Hello from FLL Team 2430

The following blog post is a quick help from the members of FLL Team 2430, LOL, we will be competing at the FLL World Festival for the first time next week. If you are interested in blogging for FIRST Ladies, please sign up on the schedule. 

Hi, I’m Rebecca from team 2430, LOL! We are so excited to represent Girl Scouts, girls in science, Wisconsin, and our country at the World Festival, let’s go girls! Ever since our first meeting, we have dreamed of making it to Words. We are honored to be going to the World Festival! We have learned so many amazing skills in FLL! Some things that we have learned are teamwork, social skills, and working under pressure. Anyone who is thinking about joining a team should definitely do so! We learn so many important life skills and it is hard to think back to when we started three years ago! Thanks to all who have helped us along the road! Girls rock at robotics!
~Rebecca Gatewood

Hi, I’m Jessica, one of the mentors on team 2430, LOL. We can’t wait to go to the World Festival to get the chance to represent not only Wisconsin and USA, but also Girl Scouts. We’d like to thank you for all the work you do and all the support you give to us and the other Girl Scout teams. We have had so much fun in FLL through the years and hope to maybe go on to FTC like our mentor team the Patronum Bots have. Thank you again for the fun you’ve sponsored us in!
~Jessica Gatewood

Hello everyone, I’m Janelle from team 2430, LOL. All of us are super excited to be moving on and competing the 2015 World Festival! We are so happy to be able to represent Girl Scouts, Wisconsin, and all girls in STEM this year down in St. Louis. We could not have made it this far if it weren't for our coaches and mentors. Round of applause to our four amazing coaches who were, and still are, so willing to help us accomplish our goals, amidst their own busy lives. Also, a huge thanks to Crystal Polak and Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast for being our biggest sponsor. And lastly, thank you so much Patronum Bots for being so willing to mentor us and give us so much helpful advice. They are a former FLL team, known as The 4th Motor, and are now a FTC team who are also advancing to the World Championship, too!
~Janelle Johnson

Hi, I’m Natalie from LOL, FLL team number 2430. The whole team is super excited to be able to participate in the 2015 World Festival! We made that one of our goals at the beginning of the year, and to be able to go and compete is an amazing opportunity and we’re looking forward to it. We definitely could not have made it this far without the guidance of our coaches and mentors, the support of our families, and the help of the veteran FLL team, Fourth Motor, who is now the Patronum Bots, in FTC. This has been an absolutely amazing season, and we strongly encourage anyone with any interest in STEM, FIRST, engineering, or robotics to join a team. 
~Natalie Wessel

Hello, my name is Emma from team 2430, LOL. I am super excited to go to Worlds and I thank everyone for supporting me and my team. I thank Chrystal Polak for all of her time and effort spent helping our team. We are super thrilled to represent Girl Scouts at worlds. Also, special thanks to the Patronum Bots for giving advice that made it possible to get to worlds. In FLL, I have learned to have fun while still being productive and helpful. Also, our team has had so many amazing experiences that teach us so much. Great job to all the girls in robotics, represent!
~Emma Johnson

Hi, I'm Lauren from team 2430, team LOL. We are all excited to go to Worlds this year! Thank you everyone who has supported our team. I would like to give a special thanks to the Patronum Bots. They have helped us so much and are great mentors! Thanks again guys!!!!! For my first year in FLL it's been pretty amazing. I've learned a lot from the team and coaches and also from the pure experience of being on the team. FLL is truly an amazing experience. Thank you everyone once again for helping us get to where we are as a team of one. X3
~Lauren Parsons

Hi, I'm Aleksey from FLL team 2430 LOL. At our first meeting this year, we came up with many goals for this season. Our main goal was to make it to the FIRST World Championship. Our team is very thrilled to say that we've met that goal, and will be attending the Championship. We've learned many things this season, including how to program an EV3 robot better, how people learn, and how to mentor other teams. An FTC team, the Patronum Bots, have mentored us this year and have been a great help to our team. We are also thankful to Girl Scouts for sponsoring our team. FLL is very fun and I've learned a lot of things from it that I wouldn't learn anywhere else. Our team encourages anyone interested in STEM to join one of the FIRST programs!
~Aleksey Hicks