FIRST Robotics MAGNAtech 3468 Booster Club

FIRST® Robotics team 3468—MAGNAtech believes all students need equitable access to opportunity, relevant mentorship, and engagement to build a foundation for a bright future. Our main goal is to encourage and to expose students to activities that relate directly to careers in math- and science- related fields such as electrical or mechanical engineering, computer science, graphic design, CAD, business, and finance along with team project management. We are affiliated with West Monroe High School and were the first group to bring FIRST® Robotics to Northeast Louisiana. Our team was established in 2010, and ever since then, MAGNAtech has been committed to encouraging teamwork and creativity through the FISRT Robotics program and STEM-based learning. Our purpose is to offer an opportunity for students to participate in an integrative hands-on program, which includes career and technical education (CTE), science, and digital media concepts, in building a partially autonomous and remote-controlled robot. The program entails participating in an international program called FIRST Robotics which gives students opportunities to build their knowledge and skills by working directly with volunteer mentors in fields on engineering, vocational education and information systems. Today, there are close to about 110 countries, 679,000+ participants with 3700+ events in the FIRST® program. We strive to positively impact students by instilling the skills needed to succeed in their futures.

FIRST® Robotics makes games with real-world tasks in mind, because it focuses on building robots similar to those utilized in the real world. Each year a new challenge is assigned, and teams across the country compete for the opportunity to demonstrate their skills in the regional and national arena. Robot sizes range from miniature to taller than a grown man, and it is truly impressive to see these creations competing like mechanised athletes.