ViPrs Weekly Blog!
3/24/25:
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Competition was a blast! And the ViPrs were very successful. We placed 13th overall! And were selected to join the number 1 Alliance with Team Rush 27, and the Ratchet Rockers 1706. Where our alliance won the St. Louis Regionals! We are so proud of everyone and their hard work. We are now in a pool waiting to be selected for Worlds in Houston. We are BACK IN THE LAB! Continuing sessions like before in the event we are selected! THE SEASONS NOT OVER YET!!!!
3/7/25:
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Week 9 has come to a close! We are putting in the extra work to get ready for week 10, Competition Week! We are continuing our consistent sessions to get ready. The team is putting all of the finishing touches on the robot, as well as getting all of the merch ready, and putting together buttons. Our TV show of the week is Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Spring is creeping in and the sun is coming out, so get ready! ViPrs, please continue showing up to your sessions and we’re looking forward to the team meeting! Seasons almost to an end, but not yet! See you at the competition!!
2/28/2025:
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Week 8 has come to an end! Which means competition is getting closer! And all our members who are attending have filled out their forms for comp and our merch has been ordered and will arrive soon. We are continuing our consistent sessions so we can perfect our robot. Our banner has arrived as well as some of our buttons have started being made. The movie of the week is Shrek. Shrek 5 is due to release in 2026, so start now and you will be all caught up. ViPrs members please continue to show up for your sessions, the seasons are not over yet!
2/21/2025:
Week 7 has been a blast and has gone by so fast. Our priory students balanced exam week and robotics, so proud of our boys. Our merch for competition has been ordered. And ALL of our team members have registered through FIRST for competition. (Right? Everyone?) If not, please do. Our buttons and stickers are ordered as well, we cannot wait to trade with our fellow teams. The musical of the week is Frozen, because it feels like we have been frozen over by an Ice Queen fueled with anger. ViPrs members please continue to show up for your sessions, the seasons are not over yet!
2/15/2025:
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The team accomplished a lot of goals this week, and have begun planning the path that the robot will take during the competition. Our coding division is hard at work, and thanks to Design, almost all of the robot blueprints have been completely planned out! Buttons are also being designed and soon constructed, all with cool new depictions. The binge-worthy TV Show recommendation for this week is Stranger Things. We had a dress-down to collect supplies for the children’s hospital, here are some pictures of the amazing contributors along with our ViPrs team hard at work.
2/1/25:
This week was super productive for ViPrs! Everybody has been settling into the flow of robotics and getting busy brainstorming, building, and designing. The team has been staying up to date with the current projects. ViPrs merch is currently being brainstormed and designed by the amazing graphic design division, and the robot section is making progress with their builds. Our Outreach division is reaching out to the Adopt-a-River organization (all about keeping the rivers clean) to work with! The book recommendation for this week is Wonder, by R.J. Palacio. Now here are some pictures of our awesome ViPrs members!
1/25/25: ​
We had a shorter week, but nevertheless we persisted. We have been working very hard to order all the supplies we need to create this coral reefing robot. Our speaker came in!!! We have been blaring music in the lab. The movie suggestion is Despicable Me 1-4. They are all good. We are still posting on TikTok now that it’s back as well as posting on Instagram reels. Our senior spotlight started off with one of our fabrication members Cole and our Robot Captain Megan. We will see more of our seniors' faces as the weeks go on. Here are some of the lovely members' faces.
1/18/25:
We got a lot of things done this week! We are so happy with all the new recruits and the returning faces. We put down a big investment for a speaker for the workshop so we can whistle while we work. The Tv show suggestion of the week Ted Lasso, it just feels like the right show for the week. With the potential TIKTOK ban we will be uploading some TikToks to our instagram. So stay tuned for those. And our two spotlights for this year! Our senior spotlight and our random spotlight of the week. This will be anything we want to showcase. Enjoy some photos of our beautiful members.
1/12/25:
This will be a new addition to Marketing this year!! A Weekly Blog! You will be seeing our fun side as a team. And hear more than just our robotics thoughts. The song suggestion of the week is Better Together by Jack Johnson. All of our dogs had a wonderful time in the snow this week. So did we, as we had 3 snow days, 1 in person day, and then a virtual day or parent teacher conferences. But, we were right back at it for the weekend finally kicking off the long awaited, beloved, robotics season.
