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| 6 | 7 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 7 | 8 | | WHEREAS, The members of the TechnoWizards robotics team have |
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| 8 | 9 | | distinguished themselves through their success at numerous FIRST |
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| 9 | 10 | | Tech Challenge events and their service to the San Antonio |
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| 10 | 11 | | community; and |
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| 11 | 12 | | WHEREAS, The FIRST Tech Challenge empowers students to |
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| 12 | 13 | | design, build, program, and operate robots while fostering |
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| 13 | 14 | | essential STEM skills and soft skills such as teamwork, |
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| 14 | 15 | | communication, and problem-solving; and |
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| 15 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Established in 2015, the TechnoWizards encompass |
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| 16 | 17 | | students from San Antonio public high schools, charter schools, and |
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| 17 | 18 | | home schools; they have participated in dozens of competitions, |
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| 18 | 19 | | including the FIRST in Texas FTC State Championship, the |
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| 19 | 20 | | FiT-Central Area Championship, and the TX-Central Regional |
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| 20 | 21 | | Championship; the team has been consistently ranked in the top 50 in |
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| 21 | 22 | | the world in recent years, and at the 2022-2023 FIRST World |
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| 22 | 23 | | Championship in Houston, the group earned second place in the |
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| 23 | 24 | | prestigious Think Award category in the Ochoa Division; and |
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| 24 | 25 | | WHEREAS, Over the years, the members of the TechnoWizards |
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| 25 | 26 | | have served their community by promoting the importance of STEM |
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| 26 | 27 | | skills among area youth, sharing their technical knowledge, and |
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| 27 | 28 | | volunteering to support nonprofit organizations; they have also |
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| 28 | 29 | | organized a summer robot camp for elementary school students that |
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| 29 | 30 | | takes place at The University of Texas at San Antonio and have held |
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| 30 | 31 | | a robotics technical conference that brings together FTC teams from |
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| 31 | 32 | | around the globe; and |
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| 32 | 33 | | WHEREAS, Ably guided by coaches Liqun Jin, Xing Tao, Jason |
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| 33 | 34 | | Olkowski, and Yufang Jin and founding coach James Lewey, the |
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| 34 | 35 | | community-based team includes Ilias Bari, Jerry He, Justin Jin, |
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| 35 | 36 | | Vincent Liu, James Lu, Parker Olkowski, Adity Rao, Alejandro |
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| 36 | 37 | | Saucedo, Eduardo Saucedo, Augustine Taboabo, Sebestiano Taboabo, |
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| 37 | 38 | | Dylan Xie, Isabel Xue, and Angela Zhang; and |
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| 38 | 39 | | WHEREAS, Since the team's founding, the members of the |
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| 39 | 40 | | TechnoWizards have demonstrated tremendous skill, initiative, and |
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| 40 | 41 | | dedication, and they are a source of great pride to the San Antonio |
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| 41 | 42 | | community; now, therefore, be it |
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| 42 | 43 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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| 43 | 44 | | Legislature hereby congratulate the members of the TechnoWizards |
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| 44 | 45 | | robotics team on their achievements and extend to them sincere best |
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| 45 | 46 | | wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 46 | 47 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 47 | 48 | | prepared for the TechnoWizards as an expression of high regard by |
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| 48 | 49 | | the Texas House of Representatives. |
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