FIRST Tech Challenge

In our 2020 season, we looked to replicate the success we had with FLL by implementing the FIRST Tech Challenge program in our middle schools. When we spoke with our middle school teachers, they approved of the FTC program and agreed to help coach FTC teams. Like they did with our FLL teams, our STEM Ambassadors worked with the FTC teams and helped them prepare for competition. At the end of the season, the teachers loved the FTC program so much that they decided to integrate it into their year-round STEM curriculum, replacing the existing SeaPerch program. In our 2024 season, one of our teams wasn't able to form. So we created a challenge team, whose goal would be to design, build, and program their robot in 14 days. This turned out to be a great success, and the team did very well.