Flat Rock Community High School
SolidWorks User Group Meeting

April 11, 2017

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On Tuesday, April 11th, current FRCHS Engineering CAD students Ryan Pagano and Keagan Standifer along with former students Duncan Broadbent, Ross Rainey, and Calvin Thayer attended the Southeast Michigan/Northwest Ohio SolidWorks User Group (SWUG) meeting at Monroe County Community College. The three hour meeting included a dinner, professional development seminars, door prizes, and (potentially most importantly) an opportunity to network with post-secondary educators, technology vendors, and business people (potential employers!). Ryan and Keagan where able to get input from Ross and Calvin who are now working for engineering companies. Ross is working for Oak Tree Engineering LLC based in Monroe. They design and develop various manufacturing processes and equipment for the Plastics Industry. Calvin is designing computer cases for Dynics Inc. located in Ann Arbor.


New CPR Requirements

April 10, 2017

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The News Herald also featured a story on new State of Michigan requirements to teach CPR and they quoted FRCS Superintendent Andrew Brodie and teacher Cindy Greutman. The photos for the story also featured FRCHS students in our Health Occupations classroom. http://www.thenewsherald.com/news/downriver-students-to-learn-cpr-as-part-of-health-classes/article_71c72071-c921-5352-a81b-cac3f38020f9.html

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State Superintendent Visit

March 30, 2017

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RCS had the honor of hosting the State Superintendent of Schools, Brian Whiston, for a tour of some of our outstanding academic programs. His time at FRCHS was spent touring two of our career and technical education programs; Karen Boonenberg’s Health Occupations and Walt Sisler’s Welding classrooms. Mr. Whiston was impressed with the career and college readiness skills that our students were being exposed to and was very impessed with our facilities. The students enjoyed showcasing themselves and our programs. If you wish to read the News Herald article on the visit http://www.thenewsherald.com/news/state-school-supt-brian-whiston-visits-downriver-high-school/article_4ee14d5c-7f8c-5129-8bf2-d41b3dcf5905.html

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Jazzistry

March 30, 2017

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During the week before Spring Break, the FRCS Band program and Jim Engelbert, brought in Vincent York and his renowned Jazzistry program. This is an educational program that uses live performance to teach the story of Jazz music and its role in America history. Teachers brought their history classes down to the band room to hear him speak and hear him play. The students were attentive and really seemed to enjoy the presentation.

 


NHS Induction

March 29, 2017

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On Thursday, we inducted 46 FRCHS students into the National Honor Society. This is the largest induction class in more than a decade at the high school. It is a testament to the heightened level of academic rigor and preparation our students commit themselves to here in Flat Rock Community Schools.

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Empty Bowls Fundraiser

March 29, 2017

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On Wednesday, the FRCS Art Departments had their 1st Annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser to raise money for the Flat Rock Food Bank at Helping Hands. Students made ceramic bowls in class to donate for the event. Denise Barry’s class made bread & soup. Chelsea Hutchin’s Simpson gLee class performed. NHS members acted as our wait staff. Parents & community members bought the bowls, ate the soup, and a great time was had by all! Kudos to our art teachers for planning such a great event; Kerri Mose, Jodi Persiconi & Kimberly Papalis.

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WARHBOTS

March 25, 2017

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The FRCHS Robotics Team, the WAHRBOTS, traveled to the Woodhaven FIRST Robotics Competition on Friday and Saturday. It has been a learning process for our young team of aspiring engineers and computer programmers. The design that won them the competition two weeks ago, experienced setbacks as they added a climber to the structure. They were chosen by another alliance to make another run at the finals but finished back in the pack. The team promises more refinement of the design and programming as they ready themselves for the State Tournament of Champions. Go Rams!


JROTC Titan Battalion Banquet

March 17, 2017

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On Friday the JROTC Titan Battalion hosted their annual military banquet. Seven Flat Rock students participate in the program through DCTC. They are; Anthony Allen, Kiera Cintron, Shaina Hoffman, Meah Monske, Conor Papineau, Shaniya Scott, & Christian Stewart. Congratulations to Cadet Allen for receiving the Scottish Rite Award of Excellence for Leadership at the banquet.

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Science Olympiad

March 11, 2017

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The FRCHS Science Olympiad team competed in the annual Wayne-Monroe County Region 8 competition at Thurston High School on Saturday. The Rams had the best team score in school history and finished in 8th Place. Six team members placed in the top five for at least one event. Coach Krissi Moyer is very proud of the hard work they put in throughout the year and was thrilled at how well they represented our school. Participants were;

Achtabowski, Alex

Borden, Reva

Broadbent, Taia (4th place- Pentathlon)

Cruse, Kayla

Grams, Gracie (4th place- Pentathlon)

Kamin, Jayce

Mathis, Michaela

McCleery, Aubrie (4th place- Pentathlon, 4th- Wind Power)

Miller, Beatrice

Miller, Lillian

Mysliwiec, Connor

Pengelly, August (1st - Roller Coaster, 4th- Wind Power, 5th- Remote Sensing)

Seamans, Nathan (5th place- Bag of Bones)

Shiroda, Jessica (1st place- Roller Coaster, 5th- Remote Sensing, 4th- Pentathlon, 5th- Bag of Bones)

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FR Robotics Team

March 11, 2017

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The FRCHS Robotics Team, the WARHBOTS, travelled to Kettering University last Thursday for their first tournament of the year. Coach Blaine Armstrong determined that a simple strategy was appropriate as this was the first year of the program. The build went well as did programming. The team would go bare bones, have one motor (some schools had 10!) that would do a single task, then the robot would switch to defense. Well, it was a brilliant strategy, the resulting robot was quick, agile and could perform that task of collecting gears flawlessly. Of the assembled 40 teams, the Wahrbots ended the first day in 11th Place, and were chosen by two other veteran teams to form an alliance. That formidable triumvirate destroyed the competition and won in the finals over some previously ranked teams. The victory catapulted the Rams in to the State Rankings and they are now 10th in our district. On Sunday, Fox Sports Detroit aired their RoboZone show with clips of the competition and an interview with our own WAHRBOTS! Go Rams! http://www.robozonetv.com/ The spot will be posted on the RoboZone website.

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