Woodrow Wilson RoboCats

05/23/2022

This past week we celebrated our FIRST seniors on our FIRST Signing Day 2022 .

This week we will continue celebrating with our ⚙️ SENIOR SPOTLIGHTS ⚙️ each day featuring a couple of our graduating RoboCats.

ICYMI: Here is the live stream replay of FIRST Signing Day 2022 and a collection of photos thanks to our great friend Russ Kelemen (thank you!) who somehow is everywhere all the time at Woodrow Wilson High School events.

Livestream replay: https://tinyurl.com/RoboCats-2022FSD-livestream

Google Photos Album:https://tinyurl.com/RoboCats-FSD2022

Smugmug album: https://tinyurl.com/RoboCats-Smugmug-FSD2022

05/16/2022

This week we celebrate our FIRST seniors during our 6th annual inspired by our friends from FRC 2468 Team Appreciate and celebrated by teams across FIRST Robotics around the country and FIRST in Texas.

Join us on campus this Wednesday in the Woodrow OG "small" gym beginning at 8:00 am to be inspired by a dozen Robocats headed towards STEM futures as they head towards new adventures to continue changing the world for the best.

Stay tuned for our Senior Spotlights we will feature here and on our other social media channels.

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/5242_therobocats/?hl=en
https://www.instagram.com/woodrow_wilson_stem/?hl=en

Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_robocats

04/12/2022

We are thrilled to share that our team advanced to the 2022 FIRST World Championships to compete in the FIRST Robotics division with ~ 400 of 4000+ teams from 28 countries thanks to our Chairman’s Award at the FIRST in Texas and University Interscholastic League Texas State Robotics Championship this past week in Houston.

We are totally humbled to join our friends from FRC 2468 Team Appreciate and Team 1296 Full Metal Jackets who were also Chairman’s winners.

This is a tremendous honor that has been years in the making and is only possible because of our long-time friends and partners and mentors and sponsors and all the hard work and dedication of so many Robocats over the past years.

We’re so grateful to Texas Instruments, Texas Workforce Commission our founding and continuing sponsors and Dell, Studio Bella for Kids, The Workshop by TBK Bank, Design Your World - STEM Conference for Girls, L3Harris Technologies Junior League of Dallas Unique Software Developmentand our newest partners Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc., Gene Haas Foundation, and Apple.

To all our alumni and parents and volunteers, and especially our mentors and boosters Christina Navarro Steve Clynes Carolyn Brown Tony RylanderMaribel Moncada, Paul Miller, John Gustafson, Tammy Yarlagadda Bardwell, Maria Bionde Hasbany Dijea Coplin, Kelli and Lauren, Peter, and many others like Rains J Kyle who have been our constant supporters and cheerleaders for years. It’s not possible to name everyone we have partnered with but we are grateful for the support of every single member of Robocat family.

Stay tuned for livestream info for all the action from Houston next week!

04/07/2022

Our Woodrow Wilson RoboCats FIRST Robotics Team 5242 cranks it up today at the 2022 FIRST in Texas and University Interscholastic League Robotics State Championship at the George R. Brown Convention Center.

Our team advanced from the Irving Qualifier based on the FIRST Chairman's Award and we are excited to compete with 80 teams on the field and 8 other teams in the Chairman's category for a chance to compete here at the FIRST World Championships in 2 weeks.

Catch all the action over the next 3 days from this Livestream Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/firstintexasevents

03/27/2022

Our incredible collection of experiences competing at the FIRST Robotics Qualifier hosted by an amazing group of volunteers thanks to the generous FIRST in Texas community from all over, was capped off by a giant surprise with our Team 5242 being awarded the Chairman’s Award for this event at the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas. This award earns an advancement to the University Interscholastic League Texas State Championship in just over a week, and a chance to earn a spot competing at the FIRST World championships in Houston later in April. Learn more about the Chairman’s award from the link in the comments.

We are so grateful for all those who have inspired us and invested with us in this achievement that has been years in the making. We have so many to thank from our campus and community, including:

Our founding mentor from Texas Instruments, , and Paul Miller, another great friend and mentors from TI.

Tammy Yarlagadda Bardwell and her team at Studio Bella for Kids for partnering to inspire so many through joint venture camps, just as we have done with Cody Seabolt, founding director of The Workshop by TBK Bank where we have also upgraded the manufacturing capabilities of our robot building and invested in dozens of students inspiring them to become creators.

We couldn’t have done all we’ve been privileged to do around our region without partners like Tony from Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc. and Carolyn Brown from L3Harris Technologies and ’brien amd his team from Unique Software Development and , formerly of American Airlines.

Our work with the SWE Dallas chapter has also been incredibly impactful partnering on the Design Your World - STEM Conference for Girls as have all our community partnerships.

We also want to thank our incredible parent boosters, especially Christina Navarro who leads our non-profit and supports us and feeds us all year long, and the entire Woodrow Wilson High School community.

I’m addition to multi-year grant support from Texas Workforce Commission and Junior League of Dallas.

This year we also added additional financial support from Apple and the Gene Haas Foundation to make it possible to do what we do which is build leaders and creators for today and tomorrow.

Join us in congratulating this years FRC 5242 Robocats and celebrating all who have partnered with us!

03/26/2022

We’re up today with more world class 🤖 action today livestreaming on Twitch from the FIRST in Texas FIRST Robotics Irving Qualifier from the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas.

Schedule below if to tune to the livestream.

https://www.twitch.tv/firstintexasevents

https://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2022txirv

FIRST in Texas Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation that supports FIRST Robotics teams and events across Texas with a focus on increasing accessibility for low-income and underrepresented students. Participation in FIRST, address the growing demands of the future workforce in Texas.

03/25/2022

Catch all the world-class 🤖 action from our special version of March Madness as the Robocats compete in the FIRST in Texas FIRST Robotics Irving UIL Qualifier for the Texas State Championship at the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas livestreaming on Twitch.

We’re off to a strong start hanging in the top 10 of 42 teams so far in today’s matches. Playoffs continue tomorrow. Catch the rankings and replays from The Blue Alliance site.

https://www.twitch.tv/firstintexasevents

https://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2022txirv

Videos and match results for the 2022 FIT District Irving Event FIRST Robotics Competition in Irving, TX, USA.

03/05/2022

Day 2 @ the FIRST in Texas Waco FIRST Robotics Qualifier hosted at the Extraco Event Center Waco Tx.

We are incredibly grateful to our mentors and sponsors and all who invest with us in our Robocats including our founding sponsors Texas Instruments, Texas Workforce Commission, and the Woodrow Wilson High School.

This year we are excited to these new financial partners that have joined us including Apple , , and Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc.

We wouldn’t be able to do any of this without our amazing parent boosters led by Christina Navarro, and our long-time mentors Steve Clynes from Texas Instruments (since day 1!), Tony Rylander from Parkhill, Paul Miller from Texas Instruments, , Carolyn Brown from L3Harris Technologies, and Rick and Judith LaPlante.

Catch the livestream here: http://ch3.firstintexas.tv/

03/04/2022

FIRST in Texas is hosting Week 1 of this year's FIRST Robotics Qualifiers in Waco this weekend!

Our FRC 5242 Robocats are headed south to compete in week 1 of Rapid React this weekend in the Qualifier hosted in the Extraco Event Center Waco Tx .

Catch the action starting mid-morning today from the livestream link below and follow the highlights by joining this Google photo album, and the event schedule on the site below.

http://ch3.firstintexas.tv/

https://photos.app.goo.gl/dnxF61DkgQB2dTKE8

https://firstintexas.org/event/frc-district-competition-at-waco-extraco-coliseum/

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03/01/2022

Exciting news! Feel free to share.

This past weekend we hosted our first-ever FIRST Tech Challenge North Texas Regional Championship in partnership with FIRST in Texas. 40 teams from across the region competed for a chance to advance to the Texas State and FIRST World Championships.

Not only did our all-girls team The Mechanicats FTC Team 13227 earn their way to the competition and fight hard among one of the most competitive regions in the world, our very own Mikayla Naravarro was chosen to represent her team, our program, the entire region and Woodrow community as one of 4 Dean’s List finalists at the 2022 FIRST robotics World Championship in Houston this April!!

Learn more from the link below about this prestigious recognition that she has earned over her time as a Robocat these last 4 years (beginning as an 8th grader at JL Long Insider Middle School) designing, building, coding and competing with robots and teams, investing in outreach to 100s of local students with our community partners like Studio Bella for Kids, SWE Dallas, and The Workshop by TBK Bank.

Stay tuned for a photo album of more highlights of the entire tournament and CONGRATULATIONS Mikayla!!

01/29/2022

Our FIRST Tech Challenge Robocat teams are competing in Flower Mound today at the Roboplex Qualifier!

Catch the livestream on YouTube and stay tuned for updates here
Go RoboCats!

Live stream of the NTX FTC Marcus Robot Rumble Qualifier Tournament, held at Marcus Roboplex in Flower Mound, Texas. https://ftc-events.firstinspires.org/202...