You can be as involved as you want! Although we have hour requirements to go to certain competitions, we welcome anyone who would like to learn something from our team! Being in robotics can be a big-time commitment, but it does not have to be! We do encourage you to participate a lot, but it is not expected nor necessary if you are not interested in robotics being a huge part of your time.
We accept students during the summer or fall months. If you are seeing this during the winter or spring (November - May), we are currently building a new robot or competing with it, please come back in June where we will be accepting new students! In the meantime, please frequently check our website and Instagram for the latest on the team from competitions to outreach events.
Since we are comprised of high schools, we only accept 9-12th graders, but if you are not in any of those grades, considering joining an FTC team until you can join FRC.
It is more than okay! Many students find themselves interested in being on the team, but don't find their "home" until months after they join. If you choose to join, feel free to shadow different subteams until you find where you belong! It is also very common for people to go from sub team to sub team throughout the year since your interests can change and that is perfectly okay! If you really feeling ambitious, you can be a part of more than one sub team, just make sure to not take on too much!
Although we may charge an annual fee of $250 to officially be a part of our team, we have scholarships that our amazing sponsors have made possible. The experience and knowledge you can gain from our team is priceless, but the team fee also includes transportation to multiple competitions, snacks/lunches provided during the build season and so much more! If you may have trouble affording the fees and other costs that may come along the way, please reach out to us! We want to do our best to accommodate you if you are having seconds thoughts of joining due to financial hardships.
We meet every Monday at 6:30 at our shop for our weekly team meetings! The shop is open from 6:00-9:00pm every Monday and Thursday(besides holidays and certain days during the summer). Please check our calendar for the most accurate and up-to-date information on our meetings, outreach events etc. Our stemnasium is usually open every Monday and Thursday from 6:30-9:00pm. During the build season, the shop and stemnasium are usually open almost everyday, but please check the calendar and/or team slack to make sure!
January-Mid-February: We kickoff the build season the first/second Saturday of January with watching the game reveal as a team and then transitioning into brainstorming, designing, programming etc., for the next six weeks. Mid-February-Beginning of March: We keep working on the robot, constant testing, fixing and much more happen in hopes of our first competition in the first/second week of March. Mid-March-End of April: We go to (hopefully) a total of four competitions (two district, one district championship and the Worlds Competition). We fix the robot in between competitions(there is usually a week or two between every competition).
Early September- End of December: We prepare for our only off-season competition (BunnyBots) It is a mock season where we brainstorm, design, build, program, wire and run a robot to a competition held at Caitlin Gabel High School. This competition helps our current student leaders have a feel for responsibilities they will have in the regular season and new students learn and experience what the regular season may look like. Early May- End of August: We chill down for a little and focus on what we can improve on for next season, attend outreach events, go to sponsors’ events, reach out to sponsors, work on summer projects and some may even go on vacation. Attendance during the summer is not expected but if you had time, we would love to have you.
Thank you! We appreciate every single one of our sponsors and would love to have you sponsor our team. Please visit the becoming a sponsor page for more information! If you have any additional questions on how to become one, contact us!
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