COMMUNITY
Our Community and the High Rollers
The goal of FIRST® Robotics is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders through engagement with mentor-based programs that build technology skills. But for Team 987, The High Rollers - That's Not Enough! As a team we must reach out and support other teams in our community, from the beginner FIRST Lego League (FLL) teams all the way up to peer FRC teams. We are a great team not because we build some of the best robots in the FRC that win many competitions, we are a great team because we can reach out and help other teams accomplish their goals so they too can reach their potential and aspirations. And that’s how our team can change the world - sharing what we know, maintaining a leadership role in our local FRC community, and helping other teams to succeed.
Anthropologist, professor, lecturer, and author, Dr. Margaret Mead said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” Through our Team, we will continue our efforts to accomplish and embody the ambitious goals set forth by Mr. Dean Kamen, creator, and founder of the FIRST® organization, to inspire future generations of students who will be the next group of "committed citizens" to help solve the next generation of technical problems with novel solutions. .
Trick (or Trunk) - or - Treat!
Trunk or Treat
The High Rollers rallied together to support and engage the youth of the community by setting up a booth, handing out sweet treats, and decorating a robot in the spirit of Holloween fun.
Many of the kids in this local community cannot travel far from home, especially in the evening hours, so Team 987 pulled together their own resources to bring Halloween Trunk or Treat to the community. The Team setup in the huge, well-lighted front parking lot of Cimarron-Memorial High School, providing a safe and secure trick-or-treat area for the kids, under the direction of the Principal, Mr. Colin McNaught and CMHS Administration, and with the assistance and presence of the Clark County School District Police.
ROBO.CAMP brings the ideals of FIRST® to elementary and middle school students. Our team established ROBO.CAMP in 2007 with the goal to provide mentors, equipment, and training sessions to a younger generation of students at their school or at the Cimarron-Memorial High School campus. Through exciting, hands-on, and competitive fun, the "Campers" play competitive matches on either our VEX playing fields to learn first-hand the importance and applications of STEM. Campers build and test their robot designs with VEX EDR or VEX IQ hardware, and mechanical parts made of aluminum, plastic, rubber, and steel, motors, and programming code, and compete against other robots on the playng field. Due to the popularity and growing attendance of the program, a program that started with only a handful of student campers, has grown to hundreds of students across four states in the Southwest and counting. ROBO.CAMP financially benefits these hosting teams by helping them raise funds needed to sustain their robotics programs and helps jump-start their recruiting efforts.