The Juggernaut Way: Chapter 6
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2001 - 2002 |
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OCCRA The Juggernauts win First Place at the Pontiac Tournament.
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We earn the GM Technical Excellence Award at the West Bloomfield Tournament. |
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We get a Judges Award and First Place at the Troy Tournament. We are Semi-finalists at the County Championships. |
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The Juggernauts are awarded the Foundation Award of Excellence, the highest honor in OCCRA. |
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Due to financial hardships, 3-D can not afford to continue sponsoring Team #1. |
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Due to this loss, the Juggernauts decide to build the robot at the school with the assistance of the parents and the faculty of the Engineering Manufacturing Technology Cluster..
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We worked the Pontiac Kiwanis’ concession stand at three Detroit Lion’s games this year to earn funds for the team. | |
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Many of Team #1’s friends help with money donations or assist in other ways. Ford Corporation donates $5000.00 and ITT donates $1000.00 to help with Team #1’s financial situation. |
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. We win the Chairman’s Award at the Great Lakes Regional.
At Nationals, Wild Stang and the Bomb Squad picked our robot for Finals in their division. |
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Student, Billy Keller, and instructor, Thomas Rice, promote FIRST and their team’s success at the Great Lakes Regional in an interview with Crazy Al on radio station WPON.
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A group of Russian educators tour OTCNE, focusing on EMT as an example of excellence in Career Technical Education. The Juggernauts introduced them to our FIRST program. |
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The DaimlerChrysler Educational Foundation donates $20,000.00 to support Team #1 which is used to pay competition expenses and to buy Lego Mind Storm Kits to be distributed to Lego League teams. |
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OCCRA and the MTA were both recognized by the Michigan Association of School Boards as “Outstanding Technical Programs in Michigan” in their respective categories. |
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