Robotics Team

It's time to plan for the 2025-26 FIRST Lego League season at Jahn Elementary!

Robotics Summer Kickoff

The Boys and Girls Club is generously hosting us for a 4 day camp to kick off the season. The rules will be released beginning of August, so this gives the teams a chance to work together the week before school starts.

Where: Boys and Girls Club, 2915 N Leavitt
Dates: Monday, August 11 to Thursday, August 14
Time: 10:30AM - 3:30PM

Students should please bring a lunch, water bottle, and snack. Expected cost is no charge.

NOTE: You will need to submit a registration with the Boys and Girls Club as well once we are closer to the date. We will email information about that.

Robotics Season

Regular team meetings will plan to begin August 25 (second week of school). We will tentatively meet Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:00-4:30pm.

Students who join the team should expect to come to the majority of practices. We will also likely have additional practices as we get closer to the tournament.

The Qualifier Tournament will be a weekend day in early December. We will learn our confirmed date by November 1, 2025.

Teams Formation

Last year we fielded two robotics teams of 10 students each (10 is the maximum). This fall, we will determine the team composition based on the student signups, and may end up with 3 or even 4 teams. Please register so we can plan accordingly!

Key Dates:

CPS Robotics Showcase * Come to compete and	Saturday, May 3 8:30am - 2pm Sign up here
Robotics Team Info Session * Any student interested in participating in robotics team in the fall should come after school	Monday, May 5 3:00-4:00pm
Robotics Summer Kickoff	Monday, August 11 to Thursday, August 14 10:30am to 3:30pm Boys and Girls Club, 2915 N Leavitt
Robotics Team Meetings	(TENTATIVE) Mondays & Wednesdays 3-4:30pm starting August 25
Qualifier Tournament	a Saturday or Sunday in December 2025

Please subscribe to the Jahn Robotics Calendar to stay up to date on changes!

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Volunteers and Coaches

The robotics club is a large collaboration among teachers, staff and parent volunteers.

Volunteer Coaches

This program could never happen without extensive support from parents and volunteers. Luke Shepard is the parent of 4th, 6th, and 7th grade students at Jahn. He began the program in 2023 with Mollie Rapp, who has two students at Jahn, in 3rd and 6th grade. The nascent program has been supported throughout by Johnny Vivoda, Michael Kilkelly, Jeff Shepard, Colleen Lavin, Sandra Sugano, Tamer Haddadin, Paul Baker, and all who have come out to the tournaments, hosted a practice or otherwise contributed.

Staff

Thank you as well to Ms. Lynch and Mr. Knaus for the use of their classrooms, to Ms. D for help with technology support, and Mrs. Walsh for helping launch the coding class in Winter 2024. We are grateful as well for the consistent support from Dr. Kimbrough and Dr. Ferrera.

We are always looking for eager and interested volunteers! You are welcome to come to observe. Email Luke at [email protected] with any questions or if you'd like to get involved.