{"id":34167,"date":"2013-04-04T21:07:54","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T04:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=34167"},"modified":"2013-04-04T21:08:08","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T04:08:08","slug":"teacher-makes-good-on-championship-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/04\/04\/teacher-makes-good-on-championship-promise\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher makes good on championship promise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In less than two weeks, Joe Walker Middle School STEALTH Academy’s VEX Robotics Team will compete against 160 of the top robotics middle school teams from around the world.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

QUARTZ HILL \u2013 Joe Walker STEALTH Academy\u2019s VEX Robotics team has done it again! Having successfully competed in several competitions this school year, the team has been invited to participate in the VEX Robotics Middle School World Championship for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n

\"Joe<\/a>The event will take place from April 17-20 at the Anaheim Convention Center. The students will compete against 160 of the top robotics teams from around the world in the VEX Sack Attack game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the kids it\u2019s like an Olympics for robotics,\u201d said Matt Anderson, who teaches the VEX Robotics Class at Joe Walker Middle School, STEALTH Academy.<\/p>\n

For Anderson, the accomplishment was bittersweet. You see, Anderson had promised his students that if they were invited back to the VEX World Championships, he would dye his hair and beard pink.<\/p>\n

\"Joe<\/a>\u201cIt was kind of a motivation to get the teams working, because there was a period of time when we were like, \u2018Why should we do this? What is the purpose of it?\u2019\u201d said Team Captain and eighth grader Kristy Bear.<\/p>\n

The unique motivational technique worked. And with the students headed to the competition, Anderson was compelled to make good on his promise.<\/p>\n

Thursday afternoon, several students gleefully took turns spraying Anderson\u2019s hair a shocking pink with neon green strips.<\/p>\n

\"Joe<\/a>The new hairstyle was complemented by an orange and blue beard, courtesy of the students.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of a once in a lifetime thing for most students,\u201d said Bear of the World Championship competition. \u201cAnd then seeing that Mr. Anderson would actually follow through on doing what he said, that was great too.\u201d<\/p>\n

The VEX Robotics class still needs help to reach its goal of raising $4,000 to cover the cost of registration and lodging at the World Championships.<\/p>\n

Donors\u2019 names will appear on the school\u2019s website, will be mentioned on the television program at the school, and will appear at the team\u2019s booth at the world competition.<\/p>\n

To make a donation to support this effort, make a check payable to Joe Walker ASB with \u201cVex Robotics\u201d in the memo line and mail to 5632 West Avenue L-8, Lancaster, CA 93536. Call 661-943-3258, ext. 72601 for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

QUARTZ HILL \u2013 Joe Walker STEALTH Academy\u2019s VEX Robotics team has done it again! Having successfully competed in several competitions this school year, the team has been invited to participate in the VEX Robotics Middle School World Championship for the second year in a row. The event will take place from April 17-20 at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":34170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}