We’ve been helping kids learn how to innovate since 2017. Each team interviews experts and normal folks to identify a real-world problem worth solving; we focus on fast user feedback to ensure they are staying focused and making real improvements, as well as to find any details they’ve overlooked. We use a similar engineering design process for the robot game challenges. Some of the skills we help our students learn and improve in are:
- programming
- designing flexible, modular robots
- rapid prototyping
- human-centered design
- project management
- working within constraints
- building consensus with teammates
- public speaking
Help us represent Arkansas at the 2024 World Festival!
Corporate Sponsorships
FIRST has been organizing championships since 1992 and the World Festival in its current format since 2015. Based on recent years’ attendance, they are expecting 50,000 attendees with 18,000 participants in hundreds of teams. We will proudly give credit to the members of our community who help us get there.
Our expenses for this event include travel, housing, food, event registration, “pit” decorations, give-away items, robot parts, and craft materials for our game prototypes.
Gold Level – $2,000
We will prominently display your logo in our decorated 8’x8′ team “pit” (information display area) as well as on the back of our uniform shirts (worn during all event activities).
Silver Level – $1,000
We will prominently display your name in our team display area and on the back of our uniform shirts.
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2023–2024
2023–2024 Achievements
New Growth
We started a second FLL (FIRST LEGO League) team — Bricks N Motion — with seven team members and two new parent coaches.
Continuing Excellence
Our experienced FLL team — Happy Accidents — took first place at their December qualifiers (19 teams competing from NWA) and then won the Champion Award at State in January (the top 32 teams competing from all over Arkansas). They ended their season by representing Arkansas at the FIRST World Festival in Houston in April.
Future Dreams
- start a high-school FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge) team to gain advanced experience building custom robots (metalworking, 3D printing, etc.)
- start additional FLL teams so more middle-school aged kids in our community can be a part of this great experience