Tahoma High School

Yes, Bears, it’s that time of year… Time to register for next year’s classes! Don’t forget to register on Skyward to ensure that you have a say in what classes you take next year.

Registration opens Monday, March 2 and closes Sunday, March 15.  This is the time to be talking with current teachers, counselor, and parents about classes for next year.  Registration forms are due in APP on Monday, March 16.

• Course Catalog 2015-2016
• AP/UW Contract 2015-2016

Looking for more information on making your decision on classes? Check out these resources:

	Science Course Catalog/Descriptions
	Video Productions Information and Student Work
	Tahoma’s Academic Programs

This past Friday and Saturday Bear Metal competed in their first robotics tournament for the 2015 season.  Thirty-two teams from around the Pacific Northwest competed game entitled “Recycle Rush.” After the qualification rounds, Bear Metal allied with the Kent-Meridian Robotics  and Lion Robotics from Auburn Mountainview to battle through the quarterfinals and semifinals.

Despite the team’s strong alliance and strong showing in the finals, they lost their final match and were subsequently given an award for second place.  They were also given the award for industrial design, which is an award that celebrates form and functionality in robot design. Finally, Darren Collins was nominated by Tahoma students for the “Woodie Flowers Award.”  To earn this honor, Tahoma students created and submitted an essay that recognized the outstanding job that Darren has done by challenging Bear Metal in engineering and design.

Congratulations to the Tahoma students who placed at this weekend’s National Qualifying Tournament for the Western Washington district at Auburn Riverside High School, which qualifies them for the National Tournament in Dallas, TX later this year.

• Jayaram Ravi- 1^st place in International Extemporaneous Speaking
• Luke Johnson- 1^st place in Humorous Interpretation

Jayaram has now qualified to Nationals a total of four consecutive years! He is the first Tahoma student to have achieved this distinction. Based on his overall works and effort, he was also selected as district student of the year. I would like to also mention that this was Luke’s first year on the team. Please congratulate both of them when you get the chance.

Congratulations to the Tahoma High School Forensics Team who were named academic state champions by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association. Students earned an average GPA of 3.795 over 34 students!

Tahoma’s Robotics Team, is ramping up for our initial competition this Friday and Saturday at Auburn Mountainview High School. At this event, Bear Metal will be competing in the 2015 FIRST Robotics challenge, “Recycle Rush” with 31 other teams from Washington and Oregon. Events throughout the Pacific Northwest will continue for the next 5 weeks where 153 teams in Washington and Oregon will compete for 64 openings in the District Championship event at Eastern Washington University. The top teams from the District Championship will advance on to the World Championship in St. Louis. This event is free and open to the public.

We will also be posting several blog entries and videos on our website at www.tahomarobotics.org and on our Facebook page throughout the weekend.

 A live stream of this weekend’s event can be watched at either of these locations.

• http://www.ustream.tv/channel/pnwfirst-blue
• http://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2015waamv

(Streaming is scheduled to begin at 11:00 am on Friday)

Event and Match Schedules are linked from the website below. (We are team 2046)

• http://pnwfirst.org/events/schedule/2015-pnw-dist-1/

FRC Spyder is a mobile app which tracks team and competition results for each event throughout the season. 

Bear Metal’s 2015 Competition Schedule:

• February 26^th – 28^th:  Week 1 District Event – Auburn Mountainview High School
• March 13^th – 15^th: Week 3 District Event – Mount Vernon High School
• April 1^st – 4^th: District Championship Event @ Reese Court Eastern Washington University, Cheney
• April 22^nd -25^th: World Championships @ Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis

To read more about these programs, go here: http://tahomahigh.com/students/academics/academic-programs/

Enjoy your week off, Bears!

Seven Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) members competed at the Midwest Region Winter Conference February 10, and earned 11 awards.

• Ashley Edliq, 5^th place Accounting I
• Ashley Pettit, 2^nd place Job Interview; 2^nd place Business Communications
• McKinzie Millard, 4^th place Introduction to Business
• Ashley Lewis, 5^th place Sports and Entertainment Management; 5^th place Business Calculations
• Soleia Weisenberger, 1^st place Help Desk; 5^th place Sports and Entertainment Management (teamed with Lewis)
• Preston Fowler/Amanda Soushek, 2^nd place Banking and Financial Systems; 2^nd place Hospitality Management; 2^nd place Sports and Entertainment Management

Additionally, Washington Business Week ran a “minicamp,” and members competed to produce and market the best original product. The team of Preston Fowler, Amanda Soushek, and McKinzie Millard won first place overall for their “coffee maker in a car” invention.

All members qualified to compete at the State Conference in April, 2015. Way to go FBLA Bears!!!