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Grandview elementary4/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Smith said the team’s turnout of female students was impressive for the technology field. The team has an even mix of both female and male students in Grades 8-12 and each were assigned to smaller roles, such as being part of the build team, electrical team, design team, and programming team. ![]() “By the end of day one, we were already ranked third, which was mind-blowing for a rookie team and the students were just so excited.” “Right from the start, on the first day, we were rocking it and our robot performed amazingly,” said Smith. Instead, the Ursa Major Robotics team hit the ground running and quickly found itself competing with top opponents. With the team in its rookie year, Smith said he was less worried about winning titles and more focused on building the team’s foundation and community for years to come. Tasks can include shooting balls into goals, placing inner tubes onto racks, hanging on bars and balancing robots on beams. The Ursa Major Robotics bot competes in the robot arena.Like the regional competition, the FIRST Robotics event in Houston will see student-built and student-programmed robots perform specific tasks in a competition setting. “We would’ve been happy to have even made top 20 for our first year, but for us to come away with a performance like that, the kids were just over the moon.” “That was super exciting,” said Grandview robotics teacher and team coach Scott Smith. The invite comes as a result of an extraordinary debut performance by the school’s Ursa Major Robotics team’ at the Canadian Pacific Regional FIRST Robotics Championships, a performance that saw them come second place and take home the Rookie Inspiration and Highest Seeded Rookie Team awards. Members of the Ursa Major Robotics Drive Team.A group of Grandview Heights Secondary students will be headed to Houston, Texas next month following an invitation to compete in the FIRST Robotics World Championships in April. Section 10000: School-Community Relations.Section 7000: Personnel and Employee Relations.Section 3000: General District Administration.Section 2000: Board Governance and Operations.Section 1000: Foundations and Philosophic Commitments.INCLUSIVE LEARNING HELPING TEACHER (K-12).INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION ADVOCATE TEACHER.TEACHER OF THE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED (ITINERANT).INCLUSIVE EDUCATION TEACHER - LOW INCIDENCE.INCLUSIVE EDUCATION TEACHER (B.A.S.E.S.).INTEGRATION SUPPORT TEACHER (ITINERANT).INCLUSIVE EDUCATION HELPING TEACHER (LOW INCIDENCE SECONDARY).INCLUSIVE EDUCATION HELPING TEACHER (LOW INCIDENCE ELEMENTARY).INCLUSIVE EDUCATION HELPING TEACHER (AUTISM AND DUAL DIAGNOSIS).NUMERACY & INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE - HELPING TEACHER.ELEMENTARY GIFTED EDUCATION MULTI AGE CLUSTER CLASS TEACHER.ELEMENTARY GIFTED EDUCATION - CHALLENGE CLASS TEACHER.ELEMENTARY INTENSIVE ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM TEACHER.DISTRICT BEHAVIOUR SPECIALIST-ABA AUTISM.Mental Health in Surrey Schools Framework.Internal Audit & Enterprise Risk Management.Board Committees and Trustee Representation. ![]()
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