Team Argos

Regional Competition in St Louis, March 18-21, 2009

Departure / Arrival

Location: Richwoods High School

Arrival Time: Thursday, March 19 at 5:45 AM

Bus Leaves: Thursday, March 19 at 6:00 AM

Bus Returns: Saturday, March 21, approximately 9:30-10:00 PM

Enter the parking lots off of W Northmoor Rd. Park next to the School Bus Lot, up against the cyclone fence. We are permitted to leave our vehicles through the weekend.

The bus will leave from and return to Richwoods High School in Peoria. See map below. If you're running late, better call your mentor phone numbers or we're leaving with out you. You will be able to leave vehicles in the Caterpillar parking lot.

Competition Location

FIRST Robotics Competition 2009; St. Louis Regional

March 18-21 (Thursday-Saturday), 2009

Saint Louis Science Center

5050 Oakland Ave

St Louis, MO 63110

Regionals Agenda

Competition web site

http://www.stlouisfirst.org

See matches online at

http://robotics.arc.nasa.gov/events/webcasts/regionals_2007.php

Lodging (Thursday and Friday night)

Contact Information

Below is contact information for the leaders and chaperones going on the trip.Call Erin or David to get a hold of any student during the Regional.

Team Leader: David Wisley 309.361.7212

Communications Leader: Erin Scherbinske 309.258.3412

Bus Leader: Pam Beaver 309.657.6712

The FIRST Robotics Competition is an exciting, multinational competition that teams professionals and young people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way. The program is a life-changing, career-molding experience -- and a lot of fun.

FIRST Robotics Competition combines the excitement of sport with science and technology to create a unique varsity sport for the mind. FRC helps high-school-aged young people discover the rewarding and engaging world of innovation and engineering.

The FIRST Robotics Competition stages short games played by remote-controlled robots. The robots are designed and built in 6 weeks (out of a common set of basic parts) by a team of 15 to 25 high-school-aged young people and a handful of engineers-mentors. The students pilot the robots on the field. Each school year, teams are formed in the fall. Competitions take place in March and April. The FIRST Robotics Competition Regional events are typically held in university arenas. They involve 40 to 70 teams cheered by thousands of fans over two and a half days.

In 2006, the competition reached over 28,000 high-school-aged young people on over 1,125 teams in 33 regional events. Teams came from Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Israel, Mexico, the U.K., and almost every U.S. state.