About Us
Coach: Ben Pochop
RPM Executive Board:
President: Mark Crusoe
Vice President: Bernadette Aldrich
Secretary: Adrienne Palesi
Financial Secretary: Jenny Rosell
Treasurer: Tony Pirondini
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Student Leadership
Director of Operations: Devina Velasquez
Engineering Director: William Hulett
Secretary: Sarah Bergendahl
Business Manager: Derek Lance
Outreach Manager: Sara Wolf
Awards Manager: Tyus Green
Media Manager: Abigail Young
Engineering Committee Managers
Design: Alvin Vo
Electrical: Tyus Green
Mechanical: Aaron Lance
Robot Programming: Darius Azure
App Programming: Sarah Bergendahl
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The Team (55)
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Seniors(9)
Tyler Barber
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Juniors (13)
Sarah Bergendahl
Kaylani Dacanay*
Kiana Dumdumaya
Tyus Green
Will Hulett
Roberto Ibarra*
Taylor Jaseph
Tara Khanna
Anthony Mendoza
Evan Schramm
Nicolas Shallock
Declan Uquillas
Tamia Valledor
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Sophmores(18)
Keiran Baker
Haleigh Carlton
Hannah Carlton
Christina Credo*
Arjun Gill*
Rio Karr*
Derek Lance
Evan Lombera*
Aaron Mundi*
Damondre Pierre*
Christian Perez
Jason Platte
Jeanine Renoblas*
Darren Ruiz
Anek Sahota
Biren Sohal*
Sara Wolf
Abigail Young
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Freshman(15)
Michael Apollo*
Alex Burghardt*
Brayden Dean*
Emily Ede*
Aidan Guerra*
Hunter Hassler*
Chichi Iheanacho*
Kailey Mills*
Miles Petty*
Mitchell Provencher*
Vincent Romero*
Kenyon Schepter*
Maya Swift*
Tyler Westfahl*
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*Rookies (25)
At our school, we have 4 classes related to robotics: Engineering Technology (ET), Automation Engineering (AE), AP Computer Science (CS), and AP Computer Science Principles (CSP). Incoming freshman can take the Intro to Engineering Technology class or Engineering Technology 1. It is not required to take the class to be on the team, they just have to meet the hours requirement for the first semester. The next year, as sophomores, they can take the Engineering Technology 2 class. Students who have taken ET 1 & 2 can take either AE, CSP, CS, or ET 3 their junior and senior years.
RPM stands for Robotics, Parents, and Mentors. They meet every second Monday of the month to maintain management of our team. Throughout the year, parents help the team with fundraising: car washes, recycling, raffle ticket sales, and Bingo. During build season, parents help with carpooling and catering and are reimbursed through RPM funds. Parents also help decide which regionals we should compete in and plan the hotels, flight tickets, etc. ahead of time.
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In addition to our efforts within our team, we are extremely dedicated to our presence in our community. We love to spread our enthusiasm as much as we can, bettering those around us as they better us in turn. We achieve this through many varied projects and relationships, all for the furthering of STEM, such as:
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- Mentoring VEX teams at Golden West Middle School and our school
- Mentoring VEX IQ at Foxboro, Center, Travis, Cambridge, and Scandia Elementary Schools
- Helping out with local programs, such as Coastal Clean Up or Relay for Life
- Hosting VEX competitions at Vanden High School and Golden West Middle School
- Hosting VEX IQ Scrimmages & Competitions
- Demonstrating our robots, at school rallies, homecoming week, football games, and other district school-wide events
- Reaching out to our sponsors, such as demonstrating our robots at Genentech's Bring Your Kid to work day
