Spyder Initiatives!

Advocacy (#makeitloud):

Poway Unified Robotics Day: On March 14, 2019, the PUSD Board approved a resolution proclaiming April 23, 2019 as Poway Unified School District Robotics Day 2019 in recognition of the growth of Robotics Teams throughout the Poway Unified School District and the achievements they have garnered. Poway Unified School District Robotics Day.

City of Poway Robotics Day: On March 8, 2019, the Poway City Council approved a resolution proclaiming March 8, 2019 as Robotics Day in the City of Poway in recognition of the growth of Robotics Teams throughout the City of Poway and the achievements they have made.

City of San Diego Robotics Day: San Diego City Councilmember Mark Kersey declared March 7-9, 2019 as the City of San Diego FIRST Robotics Competition 30th Anniversary Weekend, honoring Team Spyder 1622 and all San Diego teams for their work in STEM and Robotics in the City of San Diego.

FIRST Global - Team Paraguay and Team Benin, Africa

Team Paraguay (mentored by Team Spyder and Team Inspiration) won the Safety Award and ranked 67 out of 161 at the 2018 FIRST Global Challenge in Mexico City! Team Benin moves onto starting 10 robotics teams in schools across Benin, Africa with help of Team Spyder purchasing 10 robot kits for school curriculum.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Like FIRST, Team Spyder is committed to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. We serve the Underrepresented, Underserved and Vulnerable Youth. Since our inception as a team we have served Hispanics, Latinos, African Americans, American Indians, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, girls, young women, socio-economically disadvantaged students, first generation in college students, disconnected youth, and youth living in rural or urban areas (such as Ramona and Title 1 students). Through our outreach and on the team, we also serve foster, homeless, immigrant, limited English, students with disabilities, students in special education and LGBTQ+ youth. We reach out to students in special populations beyond our school supporting programs such as the Monarch school and Include Autism. One of our missions is to be a champion for the Underrepresented, Underserved and Vulnerable Youth (which is what we are doing this year with Title1 schools: Valley and Garden Road Elementary; also inner city schools: Wilson Middle School, and the Monarch School for homeless youth).

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