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BUSINESS PLAN
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Mission Statement
Our mission is to maintain a team that excels in every aspect, to practice Gracious
Professionalism in all we do, and to uphold the image of our Hall of Fame team. Our goal is to
influence students to pursue higher education. We wish to teach students skills that will aid in the
success of their future endeavors and most importantly to provide these students with the opportunity
to inspire others with the message of FIRST.
Year the Team Began
1996
Names of Founders and the Functions They Perform
Original mentor still active on the team:
Andy Marts, 2015 WFFA, Engineering Mentor
Number of Team Members
30 Students and 19 Mentors
Location of Team
Mountain Home, Arkansas
Our Sponsors
• Baxter International, Inc.
• Mountain Home Public Schools
• Science and Technology Group, Inc.
• Arkansas FIRST Inc.
• Meeks Lumber and Hardware
• 8 Ball Amusement
• THAT Print Shop
• ASUMH
• Industrial Mechanical Specialities
What We Do and Services Rendered
• Host the Arkansas State FIRST Lego League Mountain Home Qualifier and FIRST Tech Challenge
Championship
• Mentor FIRST LEGO League and FIRST Tech Challenge teams
• Fund local FIRST Tech Challenge team Bomb Squad Special Unit
• Started, funded, and maintaned FIRST Tech Challenge team Bomb Squad: STEMinists
• Help the environment through metal reclamation, recycling, and equipment sales
• Assist other FIRST Robotics Challenge teams with Chairman’s Award, Entrepreneurship Award,
and Woodie Flowers Award
• Provide support for the rookie Arkansas FIRST teams
• Provide information to our corporate sponsors, community, local school board, and the FIRST
community
• Co-hosted the 2013 Ozark Mountain Brawl off-season event
• Hosted the 2015 Ozark Mountain Brawl off-season event
• Offer multiple opportunities for students in our community to gain knowledge about STEM programs
• Share the message of FIRST with our community through radio and newspaper outlets
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Relationships and Information Regarding Current Sponsors
Baxter Healthcare is Bomb Squad’s founding sponsor and the primary source of our funding.
Our professional engineering mentors are Baxter employees and the local plant provides machine
shop support for our robot construction.
The Science and Technology Group, Inc. (STG) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation
founded in 2001 to promote education in technology through participation in FIRST. STG is a
volunteer organization that provides the overall management, budgeting, and facility acquisition for
Bomb Squad. Mountain Home High School provides transportation for Regional and Championship
events. The school and faculty-sponsors manage student selection and academic standards. The
integration of the Bomb Squad into Environmental and Spatial Technology (EAST) supports student
education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
Arkansas FIRST Incorporated was formed as a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation in 2011 to
promote FIRST in Arkansas, organize events, and support all Arkansas FIRST teams with help from
Bomb Squad.
Summary of Team Growth
• In 1996, Bomb Squad was founded by Baxter Healthcare and Mountain Home High School.
• In 2000, the team earned the Championship Chairman’s Award and is now one of twenty-four
active teams in the FIRST Hall of Fame.
• In 2009, Bomb Squad was chosen as one of the 17 FIRST Robotics Competition teams to beta test
the new control system and train other FIRST Robotics Competition teams.
• In 2009, John Novak, a founding mentor, won the Championship Woodie Flowers Award.
• In 2011, our team influenced the Arkansas State Senate to pass a resolution to recognize our
programs and encourage the growth of FIRST throughout Arkansas.
• In 2012, Bomb Squad brought home our FIRST World Championship win completing our Triple
Crown Status in the FIRST community.
• In 2013, the team participated in the beta test for the 2013 season software.
• In 2013, Bomb Squad was invited to lead the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City,
New York to represent FIRST with four other teams.
• In 2014, our team talked with our governor and displayed our robot at the announcement of the
Rock City Regional at our state capitol building.
• In 2015, our team participated in the National Advocacy Conference in Washington, D.C. to
promote the Every Student Succeeds Act. This legislation was passed and will direct funds to STEM
organizations including FIRST.
• In 2016, Bomb Squad acted as a mentor for two young teams in the China Urban Youth
Robotics Alliance in Shanghai, China. After helping these FIRST Robotics Competition teams finish
their FIRST Stronghold robots, we competed in a full-scale competition and earned the Inspiration
Award.
Summary of Team’s Future Plans
• As a FIRST team, Bomb Squad’s mission is to spread the word of FIRST and encourage students
to become involved in science, math, and technology.
• We will showcase our program to the various schools in Mountain Home and the surrounding area.
• We are seeking experienced mentors to become involved with FIRST.
• We are actively searching for statewide sponsors.
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TEAM HISTORY
Team History
Bomb Squad began in 1996 and is one of the oldest and most decorated teams in FIRST.
A handful of engineers, an English teacher, and a history teacher with big dreams for our students
developed a partnership between the Baxter Healthcare facility in Mountain Home, Arkansas
and Mountain Home High School, creating a team with an impressive presence in the FIRST
community. This brilliant start would net the team four consecutive Championship Chairman’s Award
Finalist titles and culminate into a Championship Chairman’s Award in 2000. As the eighth team to
earn this ultimate prize awarded to a mere twenty-four teams, Bomb Squad continues to improve,
innovate, and inspire.
Bomb Squad is a cherished icon in our town. We are a popular participant in multiple
community events including parades, summer celebrations, the fair, and school demonstrations for all
ages. We expanded the program to include our Junior High students by forming a FIRST Tech
Challenge team, Junior Bomb Squad, in 2006. Impressively, they won a regional event in each of their
second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons. Junior Bomb Squad, still a young team, even won the
2009 FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship. Over the years, driven students have dedicated
their limited free-time to mentoring FIRST LEGO League and FIRST Tech Challenge teams in our
area. In 2013, a student on Bomb Squad formed a competitive FIRST Tech Challenge team, Bomb
Squad Special Unit. In 2016, three female Bomb Squad students took the initiative to start an all-girls
FIRST Tech Challenge team, Bomb Squad: STEMinists. In the future, we are planning to start more
FIRST teams in Mountain Home.
Over 300 students have been inspired to excel through this team and the majority of them
have attended college. At least six of our former team members have gone on to start or mentor
FIRST teams. One of our alumni was even Dean Kamen’s Chief of Staff. The totality of personal and
professional success of our students is truly remarkable and serves as validation for the commitment
and sacrifice of our mentors and volunteers.
An Arkansas Governor’s Summit on Education and Economic Development included our
FIRST program in “Great Partnerships Around Our State, Some Great Examples of Public/Private/
Business Partnerships That Are Getting Things Done.” Governor Beebe visited Mountain Home High
School, met with Bomb Squad, and even drove our robot.
Team 16 was selected as one of 17 FIRST Robotics Competition teams to beta test the 2009
control system and train a portion of the other 1700 teams. We traveled to Kansas City and St. Louis
to demonstrate the new control system and offered training workshops to over 70 teams from 3
different states. We inspired the Arkansas Senate Resolution (SR4) to “support Arkansas’ school
children by applauding participation in the FIRST Robotics program and to encourage FIRST to
hold a regional competition in Arkansas” and even made a presentation to the Senate Education
Committee.
In the past few years we can proudly say that many new teams have joined our FIRST family in
Arkansas. We expect more teams to develop and join Arkansas FIRST and we will be ready and
willing to help them in any way. We plan to develop areas all around the state with strong FIRST
LEGO League, FIRST Tech Challenge, and FIRST Robotics Competition teams that are able to
support additional teams in their immediate area.
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TEAM HISTORY
In our many seasons of competition, Bomb Squad has earned and maintained a position in
the FIRST Hall of Fame. In addition to the Chairman’s Award, Team 16 won a Creativity Award at the
Championship level. In 2008 the team was a Division Champion and earned a World Finalist medal.
The Regional honors bestowed upon Bomb Squad include 19 Regional Championships, 46
Regional Awards, 3 Dean’s List Finalists Awards, 3 Woodie Flowers Finalist Awards, and a
Championship Woodie Flowers Award to John Novak in 2009.
In 2012, Bomb Squad had one of its most successful seasons on the game court. The team
competed at three regionals leaving each as a Regional Champion. We moved on to the World
Championship and were crowned World Champions, earning us a Triple Crown Status.
2013 was a year full of unexpected opportunities. The Bomb Squad participated in the Macy’s
Thanksgiving Day Parade as a representative of FIRST. We also were a Regional Finalist at the Hub
City Regional and received a Judges Award.
In 2014, the team had a pleasantly successful season. Team 16 was able to secure a
Regional Woodie Flowers Award, Dean’s List Finalist Award, and two Regional wins. We also
redesigned the image of our team in order to make our twenty years of sustained operation a true
celebration in our community.
In 2015, we earned a Woodie Flowers Finalist Award for another irreplaceable mentor at a
Regional competition. At the same event, a student on our team was awarded the Dean’s List
Finalist Award. Later in Bomb Squad’s season we earned an Entrepreneurship Award at the Midwest
Regional in Chicago, IL. Our team also participated in the National Advocacy Conference in
Washington, D.C. to promote the Every Child Achieves Act. This legislation was passed and will
direct funds to STEM organizations including FIRST. This year we are continuing to promote
uniformity in our team’s branding and image and working to connect with our alumni and community
in new and innovative ways.
2016 was undoubtedly a successful season for our team. Bomb Squad earned two Regional
wins, the Industrial Design Award, the Innovation in Control Award, and our third Dean’s List Finalist
Award. During the summer, Bomb Squad traveled to Shanghai, China to mentor international teams
and to compete in the China Urban Youth Robotics Alliance. There we were awarded the Inspiration
Award. Team 16 also was named the champion of the Arkansas off-season event, Ozark Mountain
Brawl.
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AWARD HISTORY
1996
Championship Creativity Award
Championship Chairman’s Award Finalist
1997
Championship Chairman’s Award Finalist
2005
Boilermaker Regional Woodie Flowers
Finalist - John Novak
Boilermaker Regional Daimler Chrysler
Team Spirit Award
St. Louis Regional Motorola Quality
1998
Southwest Regional Finalist
Southwest Regional Xerox Creativity Award
Motorola Midwest Regional Champion
Motorola Midwest Regional Best Offensive
Round
Championship Chairman’s Award Finalist
2012
Greater Kansas City Regional
Champion
Midwest Regional Champion
Midwest Regional Excellence in
Engineering Award
Dallas East Regional Champion
Dallas East Regional Innovation in
Control Award
Galileo Division Champion
World Championship Winner
2006
Palmetto Regional Finalist
Palmetto Regional Motorola Quality
Lone Star Regional Judges’ Award
Greater Kansas City Regional Innovation in
2013
Control
Hub City Regional Finalists
Razorback Regional Judge’s Award
2008
1999
Midwest Regional General Motors Industrial
2014
Great Lakes Regional #1 Seed
Design
Arkansas Regional Woodie Flowers
Great Lakes Regional Motorola Quality
Midwest Regional Website Award
Award– Brandon Padgett
Kennedy Space Center Regional #1 Seed Bayou Regional Website Award
Dean’s List Award Finalist– Courtney
Kennedy Space Center Regional Finalist
Bayou Regional Champion
Crawford
Kennedy Space Center Regional
Bayou Regional Entrepreneurship Award
Arkansas Regional Champion
Leadership in Control Award
Curie Division Champion
Arkansas Regional Excellence in
Championship Chairman’s Award Finalist World Championship Finalist
Engineering Award
IRI Leadership in Control Award
Queen City Regional Champion
2000
CowTown ThrowDown Champion
Queen City Regional Excellence in
Kennedy Space Center Southeast Regional
Engineering Award
Champion
2009
Kennedy Space Center Southeast Regional Midwest Regional Entrepreneurship Award CowTown ThrowDown Industrial
Design Award
Outstanding Defense
St. Louis Regional Champion
Kennedy Space Center Southeast Regional St. Louis Regional Innovation in Control
Leadership in Control Award
Award
Motorola Midwest Regional Finalist
Championship Woodie Flowers Award Motorola Midwest Regional Motorola QualityJohn Novak
Championship Chairman’s Award
IRI Champion
CowTown ThrowDown Champion
2002
St. Louis Regional #1 Seed
2010
St. Louis Regional Delphi “Driving Tomor- Greater Kansas City Regional Finalist
row’s Technology”
Midwest Regional Entrepreneurship Award
St. Louis Regional Champion
Midwest Regional Champion
Lone Star Regional GM Industrial Design Newton Division Finalist
Lone Star Regional #1 Seed
CowTown ThrowDown Champion
Lone Star Regional Finalist
2011
2003
Alamo Regional Entrepreneurship Award
St. Louis Regional Delphi “Driving Tomor- Alamo Regional Champion
row’s Technology”
Midwest Regional Champion
St. Louis Regional Engineering Inspiration Midwest Regional Innovation in Control
Award
Award Sponsored by Rockwell Automation
Indiana Robotics Invitational Finalist
2004
CowTown ThrowDown Champion
St. Louis Regional Leadership in Controls
Chesapeake Regional Champion
Chesapeake Regional Chairman’s Award
St. Louis Regional Delphi “Driving Tomorrow’s Technology”
St. Louis Regional Champion
St. Louis Regional Finalist
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2015
Arkansas Regional Woodie Flowers
Award- Andy Marts
Dean’s List Award Finalist- Jonathan
White
Midwest Regional Entrepreneurship
Award
Ozark Mountain Brawl Champion
2016
Arkansas Regional Champion
Arkansas Regional Innovation in
Control Award
Rocket City Regional Champion
Rocket City Regional Industrial
Design Award
Dean’s List Award Finalist- Anna Fisher
Ozark Mountain Brawl Champion
China Urban Youth Robotics Alliance
Inspiration Award
AWARD HISTORY
2012 World Champions
2012 was an exciting year for Team 16. After winning three
Regional Champion titles during the season, Bomb Squad went on to win the World
Championship in St. Louis, Missouri alongside FIRST Robotics Competition teams 180
S.P.A.M. and 25 Raider Robotix.
2000 Chairman’s Award
Bomb Squad received the Championship Chairman’s
Award in 2000, after 5 years of sustained excellence
and impact on our community. We were inducted into
the Hall of Fame in 2004.
2009 Championship Woodie Flowers Award
In 2009, John Novak, a founding mentor of Bomb
Squad, won the prestigious Woodie Flowers Award.
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TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES
Build Season Responsibilites
Robot Captain
• Oversees robot building and ensures robot projects are completed
• Communicates with mentors
• Reports at team meetings and knows who is working on what part
• Works with team captain to accomplish tasks
Mechanical Lead
• Report to Robot Captain
• Know where materials and tools are located
• Have a solid understanding of how to use the machines in the machine shop
• Oversee mechanical projects
Controls Lead
• Manage current status and future development of robot code
• Inventory status of all electrical components including sensors, wires, and connectors
• Develop and guide the installation timeline on both practice and competition bots
• Close contact with battery boy
Media Captain
• Manages team outreach
• Sees all media tasks are being completed
• Monitors progress with all public relation projects
Awards Captain
• Ensures that all awards are submitted on time
• Oversees completion and editing of award submissions
• Works with other captains to accomplish tasks
Safety and Pit Captain
• Promotes safety in the work area including the use of safety glasses, ear protection, hand protection,
and promoting a clean and safe work space
• Supervises robot maintenance and pit operations
• Responsible for both loaned and borrowed items
Compliance Officers
• Understands and keeps the team updated on all FIRST Robotics Competition rules and regulations
• Keeps a detailed record of parts and costs for robot inspection
• Guides the robot through initial and tournament inspection
Programming/Software Development
• Responsible for developing algorithms to control various functions of the robot
• Develops driving control for the selected drive train
• Develops autonomous operations and strategy
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TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES
Build Season Responsibilites Continued
Robot Design
• Responsible for the mechanical and electrical design of the robot
• Prototypes and designs strategic components
• Works with Autodesk Inventor to design the robot
• Develops the drive train and all of its components
• Designs control systems
• Responsible for the graphic design and skins of the finished robot
Robot Construction
• Fabricates and assembles mechanical robot components
• Installs electrical wiring and controls system
• Troubleshoots and debugs the robot
Media and Website
• Develops, maintains, and updates team website on a biweekly basis
• Responsible for photography and videography of the team
• Responsible for updating Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and our team’s website blog
• Contacts local media (newspapers, radio, television, etc.) about team news
Competition Responsibilities
Pit Crew
• Assures the robot is in prime condition
• Assists with preparation of robot for game play
• Communicates effectively to judges and other teams concerning our robot and team
• Knowledgeable about all functions of the robot
• Maintains, cleans, and organizes the pit area
Drive Team
• Transports the robot to and from the game court and practice field
• Responsible for reporting damage to the pit crew
• Operates robot during competition
• Knowledgeable of all changes to the robot
• Communicates effectively with the scouting team
Scouting Team
• Identifies game strategy
• Collects data from match play and communicates all collected data to the drive team
• Provides scouting analysis and recommends an alliance selection to the drive team
• Responsible for ensuring quality video is captured of all matches
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BOMB SQUAD 2017
Seniors
Juniors
Jaret Neal
James Dougherty
Ashley Garrison
Hannah Plumlee Meghan Geery
Anna Fisher
Logan Reding
Adam Fowler
Emma Gibson
Joshua Francis Mason Sanborn Kaleb Hodges
Morgan Jenkins Holly Simpson
Rowan Laidler
Brady Villiger Samantha Pierce
Camryn Mann
Sean Munson
Bailey Ross
Sophomores
Freshmen
Savannah Barker Chase Blum
Jackson Bullard Chrissy Canta
Austin Miller John-Carl Laidler
Brandon Pope Sofia Meinshausen
Nick Huett Matthew Rhodes
Mentors
Taylor Basinger, Kevin Beckham, Jeff Clements, Christi Cooper, Joe Gamelin,
Steve Holt, Eric Jones, Matt Martin, Andy Marts, Jackie Meissner,
Greg Mills, Brandon Padgett, Bryan Plumlee, Jason Smith, David Thompson,
Skip Thurman, Amber Williamson, Derrick Williamson, Joseph Wyatt
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CONTINGENCY PLANS
In the unfortunate event of:
Loss of major sponsor
We would keep expenses at a minimum by implementing a few budgetary cuts:
• Will attend one regional, instead of two or three regionals
• Will attend a regional that is closer to home
• Will not attend any off-season events
• Will take a limited number of team members, “skeleton crew”, to events
• Will build one robot for competitions and no second robot for practice
These budgetary cuts would allow us to continue to operate the team on a minimal amount of
funding, while we reach out to other businesses and potential sponsors.
Example: The Science and Technology Group, Inc., a non-profit organization, was created in 2001 to
support the Bomb Squad after a major funding cut. Funding has since been restored, but STG has
remained active in supporting science and technology programs including local FIRST teams.
Loss of build and meeting space
• Apart from the school, we have an alternate build site with generator power in case of a power
outage lasting a considerable length of time.
Loss of school sponsorship
• We would maintain autonomy from the school with major corporate funding, non-profit organization support, and community support. This would be done while also encouraging communication and strong relationships with administration on the value of the program to increase school involvement again.
• We would travel to events using mentor and parent vehicles instead of the the buses that are
currently provided for student travel.
Weather related delays
• We have our own separate shop and meeting area in a school building that is accessible at all times. In cases of inclement weather, we can continue to meet.
• Mentors with 4 wheel drive vehicles would help to transport students.
Loss of professional machine shop access
• Our corporate sponsor has donated nice machine shop tools that we have maintained in our shop.
• The team also tries to buy a major addition to our shop every year.
• We continue to maintain relationships and support from several different professional machine shops in our town.
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CONTINGENCY PLANS
We Encourage
Mentor Retention
• Our team provides family support and atmosphere
• We recruit new mentors through the community and local businesses
• Our team encourages parent mentorship
• We encourage Bomb Squad alumni to mentor the team
Student Recruitment
• We host school and community demonstrations
• We sponsor the Arkansas FIRST LEGO League Mountain Home Qualifier and Arkansas FIRST Tech Challenge Championship to start getting students excited about FIRST
• We use our local FIRST LEGO League and FIRST Tech Challenge teams as building blocks for our FIRST Robotics Competition students
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BUDGET
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BUDGET
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SPONSORS
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Baxter Healthcare, through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets products that
save and sustain the lives of people with hemophilia, immune disorders, infectious diseases, kidney
disease, trauma, and other chronic and acute medical conditions. As a global, diversified healthcare
company, Baxter applies a unique combination of expertise in medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and
biotechnology to create products that advance patient care worldwide.
Baxter Healthcare has had a facility in Mountain Home, Arkansas since 1964 and is one of the
largest employers in the county. More importantly, Baxter Healthcare is Bomb Squad’s founding
sponsor and primary source of our funding. They donate each year to the team to support us
throughout the season. Our professional engineering mentors are Baxter Healthcare employees and
the local plant provides machine shop support for our robot construction.
Baxter Healthcare has not been a generous sponsor of FIRST Robotics Competition team
16 exclusively. They also donate to the FIRST Tech Challenge team Junior Bomb Squad, are a main
sponsor of the Arkansas State FIRST LEGO League Championship, and Arkansas FIRST as a whole.
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The Science and Technology Group (STG) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation founded in
2001 to promote technology education for K-12 youth through experiential learning and partnerships
with workplace technical professionals, primarily scientists and engineers. STG is principally a
catalyst organization that provides infrastructure, training, and other support to facilitate technical
professional volunteers in their interaction with students in a defined area of service.
The current goal of this organization is simple: get students excited about science, math, and
technology. We will accomplish this via the competitive programs offered by FIRST (For Inspiration
and Recognition of Science and Technology). In the future, the Science and Technology Group may
be supporting other programs in addition to FIRST. STG is a volunteer organization in which many
people and organizations devote a large amount of time. The strength of the Science and Technology
group is in its volunteers.
Bomb Squad Scholarship
Along with supporting the team in all of its endeavors, each year The Science and Technology
Group awards a scholarship to Bomb Squad seniors. This scholarship will continue to be extended to
all senior team members in the future.
STG Scholarship Recipients
2007 – Kayleigh Brown
2008 – Clayton Brinza
2009 – Ali Croom
2010 – Harley White
2011 – Garret Mudgett
2012 – Austin Jones
2013 – Alex Harris
2014 – Blair Brozynski
2015 – Courtney Crawford
John Taylor Novak
2016 – Jonathan White
Donations may be sent to Science and Technology Group,
500 Bomber Boulevard, Mountain Home, AR 72653
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SPONSORS
Mountain Home High School Career Academies is a founding
sponsor of Team 16. Each year, the school provides a generous budget
that the team can use towards school bus transportation for regional and
championship events as well as hotel expenses for the school sponsor
and bus drivers. This year, the school is even providing a charter bus
for transportation to a distant regional. The faculty sponsor for our team
comes from the Mountain Home School District and is responsible for
the team as a whole, including team selection, upholding academic
standards set forth by the school, and overall team management. More
recently, the school district has been generous enough to provide the
team with a larger work space on school property, eliminating the need
to rent a workspace, with plans for more permanent building for the team
in years to come. This building will allow us to house a full game court,
small workshop, and meeting space. The integration of Bomb Squad into
Environmental and Spatial Technology (EAST) classes has supported
student education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM).
Arkansas FIRST Incorporated was formed as a 501(c)(3)
non-profit corporation in 2011 to promote FIRST in Arkansas, organize
events, and support all Arkansas FIRST teams with help from Bomb
Squad.
In 2008, Arkansas State University Mountain Home (ASUMH)
began a program to provide all graduating Bomb Squad seniors with full
tuition two-year scholarships to the college. This will be extended to all
Bomb Squad senior students in the future. ASUMH also provides the
venue for the Arkansas State FIRST LEGO League Championship and
VIP Robot Reveal, which gives the team the opportunity to fundraise for
their season.
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www.frcteam16.org
[email protected]
BOMB SQUAD
500 BOMBER BOULEVARD
MOUNTAIN HOME, AR 72653
(870) 425-1215
@frcteam16
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