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ABOUT TEAM 589

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ROBOTICS

The mission of FIRST® is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders by engaging them in mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills that help develop crucial skills for their future.

COMMUNITY

Team 589 is committed to fostering a welcoming and engaging environment for all members. In addition, we volunteer around our community to help make a difference through donation drives, mentoring elementary school students, and hosting summer camps.

STUDENTS

Here, we have an open door policy where students can come in anytime without any previous experience to learn more about robotics. Students from all schools are welcome to participate and learn valuable knowledge to help them in their future careers.

MENTORS

This team is grateful to our vast community of mentors and alumni from JPL, Meggit, and Disney, among others, who continue to devote countless hours to helping our team improve and grow.

Team 589 brings to you: children experimenting with legos & showing off our 2025 season robot, Antoine. 🦾

Last Sunday, 589 went to Torrance, CA to volunteer with Angel City Sports at their paralympic-style Angel City Games!
589 members who volunteered at the event were there to support the players and offer help around the event.

Thank you so much @angelcitysports 💙

Curious about what 589 gets up to in the summer? Come to our summer meetings!

☀️ Summer is when 589 plans and organizes outreach events- perfect for those who want to contribute to STEM based community outreach!
Join us in planning events!
☀️ Upcoming Outreach Meetings: 6/29, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22

🤖 Want to learn something new?
Join our Technical-Engineering meetings, where each meeting focuses on a different aspect of the engineering process.
🤖 Upcoming Engineering meetings:
6/26, 7/10, 7/17, 7/31

Interested in how you can fit into 589? Come to the CV Tech Shop classroom to learn about 589’s Robot and Subsystems!
Subsystem leads will be presenting a slideshow and going in depth about what it means to be a part of 589! 🤖

Wednesday June 18th, 6:00pm-8:30pm

⭐️2025 Falkon Robotics FIRST Signing Day⭐️
Today we celebrate our 2025 Seniors graduating! We had a great season(s) and made lots of unforgettable memories with them! Well miss you guys!
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#frc #firstsigningday #classof2025

Team 589 has gone to FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP at Houston Texas! Thank you to our sponsors and donors for making this trip possible. Over the five days, we explored venues, expos, and workshops, and connected with teams from all over the world including FTC and FLL teams. We also want to give a huge shoutout to Antoine our robot, the drive team, pit crew, pit speakers, and our energetic cheering squad for all their hard work and spirit throughout the event! We were also be able to go to an escape room, science and history museum and @meow__wolf on the last day!

Team 589 has made Reefscape trading cards of From teams at Ventura and East Bay Regionals to FIRST Hall of Fame legends, field elements, game-changers, and 589’s own iconic legends! We are honored to have Dean Kamen and Chris Moore, the CEO of FIRST opening our Reefscape trading cards!

#frc #firstdive #firstchamp #robotics

🚨Big news! Falkon Robotics Team 589 is headed to the 2025 FIRST World Championship in Houston...NEXT WEEK! 🤖💙

We just won the Engineering Inspiration Award at the East Bay Regional, and now we’re raising $10,000 to help 20 of our students travel to Houston April 16-19.

We depend on community support to make opportunities like this possible. 💪✨

Help us get to Houston and show the world what the Falkons are made of!

Donate using the QR code above or the link in our bio!

Day 2 of East Bay! Our drive team and inspection team played through practice matches. Great job everyone! We also got the chance to tour @salesforce Headquarters and @astraspace, where we learned so much about their amazing work. Meanwhile, our Scouting Strategy Subsystem got an exclusive tour of @figma ! We wrapped up the night with the opening of the Minecraft Movie!

Day 1 of East Bay Regionals! After a 6 hour drive to Berkeley 589 had a tour of UC Berkeley and good dinner. Huge thanks to Sabrina, Haley, Mahesh, and Lauryn for being the best tour guides! Excited for tomorrow!

Last Sunday, Team 589 helped the @ymcaofthefoothills with its California Strong fire relief event for over 800 families affected by the Eaton Wildfire. We guided guests through booths of donated items such as shoes, shirts, pants, hygienic boxes, etc. Thank you to the YMCA for letting us be part of this meaningful day!

Hey Falkons! After an incredible week of generosity, we’ve collected over 1,100lbs of food and water! We send the donations to both LA Regional Food Bank and the Glendale Salvation Army to support those in need during the wildfires going around. In addition to this, we teamed up with @team_4201 to 3D print sensory items for special education classes in schools impacted by the fires. A huge THANK YOU to everyone who donated and helped make this food drive a success! Your kindness and teamwork truly make a difference.

Hey Falkons! Update on our Food Donation Drive For people affected by the LA wildfires. Starting from tomorrow we are able to have a physical in person donation drop-offs. You can drop-off nonperishable food and water donations in our bins at the front of CVHS during the days/times shown above Thank you for all of your support and stay safe Falkons!

Hey Falkons! Team 589 is hosting a Food Donation Drive For people affected by the LA wildfires. Your generosity will help provide essentials through organizations like the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, Glendale Salvation Army, and more. If you want to help, you can donate funds directly or purchase needed items from our Amazon Wish List above using the QR code or the link in our bio. Select the “Friends of Falkon Robotics” shipping address at checkout.
Please note: We currently don’t have a physical donation location. Items purchased through our Wishlist from 1/10/25 - 1/17/25 will be donated. Updates on drop-off locations are coming soon. Thank you for your kindness and support. Let’s stand together and help those in need. Stay safe, Falkons!

Happy New Year, Falkons! 🎉 We’re diving into 2025 with our Reefscape Season Kickoff this Saturday, January 4th, from 1–5 PM! Kickoff is a great time to come together, watch this year’s game reveal, and brainstorm ideas for our next robot. Whether you've done this before or new to the team, your input matters, and we can’t wait to hear your ideas! No experience is needed and everyone is welcome to come so we hope to see you there very soon!

Happy holidays from Team 589! Can’t wait to see you guys next year! 🥳🎉

On December 14th Team 589 took seven FLL teams to the La Cañada FLL Regionals! The students presented their innovation projects to the judges and had an exciting experience with plenty of fun and teamwork. Congratulations to the CV Seagulls for earning the Breakthrough Award!! Good work everybody and thank you to all the volunteers and parents for all of their support!

Lights, gears, and Christmas cheers! 🎄🤖 On Saturday, December 7th, Team 589 participated in the Montrose Christmas Parade! We brought Supernova and we had an amazing time celebrating with our community.

On December 19th, Team 589 hosted our annual White Elephant party! We had a great time opening, stealing, and swapping gifts. Thank you to everyone to contributed!

On November 23rd, Team 589 competed in 2 teams into this years JPL invention challenge!

The two teams have been working on their projects since September and were exited to put their devices to work. We went to Augustus Hawkins High School and competed against around 20 other teams. It was a great experience for the new rookies, and we even got ice cream afterwards! 🎉

On November 21st, Team 589 had an amazing experience at the Rockwell Automation Fair!

We explored cutting-edge technology and got a behind-the-scenes look at how automation is shaping the future. We learned about the latest innovations in manufacturing, AI, and engineering, and had some great conversations with industry experts about how these technologies apply to the real world.

A huge thank you to @rokautomation for extending the invitation and giving us the opportunity to learn so much!

On Saturday, November 9th, Team 589 took 11 teams to the FIRST LEGO League Qualifying Tournament at Don Bosco Technical Institute! Following this year’s ocean theme “SUBMERGED,” our students built a robot and Innovation Project to tackle ocean related problems!

Out of our 11 teams, 6 qualified for regionals 🎉 and three of our teams won the Champions Award, Rising All Star Award, and the Robot Design Award 🌟

We would like to give thanks to our mentors, volunteers and everyone who helped contributed! Everyone did such a great job!

On November 3rd, Team 589, in collaboration with California State Senator Anthony Portantino, proudly hosted the 2024 Engineering Expo: Fall Tech Frenzy. This event showcased STEM to students from kindergarten to 8th grade through engaging activities and a live demonstration!
We would like to thank our dedicated volunteers, participating organizations, teams, and clubs for making this event as exciting as it can be!

On November 6th, we had a Study Jam & Game Night! We had so much fun together with activities like board games, painting, and video games, and even managed to get some studying done! Huge thanks to Mr. Poole and Coach Heather for hosting this event and for all the hours and care they put into our team. We couldn’t have done it without you!

On Saturday, October 26, Team 589 and @cerritoswildcats hosted 16 LEGO Robotics teams representing 11 schools for the Intra-GUSD LEGO Robotics League Scrimmage! Each team took on the ‘SUBMERGED’ challenge theme, playing three rounds of robot games and sharing some pretty impressive ideas to tackle ocean issues with the judges.

Huge thanks to @cerritoswildcats for the venue, @glendaleusd ,Principal Dr. Diana Hernandez, Robotics Coach Peter Ayala, Custodian Elmer, @tellyforgusd ,Wilson Middle School’s Coach Mohammed Elzanaty and all the volunteers and parents that helped make this event as great as it can be!

Special shout-out to @glendalegef and Community Foundation of the Verdugos for funding/dedication to expanding access in our community to STEM.

On October 12th, Team 589 participated in a FIRST Robotics Competition Scrimmage hosted by @team_4201 in El Segundo! We had a fantastic time trying out new drive teams, exploring various workshops, and touring the school and shop. Thank you for having us! 🌟

Throughout August and September, Team 589 hosted a book drive, reaching out to local public libraries in our community to set up donation bins for STEM-related books. We also shared our STEM Book Amazon Wishlist, allowing community members to purchase books that were delivered directly to our robotics shop. Thanks to everyone’s support, we successfully collected 146 books, which we donated to @glendaleusd Community Schools. A big thank you to everyone who participated and contributed!🌟

Engineering Explorers Unite! Join us at the 2024 Engineering Expo: Fall Tech Frenzy where K-8th students will explore STEM. Entry is free, but tickets are required. Get yours at cvrobots.com/expo

I JUST WANT TO BE A PART OF YOUR SYMPHONYYYY

On September 17th, Team 589 helped TinkerClub run a Family Science night at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School to volunteer for Family Science Night! We helped kids do some cool activities and had a great time

Next week, September 23rd to 27th, team 589 will be hosting our annual Rookie Week! Interested to see what Falkon Robotics is like? Come to room 8102 on any or all of the days shown above!

On September 5th, team 589 hosted a board game night! We played some games, had lots of fun and just enjoyed each others company ✨🎲

Team 589 had a blast at the Kiwanis Pasadena Fair on August 31st! 🌟 We demoed our robot, Supernova, and picked up some crucial safety tips. A huge thank you to everyone who visited us!

On July 25th, Team 589 collaborated with FIRST teams, @frc702 , @lcec_blockheads , @team_1138 , @frcteam980, @team2404.tnt , @25rnrr, and @5218javabots to design and build a robot for the ceremonial first pitch at @dodgers ⚾️ for JPL Day 🚀. We extend our sincere gratitude to @nasajpl for their sponsorship 🙏 and to Sebastian Rivas and Daniella Davison for their exceptional photography 📸

Last Saturday, August 9th, we hosted an amazing Falkon Fun Engineering Camp! 🎉 Students explored Aerospace, Chemical, Civil, and Electrical Engineering with cool projects like Stomp Rockets, Light Up Cards, pasta structures, and homemade ice cream. We ended the day with a shop tour.

📚✨ This August through September 30th, Team 589 is hosting a STEM Book Donation Drive for elementary students in the Glendale area! We’re collecting STEM-related books to inspire students , and we need your help!

How to help:
Order from our Book Drive Amazon Wishlist, selecting “Ship To: Friends of Falkon Robotics’ Gift Registry Address,” and it will be delivered directly to Falkon Robotics! cvrobots.com/bookdrive

Let’s make a difference together! 🚀📖

Last Thursday, August 8th, team 589 was invited to go to @screennovelties . We saw their beautiful puppets, stages, and how they animate each part of the film. Thank you to Mentor Robin touring us around and Mentor Kirk for taking us!

Last Saturday, August 3rd, we held our annual Alumni event! It was an amazing event where both students and alumni connected with one another through games such as Would You Rather, Balloon Towers, and Trivia!🎈

On August 1st, Thursday, team 589 took part in Take Our Kid To Work Day at JPL. We demoed both Supernova and the Dodgers bot, put out Vex robots and had Legos for the kids to play with! Thank you to @nasajpl for having us and to @repathmartos for touring us around!

During the week of July 29th to August 2nd, team 589 hosted the 2024 Robotics Speciality Summer Camp at the Verdugo Hills YMCA! Campers explored engineering and science as they learned how to build robot attachments, write code for autonomously navigating mazes, and test their learning in a variety of fun games.

Thank you Mary Pinola & @crescenta_valley_chamber Education Fund for the grant to Friends of Falkon Robotics + YMCA of the Foothills, making possible the purchase of our VEX IQ robotics kits used every day at camp!

Thank you to @ymcaofthefoothills for having us and @robonerds.5089 for working with us!

🌟Last Thursday, July 18th, we brought VEX IQ kits and Supernova to the Salesforce Irvine office along with @robotdolphins , to Salesforce Adventure Day! We also built towers with marshmallows and spaghetti.🌟

Last Saturday, both Team 589 was invited to participate into the Beach Clean Up Day hosted by Team 4201, Vitruvian Bots! We picked up trash, filled up the trashbags, and had lots of fun and bonding time while also serving the community. Thank you @team_4201 for having us!🌟

Last Thursday, on July 4th, we demoed and showed off our robot, Supernova, along with some legos and kit robots. We also got to see some pretty cool fireworks!💥

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SPONSORS

A huge thank you to all of our sponsors for supporting 589 Falkon Robotics! The resources we gain from these donations helps our team improve and allows us to reach more students. We love to show our gratitude by decorating our robot and workshop with sponsor regalia. This team wouldn't be possible without your support!