Attention, all Marietta and East Cobb area high school age students; Now there is an organization in your community with opportunities to participate in one of the fastest growing trends in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM): Robotics!
Originally formed to help enhance Pope High School's STEM curriculum in 2013, the resource demands and community interest in our program rapidly exceeded the school's ability to sponsor our activities, resulting in the need for us to independently develop East Cobb Robotics. Our new charter allows us to expand our reach to serve all eligible high school age students in the Marietta and East Cobb area, filling the demand for a STEM-based program for students of all educational backgrounds.
As East Cobb Robotics, our core concepts and work ethic remain unchanged. We are a fully committed FIRST FRC team dedicated to helping our students and the community at large by developing the students' interest in STEM. This program prepares students to further enhance their education and career goals. Our parent and corporate mentors form a vibrant, experienced leadership team which trains and helps oversee all activities. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and work closely with other local FIRST FRC teams and Georgia FIRST (among many others) to promote STEM and serve the community.
FIRST is an internationally recognized organization that sponsors robotics competitions involving over 41,000 schools and community groups in 80 countries for students K-12.
Informational Meeting for Prospective New Team Members 2015-16
Currently we are accepting applications for new team members who are interested in robotics, programming, community outreach, business, marketing, video production, and engineering. Training in all of these areas will be provided. Prospective team members should fall within the age range of 14-18 and have a desire to learn, a mature attitude, a strong sense of commitment, a willingness and ability to work well within a team, and a healthy work ethic. Parental involvement is key to the success of the team and is expected and encouraged.
We'll be hosting an Informational Meeting on
Saturday, July 25, 2015 at 11:00am at the Mountain View Regional Library located at 3320 Sandy Plains Rd, Marietta, GA 30066. It is
highly recommended that you come to the meeting to hear more about this opportunity prior to applying. Applications for students and parents will be due on Saturday, August 1, 2015, with follow-up interviews to be held the week of August 3.
Please contact us at
info@EastCobbRobotics.org with any questions and for student and parent applications.
Robots don't stop over the summer! The team had the opportunity to help teach middle school aged students at the Boys and Girls Club all about teamwork, leadership and FLL robotics during a week-long summer camp.
Collaborating with Georgia FIRST and the Arthur M. Blank Foundation, FIRST Robotics students from local FRC and FTC teams acted as teachers and were able to assist Campers in building a robot using Mindstorm NXT kits. The campers were able to build and program their robots to complete challenges using motors, sensors and new found programming skills.
Some of the girls (the "Pink Ladies") had received training previously regarding leadership skills, and these Robotics Queens will be forming their own FLL team this school year.
On the last day, parents and special guests came and saw the accomplishments that their camper had made, and awards were presented for highest points, Safety, Gracious Professionalism, Coopertition and more.
The Campers had a really fun and educational week that was the highlight of the summer for many of them. We enjoyed helping out and inspiring young minds as to the possibilities that their futures could hold.
