The RoboDogs would like to wish everybody Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year's.


The RoboDogs will be having a fundraising event at the Applebee's on Broadway November 15th Fundraiser at Applebee's! Eat dinner with the family and help us raise money. All you have to do is bring in the flyer and 10% of your meal will be donated to us, YOU MUST HAVE THE FLYER THOUGH. If you need a flyer, you can print one out by Clicking Here!

We will also be having a Parent Meeting that same night at Applebee's. Please RSVP to kjaworsky@cps.k12.in.us so she can have a head count on how many will be there.

Applebee's Information
8425 Broadway
Merrillville, IN 46410-6220
(219) 736-1811


There will be a new parent meeting this Wednesday October 19th, 2011 at 6:30 PM. We will be discussing fund-raising options, a possible new site for the team this year, and information about class that will be at Purdue Oct. 29th as well as more important information.

I want to congratulate everyone for the success at Cage. We were able to show most of the new members an introduction to FIRST Robotics. There also seems to be two new teams starting up in the area, one from Michigan City (Wild Wild Wolves) and anther team that will be starting up in East Chicago. Hopefully we will be able to help out the new rookie teams this year.


Well It looks like we'll be very busy the next couple of weeks! We have to do all of the following so get ready to get to work!

First, we're going to be in the Homecoming parade! We have to check and reacquaint ourselves with the competition robot. We also have to get the frankeinbots back to functionality.

Second, we will be attending CAGE which is October 15th. We'll be leaving Saturday morning, details soon to come. Again, we have to reacquaint ourselves with the competition robot and get some practice in. This will also be a great opportunity for all our incoming member to experience what a competition is like.

Third, as some of you may know our T-shirt shooter has been acting flaky since the last football game we attended. We have to meet sometime with the next week and get it up to 100% functionality.

Lastly, there is going to be a parent/mentor meeting Wednesday, September 21st at Mr. Jeffirs' law office.


I am very proud to announce that the Crown Point Robodogs came in 3rd in the 4th of July Parade under the Novelty category. Here all of the categories and winners.

Novelty

1st-Abraham Lincoln
2nd-Our Kiddie Railroad Ride
3rd-CPHS RoboDogs #2171


Float Organization

1st-Hub City Girl Scouts
2nd-Boy Scout Troop 48
3rd-Spoken for Ministries


Float Business

1st-Franciscan St. Anthony
2nd-Strack and Van Til
3rd-Schoops


Marching

1st-CPHS Dance Team
2nd-Taft Middle School Cheerleading
3rd-CPHS Cheerleading


Horse

1st-Pony Partners
2nd-Patriotic Ponies


To see the original article, please go here:

http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/crown-point/article_c4e24172-be74-5245-bb4f-df530626cbd6.html