Why should you join? |
I. Work as a team
- Gain teamwork skills
- Develop leadership traits
- Work with a diverse group of people
- Give back to the STEM community
- Prepare for various industries from mechanical engineering to programming
- Gain more interest and knowledge in the world of STEM
- Through various regional competitions during which we can win a vast array of awards
- These awards as well as winning any regional qualifies a team for the opportunity to go to the World Championship in Houston Texas
- Students gain class credit for participation in robotics for a school year
- Students MUST complete at least 260 logged hours with the team to receive credit for the class
- The class also counts for a letter grade and will be scored A-F based on participation.
- FIRST is an international robotics organization that is recognized by millions across the globe.
- FRC looks great on college applications and resumes and competitions for this prestigious program have been sponsored by companies like Boeing and Raytheon Technologies!
- Help the team achieve a vast array of amazing accomplishments from Spirit awards to Engineering Inspiration. There are countless goals that you can work towards with your peers as a member of Team 2637.
- A core value of first is to have fun. While working hard we still make sure to have fun throughout the season.
How do you join?
I. Fees
- Team donation and participation donation which help us offset the costs of transportation to and from competition, robot parts, and much more.
- FRC has three main seasons; pre-season, build season and competition season.
- Students who are interested should join during the pre-season (Fall).
- Check out our calendar to see our usual schedule during the year. During build season, we meet several times a week for long hours, so be aware of the time commitment if you are interested in joining.
- If you join, you have to be proactive with your communication with teammates and mentors, and always ask for help if you need it.
- Safety first!
Season Schedule Overview
Pre Season
This is the time before our kickoff where the team works on training presentations for new members as well as looking back on the past season to see what can be improved.
This is the best time to join the team, as leads and other important members of the team are not as busy with the robot and can help out new members.
Kickoff
Kickoff is the most exciting part of the season other than competition as it is when FIRST release the new competition for the year in early January. Members from all the subteams come together to create a strategy and plan for the upcoming season so that the team can be extremely successful for each season.
Build Season
Build Season is a six-week period during which the team builds a new robot completely from scratch and it is definitely the busiest part of the year. Unlike other teams we manufacture all of our parts in house, and we are a fully student run organization. Our mentors are a huge help and assist us with team management and idea development, however, all actual development and fabrication of the robot is done by our students in house.
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Competition Season
Competition season is an approximately 2-month period where teams compete against one another at numerous regional competitions that occur across the world. After this the qualified teams move onto the FIRST Championship taking place in Houston.
This is the time before our kickoff where the team works on training presentations for new members as well as looking back on the past season to see what can be improved.
This is the best time to join the team, as leads and other important members of the team are not as busy with the robot and can help out new members.
Kickoff
Kickoff is the most exciting part of the season other than competition as it is when FIRST release the new competition for the year in early January. Members from all the subteams come together to create a strategy and plan for the upcoming season so that the team can be extremely successful for each season.
Build Season
Build Season is a six-week period during which the team builds a new robot completely from scratch and it is definitely the busiest part of the year. Unlike other teams we manufacture all of our parts in house, and we are a fully student run organization. Our mentors are a huge help and assist us with team management and idea development, however, all actual development and fabrication of the robot is done by our students in house.
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Competition Season
Competition season is an approximately 2-month period where teams compete against one another at numerous regional competitions that occur across the world. After this the qualified teams move onto the FIRST Championship taking place in Houston.
