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2018 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 220
BY SENATOR HEWITT
COMMENDATIONS. Recognizes and commends the Louisiana teams that participated in
the 2018 FIRST Robotics World Championship in Houston, Texas.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend and recognize the Louisiana teams that participated in the 2018 FIRST
3 Robotics World Championship in Houston, Texas.
4 WHEREAS, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
5 is a national nonprofit organization that operates afterschool robotics programs for young
6 people ages six to eighteen in the United States and internationally, impacting more than
7 500,000 young people around the world each year; and
8 WHEREAS, ten years of evaluation data document that FIRST participants show a
9 statistically significant higher interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and
10 Mathematics (STEM); increased involvement in STEM-related activities; greater STEM
11 identity; higher levels of STEM knowledge; and greater interest in STEM careers than
12 students who do not participate, and the impact is even greater for female students; and
13 WHEREAS, FIRST participants are more motivated to do well in school, more likely
14 to take a challenging math or science course, and show improved problem solving, time
15 management, conflict resolution, and communication skills; and
16 WHEREAS, FIRST alumni express a greater interest in going to college and are
17 twice as likely to major in science or engineering as other students; and
18 WHEREAS, FIRST robotics competitions are designed to foster a love of science
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1 and engineering and inspire young peoples' interest and participation in science and
2 technology; and
3 WHEREAS, a FIRST robotics competition is as close to real-world engineering as
4 a student can get, combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and
5 technology (the ultimate "Sport for the Mind"), with participants calling it "the hardest fun
6 you'll ever have"; and
7 WHEREAS, the annual FIRST championship is the culminating event for FIRST
8 participants with team activities, efforts, and competitions held throughout the year; and
9 WHEREAS, seven teams from Louisiana, with their mentors, traveled to Houston,
10 Texas, in April 2018, to participate in the 2018 FIRST Robotics World Championship
11 activities and pit their skills and mental agility against the best and brightest from across the
12 United States and the globe; and
13 WHEREAS, these FIRST teams and their mentors deserve recognition and respect
14 for their hard work, dedication, commitment, love of science and technology, and quest for
15 excellence.
16 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
17 does hereby recognize and highly commend the Louisiana teams that participated in the
18 2018 FIRST Robotics World Championship in Houston, Texas, as follows:
19 (1)Torbotics, FIRST Robotics Competition Team 2080
20 Hammond High Magnet School, Hammond, Louisiana
21 Danny Thomasson, Team Mentor
22 (2)S.S. Prometheus, FIRST Robotics Competition Team 2992
23 Mandeville High School, Mandeville, Louisiana
24 Michael Sonnier, Team Mentor
25 (3)Knightling Boltz, FIRST Robotics Competition Team 5997
26 East Iberville High School, St. Gabriel, Louisiana
27 Victoria Hogan, Team Mentor
28 (4)Redfish Robotics, FIRST Tech Challenge Team 9958
29 Redfish Robotics Foundation, Slidell, Louisiana
30 Michael Clark, Team Mentor
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1 (5)Dark Matter, FIRST Tech Challenge Team 10337
2 Mandeville Junior High School, Mandeville, Louisiana
3 Tracey Guidry Martinez, Team Mentor
4 (6)Team Phoenix, FIRST LEGO League Team 3732
5 University of Louisiana Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana
6 Anne & Doug Williams, Team Mentors
7 (7)The Flying Ninjas, FIRST LEGO League Jr. Team 11670
8 Homeschool Team, Bush, Louisiana
9 Janelle Lorenzen, Team Mentor
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
SR 220 Original 2018 Regular Session Hewitt
Recognizes and commends the Louisiana teams that participated in the 2018 FIRST
Robotics World Championship in Houston, Texas.
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