AVHS FIRST Robotics Team Invade Cedar Park

The Knights of the Valley, Attack on Robot and the Regal Kiwis FIRST Robotics teams provided some fun hands on robotics activities for students at a Cedar Park Elementary family STEM night event.  Outreach is a key component of the FIRST program.  

Apple Valley FIRST is seeking to 

grow FIRST programs at all Apple Valley schools and beyond. 

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Apple Valley Rotary and Chamber - E3STEM LinkedIn Workshop

Thank you to members of the Apple Valley Rotary and Chamber of Commerce for providing a LinkIn training workshop at Apple Valley High School for AVID and E3 STEM students.  

This kind of support is very valuable to our program and ultimately our students. 

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Iron Maidens Invade Best Buy Headquarters!

Thank you to Best Buy for inviting the 

Iron Maidens FIRST Tech Challenge robotics team to provide a demonstration.  

These AVHS girls also were able to shadow various Best Buy employees based upon their career interests.  Those were powerful learning experiences from the girls.  

This is a great example of how AVHS is working to more fully integrate business partnerships into its emerging STEM programming for students. 

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E3 STEM Students Receive Hands On Tour At Dakota County Technical College

E3 STEM students learned about Nanotechnology, Healthcare, Energy Technology and other education for employment programs at 

Dakota County Technical College.  

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AVHS Teachers & Corporate Partners Present at STEM Conference

Member of the AVHS Fab Lab team and Dave Donarski from Best Buy For Education provided a workshop at the 

MN STEM Network Conference to show how we have developed our Fab Lab.
Thank you to Best Buy and our many other corporate partners for supporting this great new learning space.  

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AVHS Fab Lab Advisory Board meeting at Valley Middle School of STEM

Great meeting at Valley Middle School of STEM for our last AVHS STEM Advisory Board meeting.  

Students and staff provided many examples of how VMSS is evolving into a STEM magnet school that houses dynamic learning in all areas of their school. 

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AVHS Knights Of The Valley robotics Team Shines at MN North Star Regional Competition

Knights Captain Brenden Groff with Squires

The Knights invited 60 students from Southview Elementary to come to the MN North Star Regional and scout for their team.  This is just one of many STEM outreach activities performed by the Knights this season.  The team shined on the field too.  
Their robot earned a 5-3 record in qualification matches. 

 Squires with St. Paul robotics team.  Really enjoying "pit" scouting!

 Squire hard at work scouting for the Knights!

Just to cute not to add this one!

Excellent scouting work by the Squires.