In our continued commitment to Gracious Professionalism and CoopetitionTM Team 1629 is posting the details of our 2010 Chesapeake Regional winning Chairman Award Submittal for all to see. Please use this page and its links to learn more about Team 1629.
Click here for FIRST's requirements for the 2010 Chairman's Award (PDF).
Video Submittal: Click here to see Team 1629's 2010 Chairman Award Video Submittal (YouTube).
Essay Submittal: Click here to see Team 1629's Essay submittal (HTML).
Executive Summaries: Click here to see Team 1629's Executive Summary submittals (HTML).
Judges Handout: Click here to see the handout we gave the judges during our presentation (PDF).
Click here to see the Chesapeake Regional Announcement of Team 1629's winning the Chairman's Award.
The primary factors the judges evaluated relate to the following questions:
How strongly does the submission document the impact FIRST has on the learning experience of the students, school curriculum, engineers, and/or community during the 2009/2010 team year as well as in prior years?
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Has the team explained/demonstrated why/how it should be a role model for other FIRST teams to emulate?
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How well has the team communicated its excitement and impact within the entire school, community, and beyond (state/nation) through participation in FIRST during the 2009/2010 team year as well as in prior years?
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Has the team documented an innovative way to spread the FIRST message?
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How strong of a year-round team partnership effort is reflected during the 2009/2010 team year as well as in prior years? (You can define partnership in many ways, including: the partnership among the team's students/corporate sponsor/enigneers; school/university sponsor/engineers; students/adults; community/team).
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As a whole, does the content of the documentation exemplify the true meaning of FIRST?
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We believe we have addressed all of these questions, and more...
World Championship Participation
After winning the Chesapeake Regional Chairman's Award, we went on to the World Championships in Atlanta. Needless to say, we beefed up our submittal a little in prepartion for competing against all the other Chairman's Award winners from around the world. Although we did not win, we will gladly share the the submittal with everyone. | 