All the teachers in the Sarasota classroom will wear the Chinese traditional costumes while giving the lessons. Meanwhile, students will also have the opportunities to try the costumes on! It's a nice way for students to feel immersed in the Chinese culture. We have many more clothing besides the pictures shown, please come and see!
All the teachers in the Sarasota classroom will wear the Chinese traditional costumes while giving the lessons. Meanwhile, students will also have the opportunities to try the costumes on! It's a nice way for students to feel immersed in the Chinese culture. We have many more clothing besides the pictures shown, please come and see!
Please come and join us for a series of fun filled Chinese lessons—
Chinese Mid-autumn Festival celebration!
Please come and join us for a series of fun filled Chinese lessons—
Chinese Mid-autumn Festival celebration!
BaoAce FLL(First Lego League)
BOOMTOWN BUILD Kickoff Video
What if you could build a better world? Where would you begin?
More than ever, we must come together to innovate and solve problems. In FIRST, you are part of a thriving community brimming with inspiration, creativity, and hope for a stronger, more sustainable future—one that’s built better together. You have the power to help the cities, towns, and places you call home reach new heights. With the support of the FIRST community, this is your opportunity to lead our future forward—and up.
BOOMTOWN BUILD Inspire Model
Meet the Coaches
April Pan
April has worked in Telecommunication, Actuarial and Education fields. She is currently teaching Mathematics and Programming both online and onsite. Below is a brief introduction about April’s programming related skills.
Right after graduation from Shanghai Jiaotong University majoring in Electrical Automation, she worked as a Database Developer and Data Analyst for 5 years. She acted as a System Administrator for the Sybase Database System using SQL. She developed database software to analyze telephony traffic reports using FoxPro, Excel and VBA. When Jiangsu Telecom started to set up a province-wide telephony traffic network management system, she was the key member to design, set up, cable and configure 3COM Switches and Cisco IP Routers.
She later studied in the Actuarial Math field and was Awarded the USRA (Undergraduate Student Research Award) by NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council) in August 2004. She worked as an actuary in the U.S. for 10 years.
She volunteered as a teacher’s assistant for an EV3 Mindstorms club in a public school. She also has Level 2 Volunteer Clearance.
Her technical skills include: Lego Mindstorms EV3, S-plus, SQL, VBA, APL, AXIS, Access, FoxPro, Excel, PowerPoint, Sybase Database System and MoSes.
Eric Shen
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Inventor with multiple US patents
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Computer Science as Major in University
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24 Years+ experience in IT industry
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Principal Engineer in Top 10 Fortune 500 Companies in the world
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Previous Teacher/Training Instructor experience
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Level 2 Volunteer Clearance by Pinellas County Public Schools
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Love and passionate about Computer Programming and STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math)