Offseason Recap

Hello! QBranch 4327 is back this year and right now, as the season starts let’s go over what we’ve gotten done so far. We started by actually meeting each other and establishing new members as well as welcoming back old members, this led us into Skills Camp. Skills Camp is the time to figure out what new members want to do in this team, we organize this by having mentors and captains work together to have something hands on for them to do that would show what that subteam within the team does. Shortly after Skills Camp was FIRST Lego League Challenge and Explorer, previously named FIRST Lego League Jr. (FLL Jr.). An event we hosted for our K through 6 community which gave us a chance to speak to our elementary school teams as well as work with each other. Then came the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) State Championship, another event we hosted for seventh and eighth graders from the middle school level teams, this event had three guest speakers, Rosler CEO Bernhard Kerschbaum, Michigan State Representative Jim Haadsma and Consumers Energy Manager for Enterprise Resource Planning Megan Hayward. Hosting this event, even for eight years, had pushed us to the limit but ultimately it was a fun and rewarding experience. Well now that the season has started, what should we do? We let the games begin.