The Milaca Robotics FIRST Team began during the 2016 season as part of a community education program headed up by one teacher Brent Jergens, since then our team has worked together in a chemistry lab or physics lab. This year ICS Chillers has generously offered us a shop space where our team will finally be able to work and use tools that they need to build a robot. This year we will explore what FIRST RISE, powered by Star Wars: Force for Change is all about. We look forward to learning our mission and helping each other create a fun, safe, and happy community of learners. Together, we rise!
Your child’s membership on the team makes you an important part of Milaca Byte Force Robotics Boosters. Boosters are parents, family members, mentors, sponsors, school staff, and those in the community passionate about supporting Milaca High School’s robotics program. We will help guide parents to understand their roles as boosters as well as the important functions of the team and its leaders.
Ways to Support Milaca Robotics Team:
· Serve as the booster club for the Milaca robotic team by providing financial, volunteer, and organizational support
· Encourage and advance the Milaca robotics program and related activities to promote STEM education and the mission of the team
· Support the mission of FIRST (For Inspiration & Recognition of Science & Technology) which is: to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders and innovators, by engaging them in exciting Mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills, that inspire, innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership.
Team Leadership
Coaches
As a high school-based robotics team, coaches are teachers who are committed to the ideals of FIRST. They work with volunteer mentors to help students develop leadership skills through a variety of team activities and projects. Coaches leverage school and district resources to help the team throughout the year. They also serve as the main point of contact with students, mentors, and parents.
Mentors
We are a mentor-based team as defined by FIRST. Mentors volunteer their time and expertise to support the team in specific areas from marketing to engineering and everything in between. They work closely with students and are considered members of the team. Mentors may be college students, engineers, and/ or business professionals. Parents may become a mentor in an area they have the expertise. Background checks and youth protection training is required for all mentors.
Student Leadership Roles and Team Divisions
These roles may change and evolve a bit each year but they are the main roles that generally stay the same from year to year:
Team Captain - Works closely with the Coaches and Lead Mentors. Oversees all team operations, both engineering and non-engineering.
Engineering Operations (EO) Lead - Manages the team’s FRC robot and related engineering products and training. The EO lead oversees a tribe of squads working on projects related to the production of a competitive FRC robot.
Engineering Operations (EO) Sub team - Leads act as Product Owners (Strategy, Shop Manager & Controls) and are responsible for product vision and constant communication with project squads. The operations leads work with the Team Captain and their assigned mentors to define projects, assign team members to squads, and ensure communication.
Business Operations (aka Biz Ops) Manages the team’s communications, business operations, and community outreach products including its outreach events, business plan, PR/marketing documentation, award applications, team website, newsletter, and social media.
Team Information
Team updates and general information will be posted on the PARENT INFO PAGE of the Byte Force website. Please bookmark this page to check shop hours, team calendar, and volunteer needs. Students are responsible for checking REMIND and communicating with parents.
Thank You,
April Leonard (Coach)
Austin Freyholtz (Build Mentor)
Spencer Slade (Build Mentor)
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