Forest Competition Drone Team - CoDrone Edu Edition
OVERVIEW:
For the second year, Forest Middle School is offering an exciting and innovative program designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of drone technology, programming, and real-world applications using the CoDrone Edu from Robolink. Our aim is to inspire and educate the next generation of engineers, drone pilots, and tech enthusiasts through hands-on experiences. Our goal is to pilot this program and teach other local schools how to effectively run a drone competition team
We have expanded our teams this year to include both Thomas Jefferson Elementary and Jefferson Forest High School.
now known as: The Forest Drone Zone.
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Mission 2025 Gravity
Mission 2025 Gravity is taking flight. This season we're challenging you to master the forces of gravity as you navigate your drone through exciting teamwork, piloting, and autonomous flight missions
Mission 2025 Gravity
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WHO SHOULD JOIN?
This after school club/program is ideal for ALL middle school students with a passion for technology, a curiosity about flight, or an interest in programming. No prior experience is required, as our dedicated team of instructors and mentors will guide students every step of the way. We have a minimum of 4 teams already commited to compete but are willing to add more teams as needed. Let's represent FMS as a drone powerhouse!! Space us limited so apply as soon as possible. Teams are closed for the 2024-2025 school year.
The FMS Drone Team is at capacity and is no longer accepting registrations
(How AWESOME that we have soooo many students who want to participate!!)
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BEHAVIOR CLAUSE:
We welcome all well behaved students. Due to the cost of all materials and the number of teammates, there are minimum behavior expectations. The most important behavior disqualifier is if the student receives a referral during the September thru December season (remember 5 lunch detentions = 1 referral = not allowed to remain on the team), they are no longer qualified to participate. We expect the BEST from our teams in the classroom and at practice.
At the beginning of each practice we will meet to discuss the schedule for that practice. When coaches and team members are talking, students will be quiet and listen. Nobody will be on the classroom computers. With the sheer number of participants we need everyone's attention. These teamwork and soft skills learned in practice will carry over to the competition.
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ACADEMIC CLAUSE:
Your first and most important priority as a student at FMS is to be a student!! Academics trump everything! In order to stay on the drone competition team you MUST be passing ALL classes with a "C" or better. This will be checked at interims (4 week and 7 week) and end of quarter.
You will need to have the teacher signed (by class period) grade update form turned in to your coaches to verify your grades. These will be turned in three times a nine weeks.
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To show $$$$ Support for our Teams
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2024 - 2025 "Village of Supporters"
(Through donations, grants, goods & services, and partnerships)
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COMPETITION SEASON & Practices
Our season will extend into 2nd semester. Currently we do not have competition dates locked in.
PRACTICES details are found under each group's section.
All practices will be held at FMS and team members will be picked up at the front of the school at 6 PM.
Should you have a schedule conflict, and not be able to attend a practice. You must discuss with one of the coaches. We want anyone interested to have an opportunity to be a part of the FMS Drone Competition team but need to be accountable for attendance.
Attendance will be taken at each practice.
We are fortunate to have dedicated classrooms to house our 2 practice fields. Teams will rotate thru the practice fields to perfect their flying and programming skills. Practice fields will be rotated between autonomous/piloting and the alliance courses. Each team is given calendar with information for each practice. Included on the calendar will be which practice field (autonomous vs alliance, and practice field times. Additional practice criteria will be set up at eight stations in the school. Each team (led by their captain) will be responsible for their drone, team notebook and large ziploc bag of game elements.