For New or Interested Students...

If you are a new high school freshman (or any student really) in the Francis Howell School District and are interested in joining the district's robotics club, you've come to the right place! You can browse around this site and see what is up with us, but here is a fast track to the important information you probably want:

• The About RAVEN Robotics page contains everything about this club specifically. We are a team that competes in About FIRST competitions.
• The first meeting is scheduled for 6:00pm to 8:00pm on August 30th at Francis Howell Central High School in Room 13, to give you some extra time to settle into High School. Your parents are encouraged to come to this meeting to learn about the club. Parents can even volunteer to help the club too!
• At the first meeting calendars detailing our future meetings will be distrusted to students and their parents (so bring them!) and you will get more information on why this team is so awesome.
• We meet about twice a month during the fall semester (now until you're winter break starts). During this time we will go over many different aspects of robotics and the engineering and science behind bringing a robot to life!
• Once you get back from your winter break things kick into high gear and the build season for the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) starts. It is 6 weeks of non-stop fun. During this time we meet generally 3 times a week (Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturdays). No one is expected to make it every day continuously, but try to be there about once a week at the least.
• We do more than just build robots, we do everything a small technology company might do including:
  • Building websites and web services (this this thing you are on now!)
  • Programming and Computer Engineering
  • Game Strategy and Design
  • Promotion, Journalism, and Fundraising
  • Video Recording and Editing
  • Photography and Photo Editing
  • Tons of engineering related things (Electrical, Mechanical, Structural, etc...)
  • Working with Teachers and Industry Professionals (Many of whom work at Boeing)
  • Having fun and making some great friends
  • Really any talent is a great asset to our team, so don't be shy!

Feel free to look around this website if these highlights didn't answer all your questions. Also, don't hesitate to ask us. You can email the school sponsor Mark Krueger  at: JLIB_HTML_CLOAKING

We hope to see you at our first meeting!

Update 2: First meeting finalized for 6:00pm instead of 6:30pm.