For our 30th Kickoff, this year's game, "REBUILT", we were met with wonderful decorations by the parents, including 2 too many AI generated photos of our mentors! The team gathered for safety training review, machine safety review and then the release of the game. The rest of the weekend we played robots with great anticipation of the new season ahead of us!

After 3 weeks of Interview Skills training, 7 professionals came in to interview our students, followed by a Panel Discussion from our experts. Each student had at least three interviews, where the experts helped them with their interviews and resumes. A special thanks go out to our professional panel! You are making a difference in our world.

The Holidays were kicked off right this year with our annual Holiday Lights Parade! The parade brought festive cheer to town with dazzling floats and community spirit especially with our 42 entries (biggest ever). This year out we really highlighted the theme of STEAM pride throughout our community. It is a beloved Clarkston tradition where locals gather around to watch the floats go down the street.

Partnering with Team 2468, students engaged in Business Skills Training that covered resumes, interviewing skills, and the art of telling their personal story, by best selling author Emily McKaskle. These are the key skills that support leadership, professionalism, and future success.

Team RUSH hosted the annual FLL Explore Expo. The K-3 students have been working for the past nine weeks getting ready for this big day, which included a presentation to the judges of their findings, team building and engineering challenges through our friends from Challenge Island!

After a long day of robotics and new carpet laid down on our field, a crew of 8 students went upstairs to demonstrate our 2024 robot to the Mother Son Dance! What a day of STEM enthusiasm!

The RUSH Girls did it again! For the second consecutive year, they won the Bloomfield Girls Invitational Robotics Tournament. Their depth of experience—from scouting to pit to drive—helped them rock the event and bring home another victory!

After finishing 9th in quals, they joined the top alliance with Teams 3414 and 3322 and powered through the playoffs to take home the championship.

We kicked off the new season with our 27-hour Annual RUSH Retreat! Students dug into team history, trained for the year ahead, searched for “archaeological treasures,” and strengthened the teamwork and connections that make RUSH a family.

Team RUSH attended Day 1 of the Kettering Kickoff. During this event, RUSH students learned about all the competition sub-teams. This competition serves as an important opportunity for training and team development. Team RUSH played eight qualification matches and ranked 16th before alliance selection. We were the first pick of the 7th alliance, joining Team 1506 Iron Muscle and Team 3538 Robojackets.

Each July & September, Team RUSH students, parents, and mentors volunteer to clean up a strip of road that our team adopted over 10 years ago! This September, we had 10 students and 3 adults helping. We talk about how to safely and efficiently clean the road, then we spread out and begin!

K–3rd grade students joined Team RUSH for a 9-week FLL Explore program where they learned about archaeology, robotics building, programming, and the FIRST Core Values—especially teamwork and fun!

Team RUSH is proud to support FIRST LEGO League Challenge, where students in grades 4–5 design, build, and program LEGO robots to solve real-world problems through themed missions. This year’s theme, UNEARTHED, features archaeological-inspired game elements that challenge teams to explore the past in creative ways. Our team members mentor and inspire these young innovators to embrace STEM and live out the FIRST Core Values. We’re excited to have three FLL Challenge teams, each with seven students—including many enthusiastic returners from the previous seasons!

Team RUSH sent four mentors to the California Mentor Conference, where they gained new ideas, shared best practices, and connected with program leaders from across the nation. We were proud to have one mentor featured on the Drive Team Panel!

Here is our team calendar documenting all events that we participate in. 

It includes team meetings, competitions and any other important dates.