A main focus of CORE is community outreach. CORE raises community awareness and interest of STEM at over 100 events reaching out to schools, businesses and public events. CORE impacts over 19,000 people as we inspire all ages including the next generation of students at events. Although there is an Outreach subteam, the whole team is required to participate in at least one outreach event each year, but strongly encouraged to participate in more.

Every year, the three Waukesha public high schools have registration days in late summer and 8th grade open houses during the winter. CORE attends all of these events and engages those passing through with information about FIRST and our team CORE attends all three high school’s versions of these events as well as at ‘South Fest’, a community event held at Waukesha South before their homecoming game. At these events, CORE engages those passing through with information about FIRST and our team, shares how fun and exciting competition is, and displays the amazing skills that students learn when working in CORE. The past five year’s outreach events are available in PDF form here.

FLL

A main focus in CORE is FIRST LEGO Leauge. Understanding that FLL is an exciting introduction to FIRST, our team works diligently to provide FLL teams with a positive tournament experience and inspire a further passion for learning and STEM. CORE has hosted and run two Regionals, three Sectionals and three Scrimmages in the last five years. 

In the 2018-2019 season alone, the CORE family (comprised of current and past team members and their families) accumulated over 2,500 impact hours at FLL events at nine different tournaments, with all available students volunteering. At last fall’s 32 team Sectional in 2018, CORE provided 90% of the total volunteer hours needed. Over CORE’s lifetime, we have dedicated over 8,000 impact hours to FLL, affecting over 550 teams.