Bill Text: TX SR44 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Texas Torque, FIRST Robotics Competition Team, for winning a world championship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-12 - Reported enrolled [SR44 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR44-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
recognize Texas Torque, FIRST Robotics Competition Team 1477, | ||
which recently won the 2013 For Inspiration and Recognition of | ||
Science and Technology world championship in Saint Louis, | ||
Missouri; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Texas Torque team is led by mentor and science | ||
teacher Scott Rippetoe, and its members are students from College | ||
Park, The Woodlands, and Oak Ridge High Schools in the Conroe | ||
Independent School District; and | ||
WHEREAS, The FIRST Robotics Competition is an annual | ||
challenge that draws contestants from all over the world; this | ||
year's competition required teams to construct and program a | ||
robot that could shoot flying discs through a goal and then climb | ||
a pyramid; each team is sent a set of parts with which to build | ||
its robot over a six-week period, and the teams progress through | ||
regionals and to the finals if they build a successful robot; and | ||
WHEREAS, In the finals, the teams form three-team | ||
alliances that compete against other alliances to score points; | ||
in addition to requiring advanced science, mathematics, and | ||
engineering skills, the competition stresses planning and | ||
teamwork, and teams must be able to identify their own weaknesses | ||
in order to choose alliance partners that complement their skills | ||
in the final rounds; and | ||
WHEREAS, Texas Torque was allied in the divisional finals | ||
with Theory6 and The Coyotes, both from Ontario, Canada, to form | ||
the Blue Alliance, which won the competition; and | ||
WHEREAS, Students handled all aspects of Texas Torque's | ||
efforts, which included mechanical construction, computer-aided | ||
design, electronics, programming, brand design, fund-raising, | ||
community outreach, and media and public relations; and | ||
WHEREAS, These young scholars have worked hard and | ||
demonstrated outstanding abilities over the course of the | ||
competition, and they can be proud of their well-deserved | ||
victory; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Texas | ||
Torque, FIRST Robotics Competition Team 1477, on their recent | ||
world championship victory as a member of the 2013 Winning | ||
Alliance; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
the team as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
Williams | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on June 12, 2013. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |