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“Kids get involved to hang out with their friends and
play with LEGOS. They may think that they’re bad
at math or they don’t like science. A few weeks later
they realize they’ve learned to code.”
— Erin McCallum, president, Washington FIRST Robotics
Of FIRST participants,
I made the right
choice, and I love
report more interest in
what I do.”
Industry
mentors and
as a result of the program;
volunteers —
report more interest in
often program
alumni or
local STEM
professionals —
provide another connection to the workforce for students. FIRST Washington relies
on nearly 500,000 volunteer hours each year to mentor and coach teams and staff
competitions. Schmitz is now the lead mentor for Bellevue High School’s FIRST
Robotics team. “I can say with complete
confidence that my experience with FIRST
Washington FIRST Robotics
was just as valuable to me as my experience
www.firstwa.org
in a college engineering program,” he says.
“This is a way to give back.”
59%
78%
STEM careers
engineering.
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The Endeavour Jaguars from Issaquah show off their Junior FIRST LEGO League creations on
the sidelines of a competition at the ShoWare Center.
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