Message from Superintendent John W. True Jr.

WELCOME to the Pemi-Baker School To Work Extreme Machine Contest

 

The Pemi-Baker Partnership--our local School To Work collaborative--is dedicated to advancing a community system for lifelong learning and regional economic development.

 

School To Work provides a means for the Pemi-Baker community--parents, teachers and school administrators, school boards, businesses, civic and social organizations, the arts community, legislators and, of course, students themselves--to participate in a dynamic process for strengthening education. School To Work prepares all students (K-16) with the 'know-how' necessary to compete and thrive in a global economy.

 

The Pemi-Baker School To Work Partnership is committed to mobilizing and supporting a range of opportunities for all students to learn and interact with our communities by building 'partnerships' that connect learning with real world experience.

 

Our goal is to help all students focus on their specific areas of interest and to make their educational experience a part of that process. To do this, we will challenge our schools to be a more central part of our communities and challenge our employers to make the success of our schools their business.

 

This evening's event, is designed to show our entire community that creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, and teamwork abound in our schools. The 1998 "Open the Box" Open is proof positive that students of all ages have mastered proficiencies and can apply what they know appropriately and imaginatively to complete a complex task.

 

Ultimately, the Pemi Baker School To Work Partnership's success depends on the ability of our schools and businesses to form an alliance capable of promoting and supporting education and economic reform within our region. We hope that you enjoy this evening's School To Work event and invite everyone interested in helping to join our partnership.

 

John W. True, Jr.

Superintendent of Schools, SAU #48

About the Contest

THE CHALLENGE

 

The Extreme Machine Contest involves 13 student teams from all eight SAU #48 schools working to create a "Rube Goldberg" machine (i.e., a contraption that uses multiple steps to do a simple task.)

 

The 1998 challenge, named the 'Open the Box' Open requires student teams to create a machine that uses at least 10 individual steps to: open a box or close a box, or put something into a box, or take something out of a box. Specific generic guidelines must be followed by all teams, but each team has a wide range of latitude to create their own unique machine.

 

 

WHAT MAKES A GOOD MACHINE FOR THIS CONTEST?

The machine works. Once it is started, it runs all the way through to completion with no human intervention and ultimately completes the required task.

 

It has a unifying theme.

 

No team is penalized for having battery powered steps, but mechanical steps are more in the spirit of Rube Goldberg machines and will impress the judges more.

 

The final product has 10 clearly visible steps.

 

 

RUBE GOLDBERG

Reuben Lucius Goldberg was a cartoonist, who for 55 years satirized machines and gadgets. His cartoons combined simple machines and common household items to create complex, wacky and diabolically logical machines that accomplished simple or trivial tasks.

THE EXTREME TEAMS!

Russell Elementary School, Grades K-5

Winners

PRINCIPAL: RUTH TILSON

 

TEAM NAME: BOX MANIACS

TEAM ADVISOR: DEE V. HINCKLEY

Jessica Alby, Kara Bixby, Tyler Bixby, Sam Blake

Steve Chagnon, Ben Downing, Katie Everts, Colleen Foster , Chris Hampoian, Bethany Kehl Albie Nedeau, Aaron Poling, Ali Price, Brandy Racine , Joey Reed , Cal Robertie, Mike Signoretti , Jesse Thompson, Matt Bixby, Krista Tunnell, Kane Turmelle , Jim Turley, Haley MacKeil , Patrick O'Dougherty, Michelle Clark-Conley

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Waterville Valley Elementary School, Grades K-5

 

PRINCIPAL: MARY SEEGER

 

TEAM NAME: WATERVILLE VALLEY PANTHERS

TEAM ADVISOR: MARY SEEGER

David Levin, N. Anastasia, T. Barbeau , Katharina Schwarz, Micki Schwarz , Rachel Cohen,

Caitlin O'Connell, Jasmijn Verhofstad, Laura Endo

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Campton Elementary School, Grades 6-8

 

PRINCIPAL: BILL STEEL

ASST. PRINCIPAL: JIM GEORGE

 

TEAM NAME: RESERECTORS

TEAM ADVISORS: SANDY CARTER & DOT ELY

 

Justin Chase, Heather Johnson, Jen Brown, Adam Jehl,

Shannon Fallon, Amber Johnson , Georgia Otto, Jessica Angus, Christine DeGreenia

 

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Holderness Central School, Grades 6-8

 

PRINCIPAL: ROBERT TREMBLAY

 

TEAM ADVISORS: EMILY R. KELLEY

DOMINIC ROTELLA

 

TEAM 1: "THE PINWHEELS"

Willy Abbott, Cordy Elkins, Colleen Kenney, Shane Nassar,

Brett Melanson, Adam Pettitt, Mike Tirone , Beth Tobyne

TEAM 2: "THE PING PONG BOXER"

Jen Baker, Annie Driscoll, Seth Duda, Keaton Gallagher,

James Hart, Chris McIver, Darren Siek , Ashley White

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Plymouth Elementary School, Grades 6-8

 

PRINCIPAL: PETER HUTCHINS

ASST. PRINCIPAL: FRAN GONSALVES

 

TEAM NAME: PLYMOUTH CUBS

TEAM ADVISOR: JULIE SICKS

 

Callie Racine, Ashley Ladd, Millicent Scott , Mary Corum, Abby Cote , Megan Carr ,

Kandy Blaisdell , Michelle Daigneault, Megan Gagnon

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Russell Elementary School, Grades 6-8

 

PRINCIPAL: RUTH TILSON

 

TEAM NAME: KILLER BUNNY

TEAM ADVISOR: HEIDI ADAMS

 

Nat Banville , Leah Ferenc, Aisling Maes , Jenna Beadle, Courtney Florio ,

Ryan Mayne, Nick Burtt , Brittanie Hillman, Jesse Duncan , Kristina Hoefs ,

Nick Pawlik , Kammie McLaughlin, Chelsea Sanborn , Tyler Smith , Kyle Turmelle ,

Amanda Sherburne, Samantha Normandin, Samantha Wildenberger

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Thornton Central School, Grades 6-8

Winners

 

PRINCIPAL: JIM JOHNK

 

TEAM NAME: FEARSOME FOOD FILLER-UPPERS

TEAM ADVISOR: JOHN HANSEN

 

Vicky Mello, Savannah Thomson, Chelsea Lane , Amy Pendoley,

Laura Szymczak, Nicole Walker , Jenn Uhlman, Eben Gannett

Anne Ciarleglio, Angie Temple

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Wentworth Elementary School, Grades 6-8

 

PRINCIPAL: DON WEISBURGER

 

TEAM NAME: THE WENTWORTH WIZARDS

TEAM ADVISOR: KRISTINE ROBERGE

 

Lucas Fryer, Ben Fryer, Seth Masterson , Eric Backstrom,

Stephanie Muzzy, Shenna Stevens, Jessica Stevens, Heather Moilannen

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Plymouth Regional High School, Grade 12

 

PRINCIPAL: BRUCE PARSONS

ASST. PRINCIPAL: RICK KNOWLES

 

TEAM NAME: SENIOR 'CYCLERS'

TEAM ADVISORS: CINDY BLAND & DONNI HUGHES

 

Tamara Karr , Nick Currier , Katie Maes, Beth Page,

Jeremy Fournier, Jess Wixon, Susan Kenneally

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Plymouth Regional High School, Grade 11

 

PRINCIPAL: BRUCE PARSONS

ASST. PRINCIPAL: RICK KNOWLES

 

TEAM NAME: FIESTA

TEAM ADVISORS: BEVERLY TEDESCHI & EILEEN CURRAN-KONDRAD

 

Aaron Miller, Crystal Newberry, Dan Hinkley, Sally Lyford,

Ryan Hinckley, Samantha Dugan , Isaac Case , Sarah Goodwin , Charity Ferris, Rebecca Ober , Lindsay Hanson, Katie Richards, Alex Athans, Natasha Otte , Lindsey Yeaton

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Plymouth Regional High School, Grade 10

 

PRINCIPAL: BRUCE PARSONS

ASST. PRINCIPAL: RICK KNOWLES

 

TEAM NAME: SCORE FOUR

TEAM ADVISORS: TIM PETERS, DOUG ROSS & DON HUDAC

 

Tammy Smith, Jen Sweedler, Cory Sousa, Melinda George,

Heather Flood, Lindsay King , Mike Agnelli , Mike McLaughlin,

Sarah O'Connor, Patrick Carr

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Plymouth Regional High School, Grade 9

Winners

 

PRINCIPAL: BRUCE PARSONS

ASST. PRINCIPAL: RICK KNOWLES

 

TEAM NAME: MAD SCIENTISTS

TEAM ADVISORS: TOM DUDA & AMY JEMERY

 

Alex Armstrong , Jeff Lewis, Steve Ahern, John Delisle,

Mindi Neveau, Casey McIntosh , Matt Perloff, Dan King

The Extreme Judges!

Bill Benoit, Professor, Plymouth State College

Robert Cram, Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist

Nancy Gerzon, Career Guidance Consultant

Ann Kent, Quincy Bog Natural Area

Lindley Kirkpatrick, Plymouth Community Planner