Spartronics give thanks to island | LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Published 10:38 am Saturday, April 2, 2016

To the editor:

We would like to thank the entire Bainbridge Island community for their remarkable support of our BHS FIRST Robotics Team 4915 — Spartronics — and for those who attended or watched the live stream on YouTube of our Robotics Open House.

We had more than 500 Bainbridge Islanders fill the hallways of Bainbridge High School. The record turnout featured all seven FIRST Robotics teams on the island, including four FIRST Lego League (FLL) teams and two FIRST Tech Competition (FTC) teams. Students, mentors, coaches, parents, siblings, teachers, administrators, school district staff and community leaders were joined by hundreds of families from across island at the open house. People from throughout our amazing community turned out, and many more tuned in online with our live broadcast on YouTube.

We would like to especially thank the Bainbridge Review for its support and helping us tell the community about this event, as well as all of our incredible 2016 sponsors and supporters including: Boeing, Bainbridge Schools Foundation, Bainbridge Island School District, OSPI, ACE Hardware Bainbridge Island, Sears & Associates, Clare & Anthony Ligouri, The Dalton Family, Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island, Washington FIRST, Intellectual Ventures, Spartronics Parents, NVIDIA, Bainbridge Independent Destination Imagination, F5, WAV Group, Windermere Real Estate, Westside Pizza, Mr. Shutt – Realtor, Town & Country Markets, Columbia Bank, Winslow Drug, and Island Family Eyecare.

We would not exist without the financial support of our local businesses, caring parents and professional mentors and volunteers, and our tireless coach, BHS teacher Enrique Chee.

You are all helping us build more than robots, you are helping us build our futures!

If you want to see photos and video highlights from this year’s open house, you can see them on our website at www.spartronics4915.com.

AILA IKUSE AND JENNIFER ALLEN

Marketing Subteam

Spartronics Team 4915