In April, three Elmbrook Robotics teams took home major awards at the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC)! Students from both Brookfield Central and Wisconsin Hills are members of Team Hazmat, which won the first place Inspire Award which denotes them as the Best Overall FTC Team in the State of Wisconsin. As a result, the team will be bringing home the coveted orange banner!

The GEarheads team, composed of students from Wisconsin Hills, took first place in Game Alliance and win the second place Control Award for their programming. Finally, the Rising Rhinobots team, which consists of members from both BCHS and WHMS, took first place for the Motivate Award for spreading STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) in the community and took fourth place in Game Alliance. Additionally, BEAST Robotics (a Brookfield Central/Brookfield East co-op) was recently announced as a finalist in the FIRST Infinite Recharge Skills Competition.

"This is an incredible opportunity for students to learn about STEM and develop business and marketing skills through the process" said Valerie Anderson, FTC Advisor for Elmbrook. "They are thriving in their accomplishments and our goal is to continue to expand these opportunities so that more middle and high school students are able to participate in the future."

A fourth team named WISER will begin in the upcoming year composed of all female students from both PPMS and WHMS. Congratulations to all FIRST Teams on their incredible accomplishments this year!