LB Poly Rabbotics - overview

WHO ARE WE?

Poly Rabbotics Team 7042 is a FIRST robotics team that is currently entering its fourth year. In the past twenty-four months, Team 7042 has grown to 35-40 students, sent a robot to the Del Mar Regional, LA and OC Regionals, World Championships-Houston, and won the Rookie Inspiration Award and Judges' Award.
The project has been a source of confidence and knowledge that we look forward to when applying skills in everyday life, internships, college, and future careers. We strive for excellence at our school and hope it will continue to be a resource.

FIRST Competition

FIRST is a nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring young students to study the STEM fields. In order to reach children of all ages, FIRST organizes four different annual competitions. Each year, teams of high school students, coaches and mentors work during a six-week period to build game-playing robots designed for the competition.
The FIRST Robotics Competition is the focus of our Team 7042 and the most advanced FIRST program, including over 91,000 students and mentors worldwide.

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Poly Rabbotics - Community Outreach

Team 7042 is not only committed to the education of its members but also in making a difference at other schools.
Work is continuing on a FIRST Lego League team at Roosevelt Elementary, a VEX team in the IVA charter school, and an independent STEM education program for special ed at Poly High School.
We are also always looking for sponsors and reaching out to the Long Beach community to help us with this commitment.

Mission & Vision:

Mission:

To build a sustainable, well-functioning team whose members enthusiastically explore the fields of engineering, science, technology, and mathematics, while inspiring others to follow suit through profound, committed outreach/community service connections.

Vision:

Mission:

To prepare the next generation of STEM leaders and innovators by building a coalition of students, mentors, and community partners working together to further STEM education and initiatives in the local Long Beach and FRC communities. This is fulfilled through successful team operations; a student-led and vision-oriented culture; and a variety of workshops, demonstrations, and competitions.

Meet The Rabbotics Leadership Team (2022-23)

Team Co-Captains

Spencer Boggs and Lauren Higuchi

Operations Director

Sydney Chaikittirattana

Engineering director

Rohan Reddy

Team Operations Leads:

Art & Media: Matthew Padilla

Outreach & Events: Jonathan McCary

Development: Alice Duch

Team engineering Leads:

Mechanical: Jayda Montariez

Programming: Kyle Malling and Evan Overman

Electrical: Christina Klenz

CAD: Jason Lim

Mentors:

Mr. Eric Gever: Lead Mentor, Technical

Mr. Robert Gutierri: Technical

Mr. Steve Fang: Design, Strategy

Mr. Pavish Patel: Technical (Manufacturing)

Ms. Samantha Lawrence: Team Lead Advisor

Ms. Arlene Covarrubias: Business

And All the Members...

Lucille Alais, Gianluca Alvarez, Shafiq Amat, Isaiah Ameho, Marco Barriga, Saumen Barua, Jamal Blade, Cheyenne Bowley, Judah Boyce, Israel Camara, Declan Carney, Abby Crisostomo, Reina El Khoury, Mattea Fisher, Valeria Gamez, Valeria Gamez, Emiliano Gamez, Leila Groves, Pia Hao, Lauren Higuchi, Nicolas Honma, Lail Khansa, Darin Kom, Albert Lee-Theng, Sean Louie, Joshua Milutin, Medina Miranda, Josef Morales, Lena Nguyen, Tirisa Noun, Kikachukwu Okonjo, Sarah Okuno, Katherine Padilla, David Pastrana, Leslie Perez, Yolanda Ramirez, Oliver Real, Rohan Reddy, Justin Rosu, Grant Sullivan, and Evan Tsai.