The summer of 2011 was a great  success, we held a summer camp for kids ranging from third to seventh grade who were interested in learning about robotics. They built their own robots, played games, and also used them to compete with others. They had the opportunity to experience what building robots was all about. Over the summer the team also participated in the Santa Barbara County Fair. We got the opportunity to exhibit our robots and show fairgoers what our team does. We displayed the field along with robots and we had games available for people to try. Both children and adults got the chance to drive the robots and play games with them. We also had a robot paintbrush so that the kids could make paintings. Both the camp and the fair were a success and gave many people a look into what the robotics team does and how interesting it is.

Now a new school year has commenced and we have begun bulding robots and preparing to participate in tournaments! This year our goal will be to make it to the VEX Robotics World Championships in Los Angeles, California. If we make it this year it will be the fifth consecutive year that we have participated in the championships. We have also started to fundraise money in order to offset costs of the parts of robots, traveling expenses and other club expenses. We will be holding a barbeque sale on September 9th, and the team will also have other fundraisers throughout the year. We hope that everybody will support us and that we have another successful fun year!