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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Greenville Middle School Gigabots |
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| 6 | 7 | | teams distinguished themselves with their performance at the 2015 |
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| 7 | 8 | | CREATE U.S. Open Robotics Championship - VEX middle school division |
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| 8 | 9 | | from April 7 through 9; and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, By working on robotics projects, students are able |
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| 10 | 11 | | to further their knowledge across the fields of science, |
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| 11 | 12 | | technology, engineering, and math and also enhance such useful |
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| 12 | 13 | | skills as critical thinking, imagination, and collaboration; and |
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| 13 | 14 | | WHEREAS, After putting in thousands of hours of practice and |
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| 14 | 15 | | building time, the Gigabots faced off against other top squads from |
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| 15 | 16 | | across the country for the CREATE event in Council Bluffs, Iowa; |
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| 16 | 17 | | following the qualification rounds, where Gigabots team A placed |
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| 17 | 18 | | first and team C placed second, teams A, E, and D formed an alliance |
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| 18 | 19 | | and moved on to the elimination stage, where the Greenville |
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| 19 | 20 | | students triumphed over more than 60 other teams to be crowned the |
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| 20 | 21 | | tournament and national champions; and |
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| 21 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Gigabots team A, which also received the Excellence |
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| 22 | 23 | | Award and the Robot Skills Winner award, featured Jordan Frimpter, |
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| 23 | 24 | | Trenton Burns, Tessa Mitchell, Austin Burns, and Yeonsoo Jung; team |
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| 24 | 25 | | E was composed of Dallas Davies, Nick Stromberg, Kian Smith, Heaven |
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| 25 | 26 | | Phillips, and Cheyenne Saling, and team D included Noah Stone, |
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| 26 | 27 | | Faith Clayton, Corbin Hudgins, Jacob Koger, and Brady Diggs; Pierce |
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| 27 | 28 | | Thurmond, Javier Littlefield, Ethan McGee, and Brett Ozarowski made |
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| 28 | 29 | | up team C; the students were ably guided by coaches Orion Casper and |
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| 29 | 30 | | Nicole Masters and mentor Johnny Tharp; and |
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| 30 | 31 | | WHEREAS, Through their involvement with the CREATE robotics |
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| 31 | 32 | | competition, these fine young Texans have demonstrated their |
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| 32 | 33 | | talents for problem-solving and innovation, and they may indeed |
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| 33 | 34 | | take pride in a job well done; now, therefore, be it |
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| 34 | 35 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 35 | 36 | | Legislature hereby congratulate the Greenville Middle School |
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| 36 | 37 | | Gigabots teams on winning the 2015 CREATE U.S. Open Robotics |
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| 37 | 38 | | Championship - VEX middle school division and extend to the |
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| 38 | 39 | | students and their coaches and mentor sincere best wishes for |
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| 39 | 40 | | continued success; and, be it further |
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| 40 | 41 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 41 | 42 | | prepared for the Gigabots as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 42 | 43 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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