Season 6 (2020 - 2021)

Team 5980 competed virtually in the FIRST In Michigan district. The kickoff was held Saturday, January 9th, 2020 at noon. We viewed this together via zoom and then discussed our plan of action after the reveal. Zoom became our best friend.

Of the 3 challenges offered for the 2021 season, the team opted for the following

• @Home Challenge

• Game Design

The team also made Chairman's a goal.

On Saturday, February 20, 2021 Team 5980 continued our quest to connect with teams from around the globe to gain cultural awareness and meet like-minded students. This time we held a Zoom call with Team Ro2D2, an FTC team from Ploiesti, Romania. We had a great time meeting with students Stefan, Alex, and Andrei-Cristian. We learned a lot about their team, their environment, and how they have adjusted to the pandemic...Thanks and best of luck at your regional competition!!! The video of our Zoom call is in the link below.

Video of EGR Robotics and Ro2D2 Zoom call

Here are some very notable points of interest from the season:

• Woodie Flowers Award - The team nominated Ms. Murphy (and very deservedly so!)

• Dean's List Award - The team nominated Clark and Sophie, two tremendous student leaders. After interviewing, both were chosen by the judges as semi-finalists, winning opportunity to interview at state level (team's first ever)

• Chairman's Award - Team won its second Chairman's, and second in a row, winning opportunity to interview at state level (team's first ever)

• Skills @Home Challenge - Team took 14th place in Tellurium group - very impressive!