FIRST Robotics at Skyview High School has become so popular that we now support two teams under the umbrella of Skyview Robotics: the original team, The StormBots, FRC 2811, and our new team, The StormBreakers, FRC 9567. In its first year the StormBreakers will consist mainly of rookies–20 freshmen and sophomores who have never been in robotics before and will consist of two subteams: Build and Programming. Other StormBreaker members will be shadowing the other subteams like Business Development, Competitions, Wingnuts, and Stockpile. Even though this is StormBreaker’s 1st season, 46% percent of the students on the team are female, showing the increasing female interest and participation in STEM.

The focus this year is to help the team organize and help new students to develop the necessary skills to promote, fabricate, program, and control their own robot designs. The StormBreakers will be led by the three teacher coaches of the Skyview Robotics Program with the help of several mentors. An important fundamental principle of StormBreakers is that students will develop all our products meaning that everything from robot fabrication to website design will be done by StormBreaker students. At competition events only students will be permitted to drive the robot and work in the pit.

The StormBreakers will share the same annual fundraising events as the StormBots and our team will also participate in various community outreach events set up by the StormBots until we are able to develop our own strategy for participating in our community. The outreach activities will allow our team to promote the missions of FIRST while encouraging youth in our community to think about getting involved with STEM and prepare for various STEM careers. 

Skyview High School is a STEM magnet school and the mission of FIRST Robotics aligns well with Skyview’s mission. This means StormBreakers can also expect to enjoy the enthusiastic support of our school’s teachers, administrators, and student body. We are looking forward to a terrific experience in STEM through FIRST Robotics!