Congratulations to our young and energetic FIRST Robotics team – WARP7. After a long, and sometimes grueling, 6 week build period our predominantly grade 9 and 10 robotics team emerged from the shops with a mechanical marvel loaded with wires and controls that was more than capable of taking on the competition from across Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, California and Michigan. In all, there were thousands of participants many of whom are destined to become our world’s future leaders. Particular congratulations to grade 10 student WanQi Luo, not just for courageously volunteering to sing the American national anthem, not just for being a stabilizing co-captain of our team, but for being chosen from thousands of participants as Robotics “UL Safety Star of the Day” – the first such award won by a Western Technical-Commercial student.
Beyond that, our team is emerging as a FIRST Robotics powerhouse winning an unparalleled 5th straight Gracious Professional Award. And as if that was not enough, the good safety habits instilled by the Coach/Mentors (Mr. Halling, Mr. Kroon, Mr. Schneider, Ryan Walker, and Craig Gray) along with the dedication and hard work by all team members resulted in our school being awarded the “Safest Pit Award” at both the University of Waterloo and UOIT competitions – more “firsts” for Western!
Beyond that, our team is emerging as a FIRST Robotics powerhouse winning an unparalleled 5th straight Gracious Professional Award. And as if that was not enough, the good safety habits instilled by the Coach/Mentors (Mr. Halling, Mr. Kroon, Mr. Schneider, Ryan Walker, and Craig Gray) along with the dedication and hard work by all team members resulted in our school being awarded the “Safest Pit Award” at both the University of Waterloo and UOIT competitions – more “firsts” for Western!Although we have represented Canada and the T.D.S.B. twice at the world championships in robotics, this year’s team was our first to place in the top 8 heading into the playoffs giving them the special recognition of being a Alliance Captain before being ousted by the trio of perennial powerhouses that went on to win the Waterloo Regional Championships.
Congratulations WARP7 Robotics and all the Specialist High Skills Major- Robotics Engineering students that contributed to our schools success.
