Robotics and WPVA Take Lead in Assisting Hurricane Victims

Windermere Prep eighth grader Nik Kuebler collects money from WPS family during morning drop off.

In an effort to help the masses of displaced residents of the Gulf Coast, Windermere Preparatory School’s robotics team created a high-tech flyer to be sent home in backpacks, scrounged up collection boxes, and showed up at morning drop-off for three days in a row, collecting more than $1,200 from WPS students, parents and faculty members. The money was immediately sent off to the relief effort.
The robotics team is only one of the many groups taking the initiative to assist in the relief effort. The Windermere Volunteer Parents Association (WPVA), our stellar parent support group, is also taking a prominent role in assisting the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Windermere Prep’s robotics team, known as Lakerbotix, designs and builds a functioning robot which they operate as part of an international robotics competition sponsored by the FIRST organization (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). In addition to encouraging students to pursue careers in science and technology, FIRST strongly urges teams to engage in community service. At each regional competition, the organization hands out awards to those teams that have made an extraordinary effort to reach out to other schools, community groups and citizens in need. Lakerbotix is proud to have been able to contribute to the disaster relief effort; as their flyer stated, “Every little bit helps.”

Caption: Windermere Prep eighth grader Nik Kuebler collects money from WPS family during morning drop off.