Laura’ s Column
Hello, my name is Laura. This is my second year on the team and my first time as part of the newsletter committee. My favorite memory of being on the team was last year during Kickoff when everyone was excited about the game and looking forward to the year.
On June 21 st, 2016, Enrico Fermi High School held its last day of school. Due to the Board of Education’ s decision to close Fermi, the building will no longer be used as a school. Starting on September 6 th, all 1560 high school students attended their first day of school at the newly renovated Enfield High. For many student and teachers, this consolidation caused many new changes. For Buzz Robotics, this consolidation allowed more space. Since the town now completely owns Fermi High, the team is allowed to use more rooms in the school. We now have usage of 4 rooms in the former first floor of B-wing, along with the cafeteria and the machine shop. With much more space, Buzz now has a new“ War Room”, a CAD room, a Safety / Scouting / Social media room and an extra storage room in addition with the cafeteria for a meeting place and the machine shop. The new space allows for more organization and will aid the team in the timesensitive competition. Over the past 9 weeks, the team has been working to organize these new rooms, train our new members on safety and FIRST rules, and prepare for the upcoming competition. Buzz Robotics students, mentors and parents are thankful to the Board of Education for allowing them to continue to use Fermi High as their meeting place and for letting the team use the 6 rooms in the retired school.
Issue 1: January 4, 2017 PAGE 4