Ongoing Programs

PIE3 – FIRST Robotics Team Coaches & Mentors

Location: County-wide

Details: Adult volunteers, with or without technical expertise, are needed as mentors for new and existing youth robotics teams. Partnership and Inspiration for Engineering Education and Entrepreneurship (PIE3), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2011 by Carroll County’s only FRC team Robo-Lions founded in 2006, has more than 20 affiliated robotics FIRST teams in Carroll County and Howard County, Maryland. PIE3 and Robo-Lions have a shared motto—Robotics for All; provide training and administrative support, especially to new FIRST teams; and are leaders in the FIRST Chesapeake that includes 127 teams in Maryland, District of Columbia, and Virginia.

Contact: Rose Young, director at PIE3 and lead mentor of Robo-Lions, at rmyoung.pie3@gmail.com

Learn More: www.pie3.org and www.robo-lions.org 

Boys & Girls Club of Westminster

Location: Main St, Westminster

Time Frame: Mentors are needed throughout the school year, September – May

                              *Ongoing robotics coaching, weekday afternoons

                               *Tuesday evenings 6-9pm: Teen nights (one-time presentations)

Contact: Amy Moorman, amoorman@bgcwestminster.org or call  410.386.0135

Springdale Preparatory School

Girls Who Code

Age Group: grades 5-12

Location: Springdale Preparatory School | New Windsor, MD

Time Frame: school year, club meets on Tuesdays

Cost: Free

Details: Girls Who Code is on a mission to close the gender gap in technology and to change the image of what a programmer looks likes and does.  We are looking for volunteer mentors and accepting student participants!

Learn More: www.girlswhocode.com

Aerospace Club

Age Group: grades 5-12

Location: Springdale Preparatory School | New Windsor, MD

Time Frame: school year, club meets on Thursdays

Cost: Free

Details: Have fun while learning about physics, aviation, space, and more!  We are looking for volunteer mentors and accepting student participants!

Competitive Robotics

Age Group: grades 5-12

Location: Springdale Preparatory School | New Windsor, MD

Time Frame: meets after school August-February

Cost: Free

Details: Learn about robotics and engineering while competing in regional and national VEX events!  We are looking for volunteer mentors and accepting student participants!

Learn More: springdaleps.org