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East Palo Alto's competition robotics team.

The Churrobots are East Palo Alto's competition robotics team, and they're part of the Hope Horizon family. Our elementary and middle school robotics pathway helps local kids grow toward it.

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Hope Horizon students building robots
21 → 36students on the high school team in one year, nearly 70% growth
Churrobots at the Silicon Valley Regional

A Churrobots story

They earned a spot at Worlds, and the community paid for it.

For the first time since the team was founded, East Palo Alto's Churrobots, FRC team 8048, earned a spot at the FIRST Robotics World Championships in Houston, and the community fully funded the trip.

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Ages
Grades 1–12
High school season
Sept–April
Where
1001 Beech St, EPA
Cost
Free / low cost

The team, and what's next

The Churrobots today, and our robotics pathway.

High school

The Churrobots, FRC #8048

East Palo Alto's First Robotics Competition team, and it's part of the Hope Horizon family. Student-led, with off-season workshops that point teens toward careers in tech.

Grades 5–8 · starts October

FIRST LEGO League

Real programming and teamwork, the bridge toward the competition team.

Grades 1–4 · starts October

FIRST LEGO League

Hands-on STEM where kids first realize they're good at this. Part of our elementary and middle school robotics pathway.

For corporate & tech funders

Help us build the local STEM talent the Bay Area keeps asking for.

The students on this team live ten minutes from some of the most valuable tech companies on earth, and Hope Horizon is how they get in. Robotics is the way in. Your company can fund the program that turns local kids into engineers.

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EPA's FRC team
~70%
team growth this year
2024
first trip to the World Championship
100%
student-led at the high school level
"My goal is to earn my master's in engineering and a minor in computer science. I plan on coming back after I graduate to mentor the robotics team."Hope Horizon robotics alum and scholarship recipient

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Engineers, this is the most rewarding volunteering you'll do.

Coach a team and help bridge the gap in science and tech opportunity for EPA students. You bring what you know. We'll handle the rest. Off-season and in-season roles available.

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