589 Falkon Robotics

05/05/2026

That marks the end of the 2026 FRC Competition Season!

Thank you to all our sponsors and donors for making this trip memorable.

We had an amazing time competing, exploring everything the venue had to offer, and talking to other teams. We even had the opportunity to have dinner with and , visit the Johnson Space Center, and do an escape room!

Extra shout out to our Impact Team, Drive Team, Pit talkers, Scouters, Pit Crew, Media Team, and mentors for all the hard work.

See you all in the 2026 Off Season !!

04/26/2026

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Crescenta Valley High School's FIRST Robotics Competition Team 589, "Falkon Robotics," has been recognized as the FIRST Impact Award winner of the Southern California FIRST Championship, held April 9-12.

04/15/2026

Help us get to the 2026 FIRST World Championship!

Falkon Robotics earned the prestigious FIRST Impact Award at the 2026 Southern California District Championship competition last weekend! Now, with just 2 weeks until the World Championship in Houston, Texas – we need your help!

2 ways to support us:
(1) Donate directly using our Zeffy fundraiser page
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/peer-to-peer/help-get-falkon-robotics-to-the-2026-first-championship
(2) Sponsor a robot match to get exclusive game-time support benefits!
https://www.cvrobots.com/product-page/2026-championship-sponsor-a-match

Falkon Robotics is home to 139 high school students who have created a community to build a robot and spread STEAM in their community. They have spent 13 weeks brainstorming, designing, assembling, and programming our 2026 robot, “WALL-E.” Through this process, we were honored to win the Ventura District Event this year. 589 spreads STEAM in the La Crescenta-Glendale community through booths, robot demonstrations, and STEAM events. Through this process, students learn valuable life skills that prepare them for their futures: public speaking, teamwork, and communication!

We do not charge team dues and never turn away a student, ensuring that anyone who wants to participate can. Your donation, big or small, helps us open doors for 40 students to participate in this life-changing trip without any barriers. As we’ve worked hard to make STEAM accessible for our community, help us make Houston accessible for our members.

04/14/2026

SOCAL CHAMPIONSHIP COMPLETED ✅️✅️ FIRST California

🏆 IMPACT AWARD WINNERS! This is the most prestigious award in FIRST that recognizes Falkon Robotics for years of sustained excellence in community efforts to increase access to STEAM. This award affirms that the over 80,000 tracked hours over the past 3 years students have spent planning, mentoring, volunteering, boothing, and more is making a difference in our community. It inspires us to continue pursuing our team mission "to create robotics programs that inspire students to pursue meaningful careers and develop confidence, teamwork, and communication skills to build a better world."
This award also earns Falkon Robotics a spot at the FIRST Robotics World Championships in Houston, Texas!

🤖 WALL-E FOR THE WIN! Our robot worked efficiently throughout the entire competition. Everyone saw our wonderful out of this world cross field passing!

🎨📱Extra shout out to our Visual Strategy team for their on the go spirit booth and our Scouting team for the incredible app data.

Last but definitely not least, we're headed to the 2026 FIRST Championship in Houston, Texas, to compete for the FIRST Impact Award!

Glendale Unified School District

11/15/2025

We are close to wrapping up our Thanksgiving food drive for Los Angeles Regional Food Bank! Last chance to donate will be at our booth at Vons La Crescenta Saturday 11/15, 10am-2pm!

11/02/2025

Yesterday, we hosted our 3rd Annual Engineering Expo: STEAM Through the Ages!

Attendees traversed through the different eras of time, with over 20 different activities correlating with a specific scientific era and 5 engaging rush events!

We were joined by local FIRST teams FRC Team 702 Bagel Bytes, FRC Team 980 Thunderbots, La Cañada Engineering Club, FTC Team 25 Rock N' Roll Robots, FTC Team 5218 Javabots plus community organizations NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Glendale Educational Foundation!

Through the 4-month planning process of this event, fully led by our students (with great support from our amazing mentors), we were able to reach over 750 attendees across 23 cities! We had over 100 volunteers to help us run this event and we couldn’t have done it without them.

09/21/2025

🥖 Join us at Panera Bread on Monday September 22, 2025 from 4:00pm to 8:00pm to support Falkon Robotics.

When you order using code FUND4U online, in the Panera App, or at the kiosk in-cafe with our flyer, 25% of net sales will be donated to our team.

Every order helps us raise funds to support student innovation and growth in 589! Hope to see you there! 🤖

08/18/2025

Earlier this month, our team hosted a week-long Robotics and STEM summer camp for 45 students K-6th at the Verdugo Hills YMCA Foothills in Tujunga!

4th-6th graders became engineers by building their very own mini robots and competing in a game challenge, while Kinder-3rd graders learned about the everyday use of STEM through LEGO BricQ curriculum. All students also participated in fun challenges like marshmallow towers and LED cards.

Thank you to YMCA Foothills for having us, the Mary Pinola & Crescenta Valley Chamber Education Fund and Community Foundation of the Verdugos for supporting the purchase of the robotics equipment used at camp, and all of the volunteers who make this full-week camp happen!

08/03/2025

3rd-6th Grade Engineering Summer Camp - Signups are open now!

Join us for our annual Engineering Summer Camp for a day of fun engineering activities for incoming 3rd-6th graders!
- When: Saturday, August 16, 2025, 9am-3pm
- Where: Hosted at Crescenta Valley High School by Falkon Robotics
- How: sign up at http://cvrobots.com/camp

07/04/2025

Last Sunday, we went to Torrance to volunteer with Angel City Sports at their Paralympic-style Angel City Games!
589 members who volunteered at the event were there to support the players and offer help around the event.

Thank you so much Angel City Sports 💙