Upcoming Events
RECENT NEWS
Updated: 1/12/2025
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UPCOMING EVENTS
CHS District Portsmouth VA Event - March 7th - 9th - Churchland High School, Portsmouth, VA
CHS District Alexandria VA Event - March 21st - 23rd - Hayfield Secondary School, Alexandria, VA
2025 FIRST Chesapeake District Championship - April 3rd - 6th - The Show Place Arena, Upper Marlboro, MD
2025 FIRST World Championship - April 16th - 19th - George R Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX
CHS District FLL Funday - May 3rd - 4th - Osbourn Park High School, Manassas, VA
Camp Invention - June 23rd - June 27th - T Clay Wood Elementary School, Nokesville VA
STEM Is A Girl Thing Workshop
Date and Time: 02/16/25 & 02/23/24 | 1:00PM - 4:00PM
Location: Osbourn Park High School, 8909 Euclid Ave, Manassas, VA 20111
Description: The Metal Jackets are hosting their second annual workshop at Osbourn Park High School in partnership with Lockheed Martin and Pink Space Theory. Female leads from on the team have fully coordinated the workshop: from the activities being done to the schedule being followed. The workshop, “STEM is a Girl Thing,” is catered towards female elementary students (grades 3-5 and ages 8-12) in Title I schools without a robotics team in Prince William County, focusing on building their programming, electrical, and mechanical skills. Across a two weekend session, the girls will be provided activities and opportunities for collaboration, teaching the core values of FIRST and the engineering process.
Planned Activities:
Making a Water Mill that generates electricity
Hydraulic Fighting Robots
Coding with LEGO Spike Prime
PAST EVENTS
CHS District FLL Tournament - 11/16/24 - 11/17/24 - Osbourn Park High School, Manassas, VA
CHS District Ice Breaker - 9/28/24 - Hayfield Secondary School, Alexandria VA
FRC Kickoff
Date and Time: 01/04/25 - 12:00
Description: Release for the FRC Game for the 2025 season.
Flagship STEM Is A Girl Thing Program
STEM Is A Girl Thing Workshop
Date and Time: 02/04/24 & 02/11/24 | 1:00PM - 4:00PM
Location: Osbourn Park High School, 8909 Euclid Ave, Manassas, VA 20111
Description: The female leads developed a workshop in partnership with Lockheed Martin, a leading aerospace and defense company. The workshop, “STEM is a Girl Thing,” is catered towards female elementary students (grades 3-5 and ages 8-12) in Title I schools/schools without a robotics team in Prince William County, focusing on building their programming, electrical, and mechanical skills. Across a two session, the girls will be provided activities and opportunities for collaboration, teaching the core values of FIRST and the engineering process.
Planned Activities:
Electrical: Drawing Robots
Mechanical: Hydraulic Fighting Robots
Programming: Coding with LEGO Spike Prime