Henry Cluster STEMM Foundation

07/05/2025

Henry Cluster STEMM Foundation is now inactive. Please stay tune for what's happening next!

11/10/2023

Patrick Henry’s FRC team the Patribots would love to see more fans at their only local off-season tournament this weekend (10/14 and 10/15) at Cathedral Catholic where they will compete with their robot Jerome, this robot was designed in CAD, manufactured, built, programmed and tested entirely at PHHS by Henry students. Please come out and support the kids, it is free and open to the public. Event LINK: https://battleattheborder.wordpress.com

04/08/2023

Navajo Area Community!

We Bought the Lot!

Tomorrow Saturday August 5th from 10am-12pm
Come join us in celebrating a major milestone in building a brand new San Carlos Library!

08/06/2023

Highly successful event! Thank you all for coming out last night. Mission Trails Robotics Community is here for you!

01/06/2023

Join us Thursday, June 1 for our final concert of the school year! 7 pm in PHAME. Band and Orchestra will perform. Tickets are $10. Middle School students with school ID get in free!

30/05/2023

Come to have a causal conversations with some robotics coaches and parents! Some refreshments will be provided!

10/05/2023

The most beautiful box the Mechanical Meatloaf (w/a side of pickles) has ever seen during their last minute crunch pickle meeting before the Western Edge FIRST Lego Open! Teammates are refueled and ready to meet everyone on Friday!
“Goodwill Ambassadors” at your service at pit 75!

25/04/2023

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Major congratulations to our FIRST Robotics team, the Patribots (4738), who traveled to Houston to compete in the FIRST World Championships this past weekend. We were the only team from San Diego Unified to travel to Worlds and our team was amazing.

We placed 4th out of 78 teams in our division during the qualifying round and were the 3rd Alliance Captains, for which our kids did some impressive scouting and strategy work. We advanced all the way to the semi-finals, the 2nd furthest any San Diego team has ever made it in the FIRST Championships! Our robot is ranked 60th in the world out of 3286 robots –AND– we won the prestigious Imagery Award for our field.

Shout out to Ms. Van Loan, Mr. Espinoza, our fantastic parents and mentors and the following phenomenal kids: Adam, Aidan, Alexander, Andrew, Benjamin, Emery, Emiliano, Emily, Gavin, Gus, Hadizah, Hollis, Jacob, Jeremy, Kyle, Mark, Noelle, Odin, Omar, Raquel, Ray, Rudy, Sean, Sky, Thadeus, Timothy, Travis, Ty and Will! And a huge thank you to our sponsors who make it happen! Qualcomm, DODSTEM, Natural Networks, Gene Haas Foundation, Solar Turbines, San Diego Unified CCTE, and Patrick Henry High School Foundation.

– Michelle Irwin is principal at Patrick Henry High School.

18/04/2023

Our congratulations to Coach for her recognition award! Coach Toni has been a volunteer coach/mentor for multiple levels of the FIRST robotics community (FLL Explore, FLL Challenge, and FTC), on both school and community teams, for kids ranging in age from 8-16 since 2017!
She is currently the coach of FLL team Mechanical Meatloaf (w/a side of pickles) and a co-coach for FTC team the Dapper Robonoodles !
A typical "season" goes from August to April or May, during which time she probably easily commits 10-15 hours per week (sometimes much more!) between the two teams. But in addition to that she has also become a respected and sought after judge at FLL events, and is passionate about developing and highlighting the FLL Explore program for younger kids locally, to help encourage those with burgeoning interests in STEM. Her have-fun-while-learning philosophy has impacted more than 200 teams this year.
Toni truly exemplifies the Core Values of FIRST by making a real impact in her community and with her teams. She is enthusiastic, kind, and encouraging - nurturing innate curiosity and sense of discovery, and sharing her own love of learning. As a founding member of the Mission Trails Robotics Community, she is a truly gracious professional who has supported many other teams by sharing best practices, helping navigate coaching challenges, and sharing resources when possible. The teamwork she shows among our community of coaches and mentors sets a fantastic example for all.
On behalf of the many kids, families, and fellow volunteers you have worked with, Toni, we thank you for all that you have done and continue to do.
We LOVE you, Toni!

11/04/2023

Robotics Showcase Extravaganza is here!!! The extravaganza sponsored by the San Carlos Library and David Ege, the branch manager, will be held on Saturday, April 15, 2023 in the parking lot adjacent to the library at Jackson Drive at Golfcrest Drive. Robotics teams from Henry Cluster schools and local community teams at FIRST® LEGO® League, FIRST Tech Challenge, and FIRST Robotics Competition will be there!

09/04/2023

California Southern FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL) off season event Spring Showdown was held at Francis Parker yesterday! We were so happy to see our cluster has need. Represented. 2 school teams from Dailard - #28375 Mechanical Dolphins- Techno T-Rexes and #34264 Mechanical Dolphins- Cretaceous Coders. 2 school teams from Pershing Middle - #55272 Pershing Robotic Panthers and #55273 Pershing Robotic Panthers. 2 home teams - #50899 Mechanical Meatloaf (w/a side of pickles) and #50739 Garage Engineers!

Congratulations to our teams for taking home the robot design, the robot game, and the champions awards!!!

23/03/2023

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