolwork, the next seven weeks will be BUSY.  Your grades are important!
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