Service & Outreach
When the Skyview Robotics began, our vision was to build more than a robot which developed our own skills, but to also a way help build pathways for young kids and others in our community to be introduced to STEM learning and skills. Thus an important pillar of our team’s values is community service.
Each student member of the Skyview Robotics Program is required to commit at least seven hours to community service projects each season. We are proud of our efforts to improve our community through our many outreach activities.
Community Robotics in Action
Check out what Skyview Robotics has been up to in our community! See our latest outreach activities below to learn more about how we're getting involved and making a difference.
Annual Outreach Projects
Each student member of the Skyview Robotics Program is required to commit at least seven hours to community service projects each season. We are proud of our efforts to improve our community through our many outreach activities.
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Maker Workshops
We partner with the Fort Vancouver Regional Library System and the Vancouver Public Schools to conduct STEM-related Maker Workshops for youth ages 8-13. Participants are guided by members of our team to use the engineering design process and apply STEM concepts to solve open ended challenges. We conduct about four events a year either in person at a local library branch or elementary school or via Zoom online for more distant sites.
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FRC Official Kickoff Site
We partner with both FIRST Washington and the national FIRST Robotics Competition orgnizations to host the annual kickoff video livestream which reveals the new game challenge. We coordinate the pick up of the new “Kit of Parts” for about to dozen teams and play host to about 200 students from other teams who stay to join us in workshops hosted by our team members which dig into the rules and develop scenarios for game play and robot design.
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StormSurge
In October 2021 the Skyview StormBots hosted the first live robotics competition since COVID lock down ended in person events. In October 2024 the Skyview Robotics program, FRC teams 2811 and 9567, hosted the second Storm Surge event for 12 local teams. As a preseason event teams get an opportunity to dust off their robot and skills in an event based on the prior season’s challenge.
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TopSoccer
Beginning in the summer of 2022 we have partnered with TopSoccer Vancouver to design and build adaptive devices to enable more kids to enjoy the world’s most popular game.
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Unified Sports/Robotics
Skyview High School is a nationally certified Unified Sports high school. Our robotics teams support programs at school by mentoring students on their robotics team and bring our teams’ tee shirt shooting robot to their events in school spirit.
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Salmon Creek Park
We partner with the Vancouver Parks & Recreation Department to maintain the nearby pubic park and playground.
Elementary students learned physics and the scientific process at our Hot Wheels Maker Camp at Fort Vancouver Regional Library.