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At the SIUE Introduce a Girl to Engineering

Day, female representatives of Team 1208

gave a demonstration of our robot to promote

FIRST and an interest in robotics,

engineering, and science.

WOMEN IN

ENGINEERING

2014

The Metool Brigade promoted FIRST at the STL

Science Center’s celebration of National

Engineer’s Week. There, we exhibited the

Frisbee-throwing robot we built for the Ultimate

Ascent FRC Game, and then invited interested

children to drive it.

Engineering Career

week

2013

While showing off our mecanum wheel robot at

the STL Science Center, we promoted FIRST

by handing out informative pamphlets about

engineering to parents and students.

Engineering Day

2011-2013

Our team holds a design

competition each year to

include all students

throughout our school in

experiencing FIRST and

engineering.

Engineering design

competition

2011-2012

Engineering Career

Day

2012-2014

Team 1208 traveled

to the St. Louis

Science Center for

Engineering Career

Day, where we

promoted FIRST and

presented our

robot’s abilities to

aspiring engineers.

Team 1208 built a robot to throw

candy during our town’s annual

Homecoming parade. This gave the

O’Fallon children their first taste of

FIRST!

constructed

Candy-throwing

Robot

2011

Homecoming Parade

2011-2015

During our school’s Homecoming parade,

Metool Brigade members walk with our

candy-bot through the town, giving treats

to children and inspiring an interest in

FIRST for all ages.

To promote FIRST, the Metool Brigade

designed and built a robot to throw T-shirts

into a crowd. It threw more accurately than

human hands and was able to throw far enough

to deliver T-shirts to people in different

sections of a crowd.

T-Shirt throwing

Robot

2012

A few members of Team 1208

demonstrated what our robot does for our

local Cub Scouts. The Boy Scouts were

excited to see the robot in action and

responded with great enthusiasm towards

robotics and FIRST.

Cub Scouts Demo

2012

Book fair at carriel

junior high

2015

The Metool Brigade was invited by Carriel

Junior High to their annual book fair to

showcase our Ariel Assist robot. There, we

spread the message of FIRST by talking to

students and encouraging them to drive the

robot.

Along with Triad High School and Boeing

representatives, the Metool Brigade traveled

to Edwardsville to promote starting a FIRST

team.

Promoting First in

Edwardsville

2013

Team 1208 attended

FIRST Friday at the

STL Science Center

where we demonstrated

our robot to children and

their families.

FIRST Friday

2013

Archon Science

Fair Convention

2014-2015

We attended the Sci-Fi

convention in order to

inspire young people to

participate in FIRST.

Team 1208 and other St. Louis area FRC

teams gathered at the St. Louis Science

Center show each other our robots and our

accomplishments from the past season.

Through this connection within the FIRST

community, we all bonded over our

incomparable experience in FRC

Competitions.

FRC Alliance Open

House

2012

Recruited three

fll teams

2015

The Metool Brigade held conferences with

parents and school administrators at Belle

Valley, Worden, and Eureka to establish FLL

teams within the schools.

Open house

2011-2015

The team held an Open House at OTHS in order

to form valuable relationships with students,

parents, and other community members. By

interacting with us and our robot, all of O’Fallon

could experience FIRST and see our dedication

and passion towards the program.

Freshman Fair

2011-2015

Through our school’s Freshman Fair, we try to

recruit the new underclassmen to join

Robotics by handing out informational packets

promoting FIRST and allowing the students to

interact with the past year’s robot.

Championship

Assistance

2013

At the FIRST World Championship, we

provided batteries, tables, and carts to teams

from Israel who couldn’t transport them to the

competition themselves.

Channel one News

2012

In order to promote

FIRST, Team 1208

contacted Channel One

News, a national news

source that specifically

targets students of all

ages. The Channel One

crew came to the FIRST

Championship in

St. Louis and

interviewed members of

our team, which spread

the FIRST message to

students across

the country.

Moye Robo-Demo

2012

The Metool Brigade

visited Moye

Elementary School in

O’Fallon, Illinois, to

give a robotics

presentation during a

school assembly. Our

demonstration inspired

many of the children to

join Lego League

teams, and this

educated many

students and faculty

about FIRST.

STEM Camporee

2012

The Metool Brigade traveled

to Scott Air Force Base and

participated in a STEM

Camporee, where we

demonstrated our Rebound

Rumble robot which could

shoot 8in foam basketballs.

O’FallOn PrOgress

Articles

2011-2015

For the past eleven years, the OTHS Robotics

team has been featured in articles in the local

newspaper. These articles discuss our

accomplishments throughout our seasons and

they spark an interest in FIRST within the

community.

FRC Kickoff

2011-2013

Excited for the upcoming FIRST FRC

competition season, select Metool Brigade

members traveled to the St. Louis Science

Center to participate in the FRC Kickoff.

Afterwards, the members returned to OTHS to

strategize with the rest of our team.

FRC Demo at FLL and

FTC Kickoff

2011

The Metool Brigade

traveled to Florissant

Valley Community

College for the FLL and

FTC Kickoff. There, we

demonstrated our robot’s functions to

fascinated young competitors, promoting an

stronger interest in FIRST.

Hazelwood Demo

2011

Team 1208 took part in Hazelwood Central’s

Open House by giving a demonstration of the

2011 game robot, talking to other participants,

and mentoring younger teams. City council

members observed all that the Metool Brigade

did that day.

Mcalister’s

Fundraiser

2011-2012

The Metool

Brigade held a

fundraiser at

our local

McAlister’s Deli

and invited community members to come from

5-8 PM that evening and support the team.

While they ate, we

passed out flyers

and shared our

enthusiasm about

robotics and

FIRST.

Scifest

2011

To spread the message of FIRST, Team 1208

participated in SciFest, a six-day celebration

of science and technology at our science

center. We handed out

informational flyers,

talked to parents about

FIRST, and encouraged

children to drive the

robot.

Gift Wrapping at

Barnes and Noble

2011

The OTHS

Robotics team

spread holiday

cheer, promoted

FIRST, and raised

$250 for the

upcoming

competition

season by

wrapping gifts at

the local Barnes

and Noble for

members of the

O’Fallon

community.

Orange Leaf

fundraiser

2012

By partnering with our local Orange Leaf, the

Metool Brigade raised $100 to use towards

robotics. Through this experience, we were

able to promote FIRST within the community

while also enjoying delicious ice cream.

Mentored 4 FLL

Teams

2013

Team 1208 mentored FLL

Team 2081, Team 2082,

Team 7341 and Team

10609 and gave them

advice on how to succeed

in the FLL challenge. By working with them,

we hope to have inspired them to continue

participating in

FIRST

throughout the

rest of their

school careers.

FLL volunteering

At Carriel jr. high

2015

At our local Carriel Junior High, the Metool

Brigade helped referee, time, set up the field,

and judge during two FLL competitions

FRC ALLIANCE

Pre-season Workshop

2015

To show our support for FIRST, Team 1208

hosted the annual FRC Alliance Pre-Season

workshop. In

addition to

organizing and

publicizing the

event, we were

in charge of

running it. This meant scheduling everything,

recruiting presenters, and coordinating the

function with the STL Science Center.

Pre-Season

Training Program

2013

By attending 5 training programs at the

St. Louis Science Center, we supported FIRST

and expanded the arsenal of information we

had to improve future seasons.

Mentored 8 FRC

Teams

2014

OTHS Robotics

members mentored

FRC Teams 3686,

4246, 4232, 4500,

4493, 5362, and

5583 and helped them navigate the ins and

outs of competing in FIRST, from establishing

team positions to

building their robots.

We try to help them

prepare as best as

we can.

Superintendent

Meeting

2015

Team 1208’s coach, Mr. Eric Curry, met with 3

area school superintendents to initiate

starting FLL and FRC teams in their schools.

Rookie Team

Workshop

2012-2013

The Metool Brigade helped teams from the

STL Science Center, Paducah, Oakville, and

Mount Vernon to develop more effective

design and technique methods to improve

their robots’ overall performance. We used our

“Shaquille O’Wheel” robot as an example to

help us explain what we were telling them.

FRC Build Season

Mini-Workshops

2012-2013

The Metool Brigade, unafraid to help,

organized mini-workshops at the St. Louis

Science Center to help rookie teams build

their robots. We came every Sunday without

fail and helped many teams throughout the

build season.

FRC Post-Kickoff

inventory

2011-2015

Team 1208 hosted a post-Kickoff inventory

session in which we helped 8 rookie teams

identify and count parts.

Alpha Testing

2013-2014

Chosen as one of nine of 2600 teams to

participate, we were able to evaluate the new

control system to be used in the 2015 season.

FLL volunteering

At Brittany Woods

2015

The Metool Brigade

traveled to Brittany

Woods Junior High in

University City, MO.

There, we helped with

refereeing, timing,

setting up the field, and

judging an FLL

competition.

Lego league

mentoring

2012-2015

Members of the Metool Brigade helped several

local FLL teams by providing programming

instruction.

Officer in st. louis

frc alliance

2013

The Metool Brigade’s coach, Mr. Eric Curry, is

an officer in the St. Louis FRC Alliance. He is

in charge of scheduling and planning St. Louis

FRC Alliance activities.

Mentor on FRC Regional

Planning Committee

2011-2015

This season, our coach, Mr. Eric

Curry, is a member of the FRC

Regional Planning Committee. He

volunteers his time to make sure

that the Regional will run as

smoothly as possible, and be an

enjoyable experience for all in

`attendance.

Rookie Survival Guide To

The St. Louis

Regional

2011-2015

Team 1208 has

repeatedly published

a Rookie’s Guide to

the St. Louis

Regional to send to

the rookie teams

who would be

attending in order to

help them survive

the competition.

St. louis guide for

frc championship

2011-2015

To enhance the championship experience for

all of the out-of-state teams, we created an

informational booklet about the city of

St. Louis and the FIRST St. Louis

Championship.

Mentored Maryville

fll team

2015

Some of the members of Metool Brigade

repeatedly went to St. John’s church in

Maryville, Illinois, to help their FLL team with

programming the robot and to give them

advice. Under our tutelage, they made it all

the way to the state championship!

First lego league

qualifier volunteering

2012-2015

Team 1208 went to

Bishop Dubourg High

School to help with

keeping time,

delivering scores to the

score table, and

advising team

ambassadors at a

FIRST Lego

League Qualifier.

Field set up and

tear down at

st. louis regional

2012

To support FIRST, Team 1208 volunteered our

time to help set up and tear down the

competition arena at the 2012 St. Louis

Regional.

Kop handout at

st. louis regional

2012

One of Team 1208’s mentors helped distribute

the KOP to participating teams, ensuring that

each received all the parts they were

supposed to and that they understood how to

use each one.

No robot left

Behind

2012-2013

Team 1208 took part in No Robot Left Behind,

a program organized by Chief Delphi for

veteran teams to help less-experienced teams

and make sure that they had a working robot

for competition. This included making sure

these robots would work during autonomous.

Frc Training Camp

2013

The Metool Brigade hosted an FRC training

camp for local robotics teams, where we

explained the components of the RoboRio and

how it operates so that all teams would

understand the new “brain.”

Afcea technet

summer convention

2012

Over the summer, we spread the message of

FIRST by having one of our mentors and some

of our team members attend the Armed Forces

Communications and Electronic Association

TechNet Convention to present our robots to

interested attendees. We explained how they

work and how FRC competitions dictate the

functions of robots.

Frc kickoff

2011-2015

After Kickoff at Clayton High School, all

members of Team 1208 met to brainstorm

strategies and robot designs for the newly

revealed game.

Volunteered at ftc

Missouri

championships

2012

In support of FIRST, members of the Metool

Brigade volunteered to help with everything

from timing to room monitoring during FTC

Missouri Championships.

FRC Pre-Kickoff

Training Camp

2011-2015

In conjunction with Team 1094, the Metool

Brigade promoted FIRST by presenting

information on robot construction and team

management to local robotics teams at

Gateway Tech High School’s robotics training

camp.

Beta Testing

2011-2012

Team 1208 volunteered to test various

components of the new control system, which

would be used in the 2013 season, to find any

flaws in it that could hinder upcoming

competitions. Also, we provided valuable

information to local teams about the system.

FLL eastern Missouri

Championship

2012

To support FIRST,

we volunteered at

the FLL Eastern

Missouri

Championship in

St. Louis. We helped make the event run as

smoothly as possible, assisting in judging,

setting up, and

refereeing, which

made it a memorable

experience for all of

the children.

Mentors

Volunteering at

Championship

2011-2015

Our mentors have

donated hundreds of

hours to further the

message of FIRST by

volunteering as robot

inspectors at the

FIRST Championships.

Certification of

all team members

2011-2015

To become a member of Team 1208, each student

must earn his or her certification. One must pass a

general test, be able to turn the robot on and off,

and gain an understanding of each division’s

technical aspects through a division-specific

process. All of this ensures that each team

member can contribute greatly to the team.

Congratulations!

(Team member’s name)

Has completed the requirements to be a

certified Member of the ____ Team!

You are now officially a

member of team 1208

Student officer

organization plan

2011-2015

As part of the officer qualification process,

students must be enrolled in Advanced

Honors Physics II, our school’s most rigorous

physics course, and continue to show active

participation throughout the robotics season.

Each student applies for a position that best

suits his or her ability to serve the Metool

Brigade.

Organization plan

First incorporated

into oths Curriculum

2011-2015

Since 2003, we have strived to incorporate

FIRST into the Honors Physics II curriculum.

Each Friday of the first semester, in addition

to the entire third quarter, is dedicated to

working on the robot and behind the scenes

administrative business.

NASA Speaker

2015

Team 1208 invited Dr. Roosevelt

Johnson from NASA to give an

inspiring speech to students

currently enrolled in the physics program at

OTHS. He encouraged students to pursue

careers in

STEM fields,

especially

within NASA.

Business plan

2011-2015

Every year, Team 1208’s Chief Executive

Officer is in charge of creating a business

plan that encompasses our expected revenue

and expenses for each robotics competition

season.

Drive one 4 your

school

2011-2015

In order to raise money for the build season,

Team 1208 held our annual Drive One 4 Your

School fundraiser, where parents and other

adults came to test drive the newest cars out

on the market.

Pancake

breakfast

2013-2015

The OTHS Robotics Team organized an

unlimited pancake breakfast to raise money

for the build season. We promoted FIRST by

talking to everyone in attendance while they

ate.

Pancake Breakfast 2014

Car wash

2011-2015

Team 1208 bonds together each year over a car

wash fundraiser. We spend time washing and

drying vehicles for

community members

while we have fun with

one another.

Mr. irresistible

2011-2015

For five years, Team

1208 has sponsored a

participant in Mr.

Irresistible, O’Fallon

Township’s comedic

male pageant,

helping to get

information to the

rest of the

student body about

robotics and FIRST. It

also helps us bond as

a team.

Rummage sale

2011-2015

After gathering

clothing, household

items, and other

donations from

throughout our

community, Team 1208

held a rummage sale

to raise money for

the season.

ornament sales

2011-2013

Since the

beginning of

the Metool

Brigade, we have sold custom ornaments to

members of our community, raising hundreds

of dollars for our team.

Kickoff party

2011-2015

‘Twas the night

before Kick-off, and

all through the place,

Team 1208 partied at

a very fast pace. At

the home of a

mentor, we danced

and we played. There

was food and games

and even an arcade.

At this gathering, we

had lots of fun, the

night before the real

games had begun.

Rummage Sale

2011-2012

In October, we

hold our annual

rummage sale at

OTHS. The event

is made possible

by donations from

parents and team

members that include everything from used

books to appliances.

Community members show

up early on Saturday

morning to see what they

can discover.

Led Light Bulb

Fundraiser

2011-2013

In November 2012, team members sold 100

FIRST LED light bulbs; which come with five

year warranty, are dimmable up to 5%, last

22.8 years, and cast a softer light than

traditional bulbs.

New Workroom Design

and construction

2012

To improve team

efficiency, we turned

an unused classroom

into a separate

workroom, which we

deemed “The Bot

Cave”.

Trivia nIGht/Silent

Auction

2011-2015

During Team 1208’s annual Trivia Night/Silent

Auction, teams challenge their wits in spirited

competition

while others bid

on items in the

auction. All

profits raised

during the

auction went

towards funding

the Metool Brigade’s build season.

100 YEARS OF

SCOUTING

2014

In conjunction

with a Catholic

Boy Scouts

group, Team

1208 traveled to

the Our Lady of

the Snows

Shrine, where we promoted an interest in

engineering through demonstrations of our

robot and our interaction with the children.

Pennies for

patients

2013-2015

While coordinating with the Pennies for

Patients Program, the Metool Brigade raised

$1,000 for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

to help fund research to find a cure.

Wounded

warriors drive

2013-2014

An example of our contributions to the

community involves the Wounded Warriors

Program, through which each robotics team

member donated life essentials to soldiers

who were injured while serving our country.

Crayon and coloring

book drive

2014

Hoping to provide

entertainment for the

sick children at

St. Louis Children’s

Hospital, the Metool

Brigade collected

crayons and coloring books to give them,

bringing happiness to

kids and their families

in our Metro-East area.

Adopt a family

Christmas drivE

2012-2013

In the spirit of

giving, team

members

donated money

to go towards

gifts, such as

clothing and

games, to a

family in need

for Christmas.

Benefit for Barbara

Hamilton

2013

Team 1208 worked with a student group to

organize a benefit for Barbara Hamilton, a

local woman fighting brain cancer, who

greatly appreciated our support.

siMMs’ hOuse

clean up

2012

When a fellow

student’s house

burned down,

our team wanted

to help in every

way possible. We saved

personal mementos, took

photographs for the

insurance company, and

salvaged everything we

could.

Book drive

2012 and 2015

Members of the Metool Brigade worked with

our school’s National Honor Society to set up

a book drive. Students each brought in three

or more books to donate to OTHS’s feeder

schools.

Troop care packages

2011-2013

In the name of FIRST, the Metool Brigade has

sponsored a service project to send care

packages to deployed troops. Additionally, our

entire high school participated by donating

items to send to deployed soldiers.

Food drive

2012-2013

In hopes of improving the

holidays for families in need, Team 1208

collected hundreds of items to donate to

our town’s food pantry.

Shoes for Haiti

2012

In conjunction with OTHS, the Metool Brigade

collected around one hundred pairs of shoes

to send to the previously earthquake-stricken

Haiti.

Red out

2011

Robotics Team 1208 participated in our

school’s Red Out basketball game and sold

t-shirts to raise money for the American Heart

Association.

Sponsored trip to

Haiti

2011

To share FIRST worldwide, the Metool Brigade

sponsored a team member to go to Haiti on a

mission trip. She shared FIRST with the

Haitians when she personally delivered the

calculators and coloring books.

Haiti calculator

drive

2011

Following the devastating

earthquake in Haiti, the Metool

Brigade set up a calculator drive,

which collected over four hundred

calculators for the underprivileged

Haitian children.

Coloring books

for Haiti

2011

Team 1208 created a coloring book to donate

to the children of Haiti; these were presented

to the kids by a Metool Brigade member on a

mission trip. These books inspire hope among

the kids whose country has yet to recover

fully from the devastating earthquakes.

The game

2015

This year’s game is Recycle Rush, which

consists of stacking totes, tubs, and

manipulating pool noodles, known as “litter,” in

an alliance with two other teams. There are

three parts: an autonomous period, where the

robot operates without a driver, a manual

portion with operation control, and a

coopertition period that involves stacking totes

together with our opponents.

Ftc kickoff

2013

As a sponsor for FTC Team 7340, members of

Team 1208 attended the FTC Kickoff and

helped competing teams with their robots.

Ftc qualifier

2014

We build a real-life replica of the course to

practice for the FTC Qualifier.

End of build season

Scrimmage

2013-2015

Team 1208 held a

local scrimmage

with our local teams

in the Multi-Purpose

Room in order to

test and show off all

of the robots in a

competitive

environment, while

promoting the FIRST

value of

coopertition.

Gateway robotics

challenge

2015

Before the start of the FRC season, the

Metool Brigade hosted the first annual

Gateway Robotics Challenge, connecting

local teams and mentors in the St. Louis

region.

Frc robot

scramble

2012-2013

Under FIRST’s ideal of

coopertiton, Team 1208

practiced last year’s

game by competing against other robots in

friendly scrimmage matches at the St. Louis

Science Center to prepare for upcoming

Regional Competitions.

St. Louis Regional

2013

After qualifying sixteenth, we were drafted

into an alliance with Team 3284 and Team

2408. We won all but one elimination match on

our way to becoming regional champions and

also won the Regional Chairman’s Award for

the first time in eleven years.

Crossroads

Regional

2013

The Metool Brigade traveled to Terre Haute,

Indiana, as a veteran team to participate in

the rookie year

of the

Crossroads

Regional. In

the elimination

rounds, we

allied with

Team 931 and Team 1094, two St. Louis area

teams who we’ve built sustainable

relationships with.

World

Championship

2013

On Team 1208’s sixth trip to the FIRST World

Championship, we finished with a record of 4-4-0

and we were very pleased to score over 100

points in four different matches. Through this

adventure, we gained experience and made

connections within the FIRST community.

Student Ambassador,

Kansas City

Regional

2012

Members of the Metool Brigade went to the

Kansas City Regional to inform newcomers

about robotics and competition, answer

questions, and walk people through the pits.

Science Center

Scrimmage

2012

Wanting to practice before competition, we

brought our training field to the STL

Science Center to scrimmage with other

Metro-area teams. Additionally, we provided

assistance to any team who needed help with

its robot.

Kansas City

Regional

2012

Team 1208 earned the

Innovation in Control

award and captured

second place in

competition at the

2012 Kansas City

Regional.

St. Louis Regional

2011

In addition to having a Dean’s List Finalist, our

team won the Entrepreneurship Award at the

2011 St. Louis Regional.

St. Louis Regional

2012

The Metool Brigade was proud to have a

member named as a Dean’s List Finalist, as

well as to receive the Innovation in Control

Award.

Championship

2012

At the 2012 FIRST

Robotics Competition

Championship, our

robot participated in

the game Rebound

Rumble and placed

14th in our divi-

Smoky Mountain

Regional

Knoxville, Tennessee

March 31, 2012

Because of our generosity on the field, in the

pits, and in the stands, Team 1208 was

awarded the Gracious Professionalism Award.