Pack-A-Punch, Team 26396, is an FTC (FIRST Challenge Tech) team started in 2024. We focus on learning and building a team bond rather than just working all season long. Our goal is to empower young minds through robotics and innovation, and help our community with the help of FIRST. The main mission is to provide a supportive learning environment that enables students to develop their technical and creative skills throughout the season.
Pack-a-Punch core values
Mentoring
We mentor other teams and use our knowledge in helping them with all aspects of robotics.
Teamwork
We work as a whole team so that we all know what happening with each induviual sub team and have full team meetings once a week.
Spreading the awareness of STEM/FIRST
We talk to others about STEM/ FIRST and how the multiple teams and FIRST use STEM to help communities.
COmmunication
Communicating with others makes it easier to get things done.
What is FTC
The FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) is an international, mentor-guided robotics program for students in grades 7-12. Teams design, build, and program robots to compete in an alliance-based field game that changes every season.
The Core values of FIRST
Gracious Profesionalism
It's a way of doing things that encourages high-quality work, emphasizes the value of others, and respects individuals and the community. Through Gracious Professionalism, fierce competition and mutual gain coexist.
Innovation
Innovation is key to FTC, inspiring participants to think creatively, solve problems with technology, and explore new ideas in robotics and engineering.
Impact
​​FTC emphasizes making a positive impact, challenging participants to use their knowledge and skills to tackle real-world problems and contribute to their communities.
Cooperation
FTC encourages teams to blend cooperation and competition, allowing them to work with each other while also striving for individual success
Our Mission
We commit to developing strong engineering and teamwork skills through hands‑on robotics challenges, while using our knowledge, creativity, and enthusiasm to inspire others and strengthen our community.