We had NINE teams qualify for our state competition and TWO teams that will participate as zippy teams at the conference as well!  This means that ALL of our Future Problem Solver Teams will be going to our state competition on March 31st and April 1st! We are so proud of our students and can't wait to get started on our next topic of IDENTITY THEFT!  

Our FPS Students are working hard getting ready for our Qualifying Booklet for States coming up very soon!  Our topic is 3D Printing 20 years in the FUTURE! :)   They are doing great.  Stay tuned to see if any of our teams end up qualifying.  

Our FPS Students learned so much from our 3D Printing Seminar last Wednesday presented by students and faculty of UCONN!  Thanks to Mr. Spivey for organizing the event and Mrs. Shor for coordinating the presenters!  We learned about printing musical instruments, interstellar 3D printing, 3D printing cells and organs, and what the future looks like for the world of 3D Printing.  

Some of our 7th graders have have been working on 3D printed prosthetic hands over the past year and they have learned a lot.  They participated in a student run booth at the CABE/CAPSS Conference for superintendents and board of education members from all over the state of Connecticut.  They got to talk about their experiences with 3D printing and how they are using it to help others.  Mr. Jeff Spivey started the program while Ms. Boates will begin to take over.  They are both very proud of these students and can't wait to help more students in our Coventry community in making a difference for others around the world.

Some of our 7th graders got to participate in a question and answer session with a few guest teachers from another district!  They were very helpful and had good input for the teachers that are trying to incorporate 3D printing into their school curriculum.  Mr. Spivey was the host and took them through everything they needed to know.