Union High School Robotics Club

Hey everyone, hope you're doing well! We were introduced to a new and fantastic outreach opportunity not too long ago, the Women in STEM event at Heritage High School in Vancouver, WA. The event took place on Saturday, March 24th and was centered around girls participating in tech-based activities and workshops, as well as getting to know local tech companies and organizations such as our own. We had several opportunities to give a short presentation on our robot, this year's FTC challenge, opportunities for scholarships and firsthand experience, club and team dynamics and everything else that goes into robotics.  There was also time to hang around in the commons area and demonstrate the robot in action, and  talk to passersby one-on-one about how awesome robotics is! ARKI (our affectionate name for this year's robot) got an overwhelmingly positive reception from most of the nearly 500 people who attended the event, and many of the girls had a great time co...

Hey everyone, hope you're doing well! We've certainly been keeping busy over the past few weeks in preparation for our Geared Up event that took place the evening of Friday the 23rd, which was intended to let potential new members from feeding middle schools as well as those already at Union know about our club, what they could take part in and how their talents could be valuable to the Union Robotics Club. The event kicked off with a fantastic-looking display set up by a few of our members, complete with all the awards our FTC team, Geared Reaction #6559, has won over the years. We then gave a brief overview of every aspect of the club, including build, programming, outreach and marketing, scholarship opportunities, classes to take in high school and each of our favorite things about robotics. There was also plenty of food to choose from, including chips, sandwiches, fruit and vegetables and cookies (which disappeared pretty quickly!). After the presentation had con...