RoboVikes

10/08/2026

Shoutout to the crew that stayed after school on early release day to assemble our field kit! Bummed that some of the parts are on back order, but we got all the flowers, the hive frame, and the field taped and prepped. Thanks AndyMark, Inc. for the easy to follow instructions, looking forward to completing the field so we can get officially our on!

10/02/2026

We are *officially* shooting pollen!

10/01/2026

Coding and strategizing! Room 929 is buzzing with activity!

09/16/2026

Room 929 is buzzing with excitement for ! Pumped to see so many new faces as well as our returning teammates from last year. It’s a great day for !

09/12/2026

Today was the big reveal, is LIVE!

Our kick off meeting will be this Wednesday after school in Room 929, plan to wrap up around 3:45 or so. If you are interested in joining the team but can’t make the meeting, get the Google Classroom code from Mr. Slifka or Mr. Wolford and fill out the survey posted. We can’t wait to get started!

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09/10/2026

A huge thank you to our friends at Novelis for supporting the and ! Their continued support for the students at LaBrae Local Schools has made so many great things happen. We are excited to kick off this year’s FIRST Tech Challenge, this weekend!

07/03/2026

What an opportunity!

⚙️ Spots remain available for an upcoming machining camp at Mahoning County Career and Technical Center and Valley STEM + ME2 Academy. It's open to students in grades 8-11.

MVMC is helping MCCTC facilitate this FREE opportunity - so students get hands-on experience in a lab setting with the experts. They will build a base of fundamental skills in manual machining, CNC, and more.

👇 Click the link below to register. Deadline is July 6.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTv2aAaCPK_P8zLzbvl7z8spjU_HDm_QU5AmFIOTrZYZCQyw/viewform

05/15/2026

We traveled over to Hubbard Schools today to share some of the cool things we’ve worked on this year. Highlighting our competition robot, HHS students had the chance to shoot artifacts into a portable goal we constructed, drive our SponsorBot and FlipflopBot that uses a rack and pinion steering mechanism, and Connor was able to share his arcade game final project for robotics class which was a huge hit!

We hope to work with the students there next year as they venture into the world of as a rookie team for the ‘26-‘27 season, !

05/02/2026

Wowza!!

04/24/2026

Well, , it’s been real. ✌️

We wrapped our year with our annual Bricksbie Awards ceremony (a combination of the obsession with The Dundies from The Office and our first year team building with LEGO). Congratulations to:
Connor Palmer - Distinguished Service Award
Bryson Hall - Exceptional Engineering Award
Elena Smith - Team Involvement Award
Riley Cunningham - Gracious Professional Award
Steven Yoder - Mentor’s Award
Ian Holleran - Rookie of the Year

We’ll see you next year!