City of Philadelphia - File #: 150589

• File #: 150589
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 6/11/2015
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 6/11/2015
• Title: Reognizing and celebrating The Robolancers on qualyfying for the World Championship.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Neilson, Councilmember Squilla, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Oh, Councilmember Blackwell, Council President Clarke, Councilmember O'Brien, Councilmember Jones

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/11/2015	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass
6/11/2015	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED

Title
Reognizing and celebrating The Robolancers on qualyfying for the World Championship.

Body
The Council of the City of Philadelphia is pleased and proud to recognize and celebrate the Robo Lancers of Central High School on qualifying for the World Championship for the second time in the team's history.

WHEREAS, Founded in 1999, the RoboLancers have grown from a five student FIRST robotics team, to a multi-faceted program of more than 112 students; and

WHEREAS, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a program created by Dean Kamen to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders. The program consists of four separate competitions: FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST Tech Challenge, FIRST Lego League and Jr. FIRST Lego League; and

WHEREAS, The RoboLancers have three FIRST teams: First Robotics Competition 321, FIRST Tech Challenge Team 5320 and First Tech Challenge Team 6676, which participate in multiple outreach events including: Philly Tech Week's arcade at Dilworth, Philly Science Festivals' Science Carnival on the Parkway, Tesla Science Foundation's "Tesla Days: Energy Independence Celebration," and the Rockwell Automation Fair; and

WHEREAS, The RoboLancers support STEM Education and FIRST Robotics in Philadelphia through their outreach. They support other Philadelphia FIRST robotics teams through micro-grants, providing student mentors, and sharing their build space and resources with other robotics teams. They provide students as volunteers for the Penn FLL Championship; and

WHEREAS, The RoboLancers have also hosted a Jr. F Lego League and FIRST Lego League qualifier in Central High School's gym this year. They have held an annual FTC scrimmages and a President's Day, Day of Build, to allow robotics teams in Philadelphia to get assistance from the RoboLancers and to build in a day when they would not usually be able to build on. The RoboLancers have also hosted the FTC Philly Championship for ...