2024 WHS Senior Procedure
Congratulations to Peyton Bowman for earning 6th place in Dynamic Planet AND 5th place in Forestry at state Science Olympiad this weekend! There was some stiff competition this year and she did great!
The Robotics Competition Season Concludes
Thank you for your support and encouragement during our very long competition season.
On March 2nd our little robot, or FTC robot, went to the State competition. In our zeal to improve our autonomous scores, we added some hardware but were unable to get the software necessary to be successful. To add insult to injury, we rebuilt the robot with some older components that did not function as well, and the weight from the additional hardware killed our ability to hang. We did not advance.
We worked every day during Spring Break to build our big robot, or FRC robot, including the first day of our competition in Sedalia. While we had an excellent intake and shooter, we lacked any means of transitioning between the two, and we were a defensive bot. Our ability to hang should have been successful, but we were unable to stay in the air long enough after power was cut off and lacked the parts to fix it. We also made just about every mistake we could have made going into matches. That competition served as a great driving experience.
Over the next few weeks we built a great transition between the intake and shooter, improved our hang ability, and improved our autonomous routes. We vastly improved our performance on the field, but had more mechanical issues to troubleshoot and fix due to the rough nature of the game. One robot hit the wall so hard that it caused it to move 7 inches and they had to secure it with a ratchet strap. Our improvements were not enough to gain us an advancement.
What we did get out of this year was a quantum leap forward in our manufacturing processes, our ability to pivot to gain capability, and our ability to rapidly troubleshoot and repair our robot on the fly. We got a CNC router last spring from a DOD STEM grant and went from not knowing how to use it to being able to rapidly design and cut new parts that will vastly improve both robots. We evolved our CAD capability and our thinking about how to employ 3D printed parts that will vastly improve both robots. We also, after much hard work and frustration, perfected a new drive base that allows us to be competitive with the best teams in our competition. This drive base will serve , with minor configuration changes each year, as a solid base for our robot so we can concentrate on ever more capable mechanisms to play the game. Finally, the lesson learned through our first ever 2 competitions in an FRC season has provided us with increased skills in driving, building, and troubleshooting and repairing the robot that will pay dividends in our future competitions.
We will continue to meet less frequently through the end of the year to try some new concepts and get organized for next year. Please send any interested students our way.
Last Friday, five students from Mrs. Kearfott's Fashion and Advanced Design courses spent the day learning about and exploring the UCM campus and all it has to offer prospective students. They met the university president, toured a dorm, ate in a dining hall, visited with Dr. Melissa Abner from the Fashion Design and Merchandising Department about course offerings and career opportunities.
Warrensburg Area Career Center Greenhouse Spring Sale held April 11th and 12th in addition to April 15th and 16th. See attached flyer for more information.
Robotics begins competition today with a fully functional robot and great drive team. The matches can be viewed at 9 AM both Friday and Saturday on twitch.tv/firstinspires9. The match schedule for Team 4455, The Burger Bots, will be available on thebluealliance.com in The Greater Kansas City Regional. Good luck to Team 4455!
WHS Juniors competed with another school in an essay contest hosted by West Central Electric Cooperative. Out of 29 student essays that were submitted, 7 of them broke to the final oral competition, and 6 out of 7 of the finalists are from WHS! Here are the results:
1st Place, winning a trip to DC with the Youth Cycle Tour: Saul Logan
2nd Place, winning a trip to DC with the Youth Cycle Tour: Jonathan Henry Jr.
Runner's up, winning a trip to Jefferson City for the C.Y.C.L.E Conference are the following students:
Kennedy Crooks
Elora Coleman
Emmalee Cox
Adam Wisocky
Wednesday, April 3rd is Paraprofessional Appreciation Day.
National Assistant Principals Week - April 1st to 5th.
Prom is Saturday, April 13th from 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm. Tickets are $25 per person. Guest forms are available in the Assistant Principal's office. Guest forms are only required if the guest does not currently attend Warrensburg High School. Guest forms are due in the Assistant Principal's office by 3:00 pm on Friday, April 5th.
April Breakfast and Lunch menus
The KC Tech Council's Leadership and Empowerment for Girls in Tech (LEGiT) KC program has been meticulously designed to empower and equip female-identifying students entering their Junior and Senior years of high school with comprehensive tech exposure, career pathway guidance, leadership opportunities and invaluable mentorship.
Phones at the high school are working now.
Phones at the high school are currently down. Contact Mrs. Woods by email to jwoods@warrensburgr6.org for Attendance.
The University of Central Missouri’s Art Department hosted a high school contest and workshop day. Students participated in a screen printing workshop, played art games, went to figure drawing workshops, and completed in still life and observational contests!
High school juniors and seniors are invited to join Burns & McDonnell professionals at our Future U STEM camp June 17th through 20th.
Show Choir Auditions Tuesday, April 9th through Thursday, April 11th from 5:00 to 8:00 pm
This week, students from WHS attended the Missouri State FCCLA Leadership conference with almost 1,600 other state members. Nellena McCauley, Emalie Denton and Grace Gilbert were local delegates to the conference held at Tan-Tar-A Resort was Sunday March 17-Tuesday March 19th. The conference centered around the theme Missouri FCCLA:Out of this World. Students were able to compete in STAR Events and attend many workshops.
During the event, members also raised over $4,000 for LOVEtheLOU during a miracle minute. LOVEtheLOU is the current state outreach project, helping many families in the St. Louis Metro area by providing necessary resources in times of need.
Please congratulate Nellena McCauley for receiving a Silver Award at Missouri State FCCLA STAR Events Competition. She participated in Fashion Construction and created a beautiful piece. Emalie is our Regional Historian and Grace was our voting delegate.
Thank you to the Thomas Hill Energy Center for hosting the Honors Chemistry II class today. Students were able to tour the laboratory and facility to see real life applications of chemistry.
Thank you to Cyndi Allen for assistance organizing the trip!
WHS will be hosting it’s March edition of Monthly Majors next week on Wednesday, March 27th during academy. UCM professors from the Digital Media Productions department and the Communication Studies department will be here to talk to students about those college majors. Sign up in the Counseling Office by Tuesday, March 26th at 9 am.
