I’m thrilled to welcome you and your children to another exciting year of Robotics Season at Sonoran Foothills School! I hope your kids are having a great time in their 4th grade class. It's always a pleasure to see them occasionally and remind them that we'll be meeting soon.

This year, the students will continue working with LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential or WeDo 2.0 sets and software. This might also be the final season where the kids present to parents and guests, as they will face new challenges in the coming year.

Please review the information below and be sure to complete the Google form to update me on their current homeroom teacher and your contact details.

Best regards,

Mrs. Cawley

FIRST® LEGO® League (ages 4-16/grades PreK-8) introduces STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) to children through fun, exciting hands-on learning. Participants gain real-world problem-solving experiences as today’s students and educators build a better future together. FIRST LEGO League helps students explore and apply their critical thinking and design skills and build habits of learning and teamwork through a guided, global robotics program with three age-appropriate divisions.

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The ocean is more than what you can see on the horizon. Beneath the surface lies our planet’s most complex ecosystems, full of life and potential for exploration and learning, where each inhabitant has a role to play in building a thriving environment.

During the 2024-2025 FIRST season, FIRST® DIVE℠ presented by Qualcomm, teams will use their STEM and collaboration skills to explore life beneath the surface of the ocean. Along the way, we’ll uncover the potential in each of us to strengthen our community and innovate for a better world with healthy oceans. Join us as we explore the future.

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In the SUBMERGED℠ challenge, launching August 6, 2024, FIRST LEGO League teams will use creative thinking and LEGO® technology to explore the layers of the ocean and bring their learnings and ideas to the surface as they “sea” into the future.

Robotics Club will continue to meet every Wednesday from 3:30-4:30 pm starting August 14th. Future meeting dates will be updated on our website.

August: 14, 21, 28

September: 04, 11, 18, 25

Oct.-Dec: TBD

Location: Room 501

To help our Robotics Club this year with the FIRST registration fee, and WE DO 2.0 Explore Kits, we asked that each student pay $75.

Instructions to Pay:

1. Go to the Sonoran Foothills website at dvusd.org/sonoranfoothills

2. Select Online Payments & Tax Credit Donation

3. Log into Student Account using the student's user name and password

User Name=Student's PowerSchool ID Number

Password=Student's Last Name

4. Select the Student you are shopping for

Making a Purchase

1. Select Shop/Items at Your School

2. Choose the category Class and Club Accounts

3. Scroll down to whichever Class or Club (Robotics) it is that you are making a payment to.

4. Type in the payment amount and click Buy

5. Click on the Checkout link, in the upper right corner. Verify the cart contents and click on the blue Checkout icon.

6. The customer will be directed to a payment screen where all of the credit card information is entered.

7. Click Pay Now and complete the transaction.

8. The customer has the opportunity to print and/or save a copy of the payment receipt.

Mary Ann Cawley

8th Grade Science & STEM

FIRST Robotics Coach

Sonoran Foothills School K-8

Amazon Classroom wish list

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Email: maryann.cawley@dvusd.org
Website: https://www.dvusd.org/domain/6546

Twitter: @mpcawey17