Great success for the first pre-season Robotics Camps held at Chatham High School.
Registration for the August 11-15 Camp open here (code 4216)
Inaugurating it's new practice location at the Chatham High School Cafeteria, the newly formed Chatham Junior Varsity team finalized it's pre-season camp with a competition between the 3 newly acquired Robots.
 | | Chatham Junior Varsity team with Coach Laura Atkins, Robert Sokolov and Parth Shah. |
During the week, students benefited from the insights of veteran instructors Matt Blackman (Madison), Robert Sokolov (Stevens) and Laura Atkins (Livingston) in a camp masterfully engineered by FTC volunteer Vince Fascarella.
"This camp allowed all the kids to have equal exposure to the skills required to be productive on day 1 of the competition season that starts on September 6th . You don't want to start your baseball season by learning how to hold a batt. All students have now the basis for Designing the Robot, Building it, and Programming it".  | | All the students designed, built and programmed the Robots |
The camp also featured industry speakers from Carnegie Mellon University, Honeywell Robotics and Cisco Systems, one of the sponsors of the camp. Representatives from those organizations shared with the students the great opportunities they see for students with STEM skills.
"I had to tell you that my daughter really likes the Robotics Camp. I have rarely seen her as enthusiastic about anything. She said today that the speaker made her look at her future beyond college." one parent of a 9th grader said.
Campers are invited to visit these companies in the fall and to be part of a Fall Study Trip to Yale University, Brown, Harvard University and MIT. During the spring, ChathamSTEM is organizing a trip to the technology hubs in the West Coast.
 | | Anuja Singh, Cisco Systems with Chatham Robotics Students |
This is the first time ChathamSTEM is holding a pre-season camp for Robotics and also the first time a team will have a gender balanced roster. It is also the first time ChathamSTEM hosts students from the Boys and Girls Club of Newark, as part of its commitment to share the unique opportunities Chatham kids have access to.
This is a great year for Robotics in Chatham and the school administration across the board is doing everything possible to make this a tremendous success".
This camp will be repeated in August 11-15 at the Chatham High School Room L13 and is open for registration here. (code 4216, cost $200). School district personnel have a 50% discount on all ChathamSTEM camps and need based scholarship are available.
The programs was sponsored by: The program includes: - A professionally designed and delivered orientation camp July 14-18 introducing participants to the principles of design, engineering and programming,
- A speakers series -for most days of the camp - featuring an executive with a career in science or engineering,
- An exclusive program of visits to technology landmarks in the tri-state area
- A fall 2014 (Northeast) and spring 2015 (West Coast) study trip to world class academic institutions and Science landmarks at MIT, Harvard, Yale, Apple. CalTech, Berkeley,...
- A one-hour consultation with a leading College advisory consultant from CollegeWise, the authors of STEM's many branches
When: August 11-15, 9am-3pm Where: Chatham High School Room L13 Cost: $200 for the whole week! After the camp, those who decide to join the team are warned that they will experience the hardest fun ever !  | | What is FTC? |
Program description and information about instructors here
Registration here. Choose: Code 4216 (August 11-15)
Questions to:chathamstem@gmail..com
Frequent Questions:
Q: I can not attend the whole camp, just 3 of the 5 days
A: That is fine.
Q:I am not sure about joining the team and doing competition. Can I still attend the camp ?
A: Yes, you will be able to make a decision and learn some Engineering and Computer skills
Q: If I want to join the team, what is the practice and meet schedule ?
A: Once during week days (6pm-8pm) and once during week end (decided by team members). Practice/build will take place at the high school.
Q: When are the meets/competitions ?
A: There will be two meets during the Qualifying season (around October/November)
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