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Tecking 6046 is King City Secondary Schools rookie girls’ robotics team that plans to build a robot to compete in First Robotics Competitions (FRC) while promoting girls in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).
The ratio of male to female students enrolled in tech programs at King City Secondary School is approximately 75% male to 25% females. These statistics are one of the contributing factors to us starting a girls’ robotics team in order to promote girls in STEM industries.
As a school we have made it our mission to elevate our sensitivity to being inclusive of all students with an emphasis on getting more females involved in these mainly male dominant fields. This type of competition involves not only building a robot to compete but organizational, technical, social, and management skills development.
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The Team at KCSS allows each and every student to get involved, for example the students who are not strong in programming are able to get involved in the business aspect of the team.
Our mission is to not only get girls involved, but to create well rounded members who work well with others, and are contributing members to the community.
As a team we want to give everybody an equal chance for every student to get involved which is why in keeping with this plan, we have developed a preliminary fundraising plan for our rookie year. |
Although Tecking is new to the competition, we have six teachers and over seventy students working to build this team.
There are several big companies in the area that we are approaching for sponsorships and engineering expertise as well as numerous colleges and universities which are located in the area.
King City is also taking advantage of our active parent council and a strong alumni group. Tecking is striving to gain knowledge and be successful in our first year, while making a strong foundation for the future. |
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