Our Partnerships
Winters High School
Ms. Dianne Halsey
Boost Robotics began in late fall 2020 when we stepped in to mentor teams at Winters High School in Winters, CA. We guided five teams to build competition robots for their first tournament in June. Over the next season, we mentored three returning competitive teams, who won several awards, including Tournament Champions, and qualified for the World Championship—alongside three new rookie teams.
India Community Center
West Valley and Milpitas Branches
Currently, we run a yearly in-person Boost program in ICC. Last season, Over Under, we had over 30 teams participate, with over 130 students on those teams! Several teams from the fall session expanded the capabilities of the robot from their observations at tournaments. Through our level up sessions, many of our teams at ICC qualified for the State Championship and some of our teams even qualified for the World Championship!
Holy Names High School
Ms. Nicole Pope
Ms. Pope, from Holy Names High School in Oakland, CA, also reached out seeking mentorship for one of her teams. Similar to the Winters teams, these girls were able to successfully build their first competition robot and participate in the same tournament in June. Two rookie teams were mentored during the 2021-2022 season & 23 girls in 2022-23.
Woodland Christian School
Ms. Tina Collier
With the expansion of our program, we mentored four teams from Woodland Christian School under the guidance of Ms. Tina Collier during the 2021-2022 season. One team received a design award and qualified for the state championship.
Elk Grove School District
Ms. Adria Rosendale
Joining us late in the season, four enthusiastic teams with 10 students participated in our program and built this seasons robot. However, with the tournaments ending for the current season, they will be joining our program once again in early fall.
Granada High School
Mr. Kenon Willis
Mr. Willis joined our virtual Boost Robotics sessions in Spring 2022. This fall, he is utilizing our curriculum to lead a Robotics A class of 32 students. Using resources from this season's program, he also instructs a Robotics B class consisting of 25 students.
KiPP Navigate College Prep
Dr. Nandini Sundaram
Several of Dr. Sundaram's students attended the summer Girl Powered Workshop, and interested students continued on through Boost Robotics.
St. Mary's Episcopal School
Ms. Meagan Michael
Some girls from St. Mary's Episcopal School in Memphis, Tennessee attended the summer Girl Powered Workshop, following which Ms. michael decided to join the Boost Robotics virtual sessions along with 11 of her students.
Justin-Siena High School
Ms. Sarah Melanephy
Ms. Melanephy's students took part in the 2022 summer Girl Powered Workshop and recruited 8 students to participate in the Boost Robotics program.
The Girls Middle School
Ms. Alice Chang
A middle school mathematics teacher from the Girls Middle School in Palo Alto attended our online session with.a team of six girls (Fantastic Six), and it has been a pleasure seeing them at competitions.
Girl Scouts of Northern California
Ms. Brenda Gabel
Also joining us late in the season, eight highly interactive teams with 33 girls participated in our virtual program and built this season's robot. These girls are all excited to participate in the Girl Powered Workshop this summer as well. We anticipate partnering with NorCal Girl Scouts in fall as well to mentor new teams.
Basel, Switzerland
Mr. Dingrando
Despite the significant time difference, we were able to mentor 2 teams and 6 students in Basel, Switzerland. They built their first competition robot and used it to successfully compete in their end of the year competition.
Latin America
Ms. Monica Sanchez
We had the opportunity to offer level-up and mentoring to four teams from Colombia and one team from Chile who had qualified for the World Championship. From November to May we offered weekly sessions through which the teams were able to add more advanced features to their robots in preparation for the World Championship.
Western Mechatronics
Alberta, Canada
We welcomed partnership with team 210Y from Alberta, Canada. They started a chapter of Boost in their area in 2022 and are currently teaching 7 teams and 24 students.