To accomplish our mission of mentoring children, we helped organize and host educational FLL scrimmages and the FLL Grand Championship, impacting more than 500 students along the way.
We helped organize and run a total of 12 FLL scrimmages and the Western PA Grand Championship. A total of 59 FLL teams attended these events. At each educational scrimmage, we gave feedback and tips to each team to help improve their robot design and coding.
Connecting with these kids and motivating them allowed us to fulfill another part of our plan,
to become mentors to young minds and transfer knowledge so they succeed and continue
the path of STEM. To advance that mission, we developed and conducted coding and robotics classes in local communities.
to become mentors to young minds and transfer knowledge so they succeed and continue
the path of STEM. To advance that mission, we developed and conducted coding and robotics classes in local communities.
We partnered with the West View Hub, which is a grassroots support organization with a library and a food pantry for the underserved community of West View. Our team has scheduled regular STEM classes to the elementary and middle schoolers during Spring of 2023. The interest was so high that we eventually conducted a separate info session for the parents, introducing them to FIRST.
During the Summer of 2023, we were able to raise funding for the necessary initiation costs for the West View HUB's first-ever FLL team: HUBWORKS Wizards 60027. We donated more than $1500 to benefit this new FLL team covering expenses for the SPIKE robot, expansion kit, FIRST and Western PA registration fees, and both the Supercharged challenge kit (for Summer practice) and the Masterpiece challenge kit.
We continued to coach and mentored HUBWORKS Wizards throughout the Masterpiece season from initiation to the Western PA Grand Championship. Over the course of the season, the team improved their score from 165 at the first educational scrimmage to 285 at the Championship.
If you would like to help us elevate STEM education in this community, please visit our Sponsorship page and consider donating.
West View Hub - Coding Class
West View Hub - Robotics Class
FLL Educational Scrimages
Western PA FLL Grand Championship
Western PA FLL Grand Championship
