FMS Robotics

08/13/2026

Hello families of current FMS students,

I am excited to share that we are getting ready to kick off our robotics programs! Below you will find a sign up form with all the details by September 1st. This will allow you to sign up or express interest for:

Competition Teams - starting this fall for 4th and 5th grade students.

Robotics Club - starting spring 2027 for 3rd - 5th grade students.

It will also allow you to sign up for both!

We are excited to have this program again this year and see all that our students can learn and achieve. Reach out if you have any questions!

Enjoy the rest of summer!
-Robert

This form indicates your student's interest in participating in FMS Robotics. We provide two opportunities to participate. Please review the detailed information below regarding time and volunteer commitments for each. ROBOTICS COMPETITION TEAMS (Fall 2026 Program - 4th & 5th Grade) AFTER SCHOOL ROB...

03/08/2026

FMS Spring Robotics has begun! We had a great first night with 50 students and incredible adult volunteers! Students applied robotics and engineering to the Olympic sport of curling! In a matter of 30 mins students built, designed a code and created robots that acted as curling stones to stop right on target!

03/08/2026

The EWSD Board recently recognized the students and mentors from the EWSD Robotics program, which saw a remarkable nine district teams compete this season. They also highlighted the five teams from Founders Memorial, Westford, and Essex Middle School that qualified for the State Championship, including one team that brought home a state trophy. 🤖🙌

These students spent countless hours sharpening skills like critical thinking, adaptability, and teamwork. The EWSD Board also thanked the dedicated mentors for their leadership.

03/08/2026

What a great group of students and volunteers. Congratulations to the Milky Way Falcons on winning not just one but two state trophy’s. First for the peer award and second for the best engineering design!

01/16/2026

Good luck to our two teams representing FMS this Saturday, Jan 17th at the Vermont FLL State Championship at GlobalFoundries.

01/12/2026

Congratulations to all four of our teams who participated at the state qualifier event in December. As four first year teams, and some of the youngest teams at the competition, you all scored very competitively! Special thanks to our dedicated coaches for an incredible season! We are cheering on the Milky Way Falcons and the Bot Builders as they participate in the state championship this coming Saturday.

11/14/2025

Team logos… Check. Come support our four teams this Sunday, November 16th at Westford Elementary School at 1pm. Teams from Westford, Founders and Fairfield will be participating in a scrimmage to test out their robots, coding and innovation. They will be there to answer all the questions you have about robotics!

10/17/2025

Our teams began work on our competition robot projects today. Students worked together to plan, build, and make adjustments. They huddled over laptops debating code, tested, made more tweaks and tried more code, tested some more…and then from the competition board: a roar of spontaneous cheers! Get ready Vermont FIRST Robotics, our scrappy first year start up teams are on their way!

10/14/2025

We thought we’d have to waitlist an entire team of students due to the far beyond anticipated sign-ups. Then we found Jon, a parent with professional experience who stepped up to volunteer as a lead coach. Thanks to him and our other volunteer coaches, every student seeking a robotics competition team spot was able to be placed!

Jon is at every single practice, empowering his team with his expertise, insight, and patience. Beyond the dedication of the greatest amount of volunteer hours, Jon saw the need for more start-up LEGO SPIKE kits for better student access to coding, so he donated not one but two kits to overcome our growing pains. So many of our program highlights and innovative lightbulb moments are thanks to Jon!

In the nonprofit world, volunteers who jump in to bridge gaps are considered unicorns due to how rare and special they are. FMS Robotics is so lucky to have somehow found a veritable herd of unicorns, like Jon, who have already invested so much to provide this incredible STEM opportunity to FMS students.

Thank you to Jon and to all our unicorn parents and supporters of our growing program!