Step 1. Come to room N3106 or N3107 and speak with Mr. Parr or Mr. Dohm.
We meet every Wednesday from 7-9 pm and Saturday 9am-5pm, your welcome to stop by whenever! If you are a parent or want to become a mentor and help out the team just stop by and speak with Mr. Dohm or send him an email!
Step 2. Forms: Ask Mr. Dohm for a form packet or you can print one out here after you have a packet fill out the forms then returned them as soon as you can.
Step 3. FIRST: To officially be part of the team, then you will need to register with first robotics at usfrist.org. Once you have registered with first robotics you’re almost done!
Step 4. Class Credit: The last thing you’ll need to do is sign up for the 6.5 period in order to get credit, to do this you need to talk to Mr. Dohm and he will give you two additional forms. On these forms you will label one Robotics A as the class you want to take, and the other Robotics B. Have your parent sign and your officially apart of the team!
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Becoming a member of a FIRST Robotics team is a great choice for almost any student. For those who are considering careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields, participating on a FIRST Robotics team can offer amazing opportunities for hands-on experience. But FIRST is not just for the engineers of the future; being on a team is a great experience for people with career interests of any sort. As a mentor of Team Spyder, John Campbell, has described it, “you'd be shocked at how much this is like the work environment.” In addition to preparing students for the work place, being on a FIRST team can help students who plan on going to college. FIRST Robotics participants are eligible for over $14 million dollars in collage scholarships.
Joining Team Spyder has team-specific benefits as well. At Poway High School, students are given school credit for participating in FIRST Robotics. Concerning school credit, being on the team is the equivalent of taking an elective class. Possibly the best part of being on Team Spyder is meeting the other students and mentors on the team, who are intelligent, inspiring, encouraging, and fun!
“FIRST Robotics has given me tools and opportunities to succeed in life; it even gave me the opportunity to work at a robotics company with real life application.” John Matze (Media Director 2011)
“Robotics gives you life skills such as working as a team, problem solving, leadership skills and how to communicate professionally with companies.” Karyn Brown (Media team member 2011)
“Being on a FIRST Robotics team has helped me tremendously improve my public speaking skills. I have had frequent opportunities to talk to judges and other professionals, which has helped me learn how to professionally address an adult. This experience has been really helpful in admissions interviews as I apply for college.” Julie Gattenio (Team president 2011)
“Robotics offers more than 14 million dollars in scholarships available only for college-bound FIRST students. I personally received a full ride to Clarkson University because I participated in robotics for four years.” Andrew Lindsey (Media Director 2010)
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