{"id":716,"date":"2017-11-20T15:38:52","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T20:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrbailey\/?p=716"},"modified":"2017-11-20T15:38:52","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T20:38:52","slug":"urgent-dearborn-robotics-competition-volunteers-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrbailey\/2017\/11\/20\/urgent-dearborn-robotics-competition-volunteers-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"URGENT-Dearborn Robotics Competition Volunteers Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Families, I am one of the teachers in charge of the Bryant Robotics Team (along with Kathy Duquette) and we have our first event coming up on December 9th. The following is an email about the event, and a request for anyone willing to volunteer. While the message asks you to contact Kidada Simmons, please feel free to contact me as well.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0b5394; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Hello All,<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0b5394; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0b5394; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: large;\">The District is honored to be hosting 36 FTC (middle school teams) in a state qualifier AND an exhibition for 14\u00a0<span id=\"m_3783052520815188138m_-7078359666533286858:568.1\">FLL<\/span>\u00a0Jr. (K-2) teams from around the state. (OK, a lot of letters there so please see the attached Press Release for details, but in short, this is a really cool and important robotics event at\u00a0<span id=\"m_3783052520815188138m_-7078359666533286858:568.2\">McCollough<\/span>\/Unis on\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_256300904\"><span class=\"aQJ\">December 9th<\/span><\/span>)\u00a0<b>AND WE NEED YOUR HELP!<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0b5394; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0b5394; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: large;\">We ONLY have 20 VOLUNTEERS signed up for our\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_256300905\"><span class=\"aQJ\">December 8-9<\/span><\/span>\u00a0event and we<b>\u00a0NEED at least 120 VOLUNTEERS. \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0b5394; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: large;\">FIRST events are volunteer-driven. 99% of FIRST workers are volunteers. \u00a0 Please recruit volunteers 13 YEARS OLD and OLDER.\u00a0 Go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1511296334847000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHda5jzF6vVpoYY8TdUoIynJkYPzg\">https:\/\/www<\/a>.<span id=\"m_3783052520815188138m_-7078359666533286858:568.3\">mcubots<\/span>.us\/voluntee<wbr \/>rs \u00a0for detailed steps on how to register.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0b5394; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Try to have volunteers registered by\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_256300906\"><span class=\"aQJ\">MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27th<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0 FIRST requires that all volunteers go through screening\/background check during volunteer registration.\u00a0 It usually take about a week for each volunteer to be screened online.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0b5394; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: large;\">ACTIVELY RECRUIT VOLUNTEERS by posting this information on your\u00a0<span id=\"m_3783052520815188138m_-7078359666533286858:568.4\">Snapchat<\/span>, Twitter,\u00a0<span id=\"m_3783052520815188138m_-7078359666533286858:568.5\">Instagram<\/span>, and blogs.\u00a0 Family, friends, staff, students, and community members can all be volunteers. \u00a0 \u00a0Also, mention this during meetings with staff, parents, and community members. Try sending an e-blast to your building with frequent FRIENDLY REMINDERS in person and online.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0b5394; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: large;\">FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0b5394; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span id=\"m_3783052520815188138m_-7078359666533286858:568.6\">Kidada<\/span>\u00a0Simmons<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0b5394; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Event Coordinator<br \/>\nFTC\u00a0<span id=\"m_3783052520815188138m_-7078359666533286858:568.7\">McU<\/span>-Bots Coach<br \/>\nUnis Science Teacher<br \/>\n<a href=\"tel:(313)%20827-1700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(313) 827-1700<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Families, I am one of the teachers in charge of the Bryant Robotics Team (along with Kathy Duquette) and we have our first event coming up on December 9th. The following is an email about the event, and a request for anyone willing to volunteer. While the message asks you to contact Kidada Simmons, please feel free to contact me as well. Hello All, \u00a0 The District is honored to be hosting 36 FTC (middle school teams) in a state qualifier AND an exhibition for 14\u00a0FLL\u00a0Jr. (K-2) teams from around the state. (OK, a lot of letters there so please see the attached Press Release for details, but in short, this is a really cool and important robotics event at\u00a0McCollough\/Unis on\u00a0December 9th)\u00a0AND WE NEED YOUR HELP! \u00a0 We ONLY have 20 VOLUNTEERS signed up for our\u00a0December 8-9\u00a0event and we\u00a0NEED at least 120 VOLUNTEERS. \u00a0 FIRST events are volunteer-driven. 99% of FIRST workers are volunteers. \u00a0 Please recruit volunteers 13 YEARS OLD and OLDER.\u00a0 Go to\u00a0https:\/\/www.mcubots.us\/volunteers \u00a0for detailed steps on how to register. Try to have volunteers registered by\u00a0MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27th.\u00a0 FIRST requires that all volunteers go through screening\/background check during volunteer registration.\u00a0 It usually take about a week for each volunteer to be screened online. ACTIVELY RECRUIT VOLUNTEERS by posting this information on your\u00a0Snapchat, Twitter,\u00a0Instagram, and blogs.\u00a0 Family, friends, staff, students, and community members can all be volunteers. \u00a0 \u00a0Also, mention this during meetings with staff, parents, and community members. Try sending an e-blast to your building with frequent FRIENDLY <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrbailey\/2017\/11\/20\/urgent-dearborn-robotics-competition-volunteers-needed\/\">Continue Reading &#8594;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1433,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrbailey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrbailey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrbailey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrbailey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1433"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrbailey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrbailey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrbailey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrbailey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mrbailey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}