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History of Robotics Jesuit All Sparks 2848<\/p>\n

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2014 First World Championship<\/p>\n

2016 Dallas FRC Regional<\/p>\n

2017 3rd Place First World Championship<\/p>\n

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Jesuit\u2019s Robotics Program began in 2008 – 2009 \u201csponsored by the JCPenny Afterschool Fund, PTC, and Burns Controls.\u00a0 [It] was successful in its inaugural FIRST Robotics Competition . . . at S. M. U.\u00a0 The team won the Rookie All-Star Award for demonstrating professionalism, spirit, team identity, and advanced robot design\u201d (Preston Hollow People<\/em> 4\/3\/09).<\/p>\n

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The team evolved from the Jesuit Engineering Club with faculty moderators Mr. Michael Couvillon \u201994, Ms. Julie Carver, and Mr. Andrew Dondis in charge.\u00a0 In an interview with Jesuit Today<\/em> Spring 2009, Couvillon stated that he began the robotics program because of its \u201cunique opportunity for high school students for several reasons . . . the degree of challenge . . .is relevance is remarkable because students are working with industry-standard, leading-edge technology . . .\u00a0 [and the students] are working alongside professional engineers.\u00a0 They are learning and applying actual engineering, sophisticated computer modeling, and programming.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Couvillon added that the team has been aided by \u201cSteve Alaniz \u201971, the JCPenney Afterschool fund, Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), Burns Controls Company, Exxon\/Mobil, and the FIRST organization itself.\u00a0 Nelson Caperton, Barry Weller and Brian Nauyokas from PTC have provided our students with engineering guidance and mentoring.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Dallas Morning News<\/em> reported in April of 2010 that the three day competition held at the Dallas Convention Center competed for the first time in a worldwide competition.\u00a0 The contest pitted teams against \u201cone another to see whose robot can carry the most footballs across a playing field.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In a school email dated April 27, 2010, Couvillon stated that \u201cthe competition consisted of 400 teams from more than a dozen countries.\u00a0 We finished in the top half of our division with a record of 4 wins and 4 losses. . . . Every problem [the students] faced just sparked their curiosity and desire to solve problems.\u201d\u00a0 In another internal email dated May 13, 2011, Couvillon announced that CNN would air a special about education including robotics, and PBS would air a documentary on FIRST, Gearing Up.\u00a0 The team has been working in an abandoned store in the Valley View Mall, but it began in Couvillon\u2019s garage and then moved \u201cto half a closet in the band hall\u201d (Preston Hollow People<\/em> Apr. 1, 2011).<\/p>\n

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2012 San Antonio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The summer 2014 edition of Jesuit Today <\/em>reported that the Jesuit team \u201cwas part of a four-team winning alliance that captured the coveted world title . . . . in St. Louis.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 The other teams were Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, CA, Bloomfield Hills and Holland, both in Michigan.\u00a0 In the last 10 seconds, the team won with a 280-250 victory.\u00a0 The \u201cteam qualified for the national championships in its first year as a competitive program.\u00a0 The All Sparks, which have received regional and national accolades every year since entering FIRST, out<\/p>\n

paced the top nine teams in Texas last summer en route to a victory in the Texas Roundup Off-Season Event and a claim on the unofficial Texas state championship.\u00a0 As winners of this year\u2019s FRC World Championship, Jesuit Dallas has earned an automatic qualification into next year\u2019s field.\u201d<\/p>\n

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February 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The May 9, 2014 Texas Catholic<\/em> noted that teams included all 50 states and numerous world teams.\u00a0 \u201cThe team, which has received regional and national accolades every year since entering FIRST, outpaced the top nine teams in Texas last summer.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In 2016 the Robotics team won finished \u201cas the top team at the tournament.\u00a0 The All Sparks collected additional hardware by winning the Innovation in Control Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation.\u00a0\u00a0 It was the second time since 2012 that the All Sparks secured that specific honor\u201d (The Jesuit Today <\/em>Summer 2016).<\/p>\n

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The Jesuit Today <\/em>Summer 2017 reported that the team \u201ccapped another successful competitive season with a third-place finish at the 2017 FIRST World Championship . . . . [with] 700 teams and 33 countries.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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