The high school has both and FTC team and a FRC team. You can use the teams page to get contact information. These teams compete with medium and large robots respectively. There is a ten year history of robotics at M.H.S. and the team has won some significant awards over the years. Many of the team members joined with little or no prior experience, all you need is an interest and the team and mentors can help with the rest.

All of the middle schools have FLL teams and rumors are that the Montclair Co-op may be starting this coming fall. FIRST LEGO League is a wonderful place to learn both beginning and advanced robotics techniques. One aspect of FLL that is truly special is that the robot operates autonomously for the entire match. While it can be touched and handled in "base," all of the actions it takes are "on it's own." In order to do this reliably the robot needs to navigate and adapt very well. Beginners can find managable tasks to complete, completing the entire challenge in time is a challenge for the most experience teams. There is much more engineering going on here than initially meets the eye. FLL also a Research Project. These projects are expected to be well thought out, researched and presented, but they are anything but dry, boring, sciency stuff. Teams isolate problems, do research and then present their solutions to judges and the community at large. It is common for teams to put together skits, interactive demonstrations and other innovative ways of communicating their solutions. You can use the teams page to find a team near you.

The only Jr.FLL teams around are community teams sponsored by individual families. There is a lot of buzz about Jr.FLL, I haven't heard of many teams actually forming. Until we can update the teams page with Jr.FLL teams. I would strongly suggest posting in the forums under Jr.FLL in order to connect with other students and families interested in forming teams. Jr.FLL is a great place for students to begin. The teams do attend competition events, but in a "no-pressure" mode. They are consistantly treated by staff and the other teams very well. If you're at all interested POST! You won't be sorry.