(Left to right starting in the back) Mr and Mrs LohKamp, Thomas Hubel, Chase Forman, Duncan Moats, Lewis Hicks, Hadrian Carlson, (Front) Ian Mittelstaedt , Jared Roper, Matt Robinett (picture by David Ashton,The Bee) 2013 Awards Dessert
We worked out of Franklin High School for 7 years as a free after school program. During that time we kept in school and graduated several students that the school had encouraged to quit and to take a GED course at Portland Community college. One young man that we helped graduate has successfully graduated from Portland State University with a degree in engineering. This young man was destined to be a janitor if he hadn’t discovered team 1432 and the FIRST Robotics program. Because of his participation on the team he got a full ride scholarship. We have also been able to give the necessary job skills needed for graduates to enter the workforce and get a job with a $15/hr starting salary and with a company that would help them pay for further education and training. One of our alums is the crew chief for the F22 Raptor. They’d make him an officer but he’s having too much fun keeping the Raptor flying.
FRC team 1432 has changed lives and is continuing to change the community around them. Since getting kicked out of Franklin High school in October 2010 and moving to the Ivanhoe Lodge #1 Knights of Pythias we have had three high school aged residents of Lents stop in to find out what’s going on. People are curious and because we are here they are finding out about the possibilities available to them.
If you are unfamiliar with what has been going on this year with our team and are interested take a couple of minutes and watch the video of the Channel 6 news interview with Ken Boddie and explore our “In the News” page. Its been quite a year, and true to Team 1432′s history we are the little team that just keeps on trying no matter what.
FIRST team 1432 mentors/parents interviews 2010
KOIN6 – Robotics Club Kicked Out Of Franklin High School
Greetings,
My parents just sent me the YouTube link to the new article about your situation. It’s a hard situation – and can not believe the principal (spell check your site) is discouraging this if they are not paying the advisers to advise the group. In Maryland, we brought it up as to it being a sports offering, whereas there is football for this group, and FIRST for those who want to be challenged ‘mind-wise’. It was going to be contested via legal action – but the school districts went it to allowing us to be considered a Winter sport. I still do not get ‘paid’, the voucher is used as part of the FIRST fee.
I’ll email you.
I wish our schools were as forward thinking, I look forward to your e-mail