the school’s literacy night to demonstrate the robot they designed and built, giving younger students a hands-on look at robotics and engineering. Junior Ethan Smith said the visit was meant to spark elementary students’ curiosity. “We’re here to show them the cool things we’ve learned and built to inspire them and keep their interest going in school. We learned the school wanted a robotics team to demonstrate and it’s a good opportunity for us to give outreach and service.” Junior Umar Sarfraz, who does coding, hardware and software, explained the team not only built the robot themselves, but continually improves it for competition. “We’ve modified it so it could better compete; those adjustments, make it work better for the FIRST Tech challenge this year.” Freshman Abby Bercerril, who heads up coding and mechanics, demonstrated their 18-inch cubed shaped robot shooting baskets. “The kids think it’s pretty cool — and it is a lot of fun.”