And now for the latest in Galactic Narwhal Chicken Effect news. I only wish I could add in the Muppet Show “Pigs in Space” theme song but it turns out all members of the GNCE have zero idea what or who the Muppet Show or Pigs in Space is. Sigh. This is fine cultural stuff, folks, just from the 70s
Read moreMark your calendar for the grand opening of the Robotics and Engineering Lab! Weston Elementary families are invited to join WEEFC on Sunday, November 19, from 2-3pm at Weston Middle School. As you probably know, the Owl is a big fan of the robotics team (now teams plural) and is always up for a viewing of the Chicken in action. You
Read more. On Tuesday this week, the Owl braved the microburst/macrodeluge/crazyclimatechange to get an insider’s tour of the newly-opened Robotics Lab at Weston Middle School. After wading across a rapidly rising lake at the front of the school (10 points to me for leaving my Bogs water boots in the car that morning), the Owl was transported into the somewhat crashy-bangy-zippy
Read moreThe Weston Education Enrichment Fundraising Committee (WEEFC) announced today that it had met the $50,000 fundraising goal which was then matched by a generous donor and hits $100,000 raised for the benefit of Weston Public School students. This means that the super cool Weston Middle School Robotics Lab will become a reality, and the teams will benefit from a new
Read moreAnd now for another update of Robotics. This article has been written by a robot…no, not really but I am going to write one with ChatGPT and see what happens. Then I can go vacation in the BVI with the rest of you. Ahem, back to real-ish life… The following update was provided by Cary Gumbert, who was last seen
Read moreIn case you didn’t know, robotics teams at Weston schools are startlingly good, and I don’t even need to put in the disclaimer “for a school district our size.” Most recently, the WHS Galactic Narwhal Chicken Effect (GNCE) FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) robotics teams had a superb performance at the first tournament of the season. WHS team 18754 won the
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