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>> IT'S TIME NOW FOR EYE ON

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EDUCATION.

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WELL, INDIANA IS CARVING A NAME

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FOR ITSELF IN THE WORLD OF STEM

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AND ROBOTICS.

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CONSIDER THIS.

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THE STATE LEADS THE NATION IN

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THE NUMBER OF ROBOTICS TEAM.

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ONE OF THE STATE'S MOST

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SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS IS IN

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NORTHERN INDIANA...IN AMISH

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COUNTRY NEAR NAPPANEE WHERE

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FIFTH-GRADE TEACHER JAKE SIMONS

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WON TECHPOINT'S MIRA TECH

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EDUCATION AWARD FOR HIS WORK IN

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LEADING TEAMS FROM THE WA-NEE

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SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SUCCESS IN

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THE VEX ROBOTICS WORLD

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CHAMPIONSHIPS.

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JAKE JOINS US NOW TO TELL US HOW

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HIS TEAMS DID AT THIS YEAR'S

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COMPETITION.

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JAKE, YOU'RE IN THE ROBOTICS

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ROOM THERE AT SCHOOL?

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>> YEAH, IT'S ONE OF MANY

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ROBOTICS ROOMS WE HAVE IN OUR

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DISTRICT.

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>> YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO TALK

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ABOUT HOW YOU GOT THAT THING

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STARTED A FEW YEARS AGO.

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AN AMAZING STORY, I THINK.

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BUT FIRST OF ALL, YOU TOOK 10

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TEAMS FROM SCHOOLS TO THE

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NATIONALS 234 DALLAS.

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HOW DID YOU FAIR?

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>> LET ME SAY THIS RESPECTFULLY.

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WE'RE GOING AGAINST 40 DIFFERENT

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COUNTRIES AND 49 DIFFERENT

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STATES ARE REPRESENTED THERE.

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SO MANY DIFFERENT TEAMS.

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AND WE HAD 10 OF OUR TEAMS

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COMPETING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL

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DOWN IN DALLAS, TEXAS LAST WEEK,

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WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY

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EXCITING.

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>> THAT IS COOL.

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HOW DID IT GO?

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DID YOU PLACE VERY WELL?

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>> YEAH, WE HAD SIX MIDDLE

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SCHOOL TEAMS GO.

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THEY WERE COMPETING SUNDAY,

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MONDAY, TUESDAY.

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AND OUT OF OUR SIX MIDDLE SCHOOL

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TEAMS, WE HAD THREE MAKE THE

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DIVISION FINALS, WHICH ARE THE

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TOP 20 TEAMS.

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AND THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS OUR

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ELEMENTARY TEAMS COMPETED AND

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THREE OF THEM MADE THE DIVISION

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FINALS, AS WELL.

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AND TWO OF OUR TEAMS FROM

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WOODVIEW ELEMENTARY WON THE

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HIGHES AND SECOND HIGHEST

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JUDGED AWARD YOU CAN WIN IN YOUR

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DIVISION.

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YOUR ENGINEERING NOTEBOOKS,

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DRIVING, INTERVIEWS.

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EVERYTHING.

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IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL TRIP.

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>> GREAT.

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A WORLD COMPETITION, TOO.

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TO TO GO BACK HOW THIS STARTED,

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YOU STARTED THIS PROGRAM SEVERAL

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YEARS AGO, KNEW NOTHING ABOUT

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ROBOTICS, WERE ASKED TO START A

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PROGRAM.

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YOU DID IT.

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AND IN SHORT ORDER, YOU HAD A

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TEAM OR A COUPLE OF TEAMS

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COMPETING AT THE WORLD

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CHAMPIONSHIPS.

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THERE WERE 12 TEAMS THERE.

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I THINK WHAT?

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10 FROM CHINA, ONE FROM HONG

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KONG, TWO FROM NAPPANEE.

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>> YEAH, TWO YEARS AGO, BACK TO

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2016-2017, I WAS ASKED TO TAKE

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OVER OUR HIGH ABILITY PROGRAM.

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I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WANTED TO

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DO WITH THAT.

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I KNEW I DIDN'T WANT TO DO WHAT

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WAS PREVIOUSLY DONE.

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SOMEONE SAID WHY DON'T YOU START

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A ROBOTICS TEAM.

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I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT

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MEANT.

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I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO BUILD OR

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DESIGN OR PROGRAM OR ANYTHING.

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AFTER ALL, I'M AN ELEMENTARY

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TEACHER.

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I DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL FOR THIS.

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BUT I STARTED IT AND WE MADE A

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PACT AS A TEAM.

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WE'RE GOING TO FAIL AND FALL,

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BUT WE ARE GOING TO DO IT

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TOGETHER.

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WE MADE IT TO THE WORLD

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CHAMPIONSHIP IN OUR FIRST YEAR.

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THAT'S KIND OF WHAT SOLD US ON

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IT.

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AND FAST FORWARD THREE YEARS

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FROM THAT, 2019 SEASON, WE TOOK

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IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL, AND OUR

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TEAM ACTUALLY BROUGHT HOME THE

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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, TOP OVERALL

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ORGANIZATION IN THE ENTIRE

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PLANET OUT OF 6,000 TEAMS.

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>> JAKE, WE ONLY HAVE 20-30

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SECONDS LEFT, BUT YOU HAVE LIT A

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FIRE THERE IN THE NAPPANEE AREA.

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A SUMMER ROBOTICS CAMP AND 160

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STUDENTS SIGNED UP FOR THAT.

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YOU HAVE ENGAGED THE COMMUNITY

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IN NAPPANEE.

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WHAT IS THE IMPACT GOING TO BE

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FROM YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN STEM

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AND SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY,

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ENGINEERING AND MATH.

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>> YEAH, THIS IS RELEVANT TO OUR

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21ST CENTURY WORKFORCE.

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PEOPLE ARE FINALLY START TO SEE,

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AS AWESOME AS IT WOULD BE TO BE

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A PROFESSIONAL SPORTS STAR OR

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POP STAR, WHAT'S REALISTIC IS

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THEY COULD BE PROFESSIONAL

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ENGINEERS OR PROGRAMMERS OR AT

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THE VERY LEAST PROBLEM SOLVERS.

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THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CULTIVATING

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HERE AT THIS PROGRAM AND DOING

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IT AT A SUCCESSFUL RATE.

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>> AN AMAZING STORY FROM

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NORTHERN INDIAN, NAPPANEE.