{"id":50379,"date":"2014-04-07T13:20:53","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T20:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=50379"},"modified":"2014-04-07T20:52:33","modified_gmt":"2014-04-08T03:52:33","slug":"tpaa-robotics-team-wins-second-rookie-all-star-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/04\/07\/tpaa-robotics-team-wins-second-rookie-all-star-award\/","title":{"rendered":"TPAA robotics team wins second Rookie All-Star Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_50381\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50381\" style=\"width: 672px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Palmdale-Aerospace-Academy-robotics-team.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50381\" alt=\"The Palmdale Aerospace Academy Gryffingear Robotics is made up of 36 students, six mentors and two advisors.\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Palmdale-Aerospace-Academy-robotics-team.jpg\" width=\"672\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Palmdale-Aerospace-Academy-robotics-team.jpg 672w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Palmdale-Aerospace-Academy-robotics-team-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Palmdale Aerospace Academy Gryffingear Robotics is made up of 36 students, six mentors and two advisors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>PALMDALE \u2013 The Palmdale Aerospace Academy\u2019s <i>FRC Team 5012 \u2013 Gryffingear<\/i> won their second Rookie All-Star Award and The Industrial Safety Award at the FRC Las Vegas Regional Competition this past weekend (April 4-6).<\/p>\n<p>The Palmdale Aerospace Academy Gryffingear Robotics, which is made up of 36 students, six mentors and two advisors, joined together for five weeks in January to design and build their robot \u201cThe Golden Snitch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This past week, they traveled to Las Vegas for their second regional competition. The team finished the second day of the Regional, ranking 42 of 50 during the qualifying matches.\u00a0 Though not advancing to semi-finals, the team did move on to receive their Second Rookie All-Star Award, which celebrates the rookie team exemplifying a young but strong partnership effort.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, they won The Industrial Safety Award sponsored by Underwriters Laboratories, which celebrates the team that progresses beyond safety fundamentals by using innovative ways to eliminate or protect against hazards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are extremely proud of each and every member\/student on this team, said Team Parent Nardy Lopez. \u201cThey have confirmed and demonstrated that commitment, sacrifice and hard work will lead them to reaching their goals.\u00a0 It is an honor and pleasure for me to be a part of their team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The team will travel to St. Louis, Missouri to compete in the 2014 FIRST World Championship on April 24 \u2013 26, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>They are seeking sponsorship support for their travel costs, which include shipping costs for their tools, pit booth, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in supporting the team, contact team parent\/coordinator Nardy Lopez at nardylopez70@gmail.com or 661-916-8070. You may also contact Advisor Brian Martin at bcmartin@tpaa.org or 661-273-3680.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about The Palmdale Aerospace Academy\u2019s robotics team, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gryffingear.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.gryffingear.com<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tpaa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.tpaa.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Information via press release from The Palmdale Aerospace Academy.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Previous related story<\/span>: <a title=\"TPAA robotics team wins \u2018Rookie All Star Award\u2019\" href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/03\/04\/tpaa-robotics-team-wins-rookie-all-star-award\/\" target=\"_blank\">TPAA robotics team wins \u2018Rookie All Star Award\u2019<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE \u2013 The Palmdale Aerospace Academy\u2019s FRC Team 5012 \u2013 Gryffingear won their second Rookie All-Star Award and The Industrial Safety Award at the FRC Las Vegas Regional Competition this past weekend (April 4-6). The Palmdale Aerospace Academy Gryffingear Robotics, which is made up of 36 students, six mentors and two advisors, joined together for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50381,"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\/50379"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}