Who are we?
The Breck Robotics program is run by Breck School, an independent school in Golden Valley, Minnesota. The program spans all three divisions, serving students from grades 1-12. The two teams FIRST Robotics Competition teams who are at the top of the program, Stampede 3630 and Rodeo Robotics 3891, help lead and mentor the rest of the program. Students from all grades are passionate about the program and choose to spend time learning, designing, building, and programming robots. In the process, they learn to work together as a team and expand their technical and engineering skills. The coaches and mentors come alongside the students and share their passion, helping them by offering guidance and support.
What is FRC?
The FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is an international competition run by FIRST, an organization who aims to prepare young people for the future through team-based robotics programs. FRC is targetted primarily towards high school students. Teams are given six weeks to design, build, program, and tailor their robots to a specific challenge, announced at the beginning of January. Our hope is to qualify for the state and international FRC competitions after we competing in regional competitions.
For more information about FIRST, visit their website.
Our Mission, Vision, and Values
Mission
Breck Robotics exists to foster young scientists, engineers, and teammates. With students at the center of our decision making and innovation, we strive to improve students’ observation, design, interpersonal, collaboration, presentation and critical thinking skills.
Vision
To foster STEM education around the world and ignite a passion for STEM within our students.
Values
Safety - We honor the dignity of everyone on the team by maintaining a physically and emotionally safe environment in which our students can excel.
Teamwork - We foster a just and welcoming team by listening carefully and valuing the unique talents, spirit, and potential of everyone.
Excellence - We strive to represent Breck and ourselves well, building highly capable robots and actively working to support each other and everyone we contact. We value respect, safety, and learning over success in competition.
Meaning - We value science, innovation, and teaching, and we actively work to derive meaning in all our interactions. By sharing our enthusiasm with our community, we build support for STEM in the world around us.