SPONSORS
Vanston Middle School received a grant for $2397 from the Mesquite ISD Education Foundation for the FIRST LEGO League robotics team 23780 for 2016-2017. Another grant was awarded for $2436 for the FIRST Tech Challenge robotics team 12764 for 2017-2018. The FLL teams for the league research a real-world problem such as food safety, recycling, energy, etc., and are challenged to develop a solution. They also must design, build, program a robot using LEGO MINDSTORMS®, then compete on a tabletop playing field. The FTC teams are challenged to design, build, program, and operate robots to compete in a head-to-head challenge in an alliance format.
Home Depot sponsored the RoboVikings, FTC 12764 robotics team with an $25 monetary gift card to purchase anything in the store for the robotics program. The amount of $25 is placed on the card every month for 6 months.
Modern Robotics's goBILDA is the first complete metric building system to include strong building components, ball bearings, sliders, lead screws, extrusion, hinges, and more. FTC 12764 was award $200 for building supplies.
The Dell grant is aimed at serving teams in financial and underrepresented students (females and/or minorities). More specifically, Dell is looking to provide financial support to those teams who prove that they need it, and prove that they can use this grant to make a difference in their communities. FLL 23780 was awarded $450 and FTC 12764 was awarded $1000. Both teams were awarded a Dell laptop.
The FIRST in Texas Grants provides opportunities for FIRST teams to apply and receive money to help their team financially.
Ace stores offer a wide variety of tools, local niche services and virtually anything you'll ever need to fix, repair and maintain just about anything. The local Ace Hardware on Gus Thomason close to Vanston Middle School offers discounts to the school for their robotics programs.