THE MARINERDS

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I would like to invite you to an essential meeting taking place on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at Mariner High School starting at 6:30 pm. I would like to explain why you need to be at this meeting. Southwest Florida is experiencing a brain drain. Brilliant talent leaves here in droves every year when the local high school graduates become college freshman in someone else’s community. We, as a community of individuals, educators, employers and business owners need to work together in order to promote the growth of our community. We are at battle with the brain drain and our battle cry needs to be, “Live here, learn here, work here!” Southwest Florida has been looked over too many times for great opportunities to come to our area. We are currently, mainly, a tourist area and although that is ok – what happens from May to October when more and more local businesses are closing their doors because they simply cannot afford to survive the “off-season”? We need to stand out in the country and even more specifically in the state of Florida as being a leader in technology and as being a great place to foster technology growth because of our educated and skilled workforce.

So now the question is how do we stop the brain drain? I need your help in answering this question. Being fueled by hope, I have a vision. However, I want to hear your ideas too, after all this is OUR community… I hope to see you on Wednesday, May 16.

Sincerely,

Adam Nowicki
STEM Instructor
TSA Advisor
VEX, FTC & FRC Robotics Coach
Mariner High

P.S. Please let me know if you are interested in being a guest speaker.

hard work sure pays off the Mariner TechTeam TSA members are being specially recognized at the Lee County School Board meeting this evening at approximately 6 PM for all of their accomplishments this year … go Marinerds!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I would like to invite you to an essential meeting taking place on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at Mariner High School starting at 6:30 pm. The official invitation and a tentative agenda are attached but I would like to explain why you need to be at this meeting. Southwest Florida is experiencing a brain drain. Brilliant talent leaves here in droves every year when the local high school graduates become college freshman in someone else’s community. We, as a community of individuals, educators, employers and business owners need to work together in order to promote the growth of our community. We are at battle with the brain drain and our battle cry needs to be, “Live here, learn here, work here!” Southwest Florida has been looked over too many times for great opportunities to come to our area. We are currently, mainly, a tourist area and although that is ok – what happens from May to October when more and more local businesses are closing their doors because they simply cannot afford to survive the “off-season”? We need to stand out in the country and even more specifically in the state of Florida as being a leader in technology and as being a great place to foster technology growth because of our educated and skilled workforce.

So now the question is how do we stop the brain drain? I need your help in answering this question. Being fueled by hope, I have a vision. However, I want to hear your ideas too, after all this is OUR community… I hope to see you on Wednesday, May 16.

Sincerely,

Adam Nowicki
STEM Instructor
TSA Advisor
VEX, FTC & FRC Robotics Coach
Mariner High

P.S. Please let me know if you are interested in being a guest speaker.

hard work sure pays off the Mariner TechTeam TSA members are being specially recognized at the Lee County School Board meeting this evening at approximately 6 PM for all of their accomplishments this year … go Marinerds!!!

We are at the South Florida Regional Qualifier; it is an accomplishment just to make it! Not only did we make it but we are doing pretty well! So proud of the team considering everything else we did; TSA Leadership, VEX, FTC, FTC Host, FTC State Qualifier, mentored 7 FTC Teams, 2 FRC Teams, TSA FL State Competition, 2 Edison Tech Challenges, and we even participated in the Edison Festival of Lights Parade! Go MARINERDS!!!!!