About Our Team

BREAD is a high school robotics team participating in the FIRST Robotics Competition in our ninth season. We consist of 80+ members, all of whom are students at Design Tech High School (“d.tech” for short). Team 5940 consists of an equal mix of freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors, allowing for a wide variety of skill levels and abilities. Our team emphasizes the importance of firsthand learning experience and provides a wide range of opportunities for our members to grow as both life-long learners and graciously professional students.

Our Mission:

Our Purpose (what we do): To provide firsthand learning experiences and opportunities to educate the next generation in technical knowledge, soft skills and design thinking.

Our Vision (what we want to be): To foster and develop confident, graciously professional, growth-oriented, innovative leaders who utilize creative thinking to overcome challenges.

Our Motto (what inspires us): Great teams aren’t born, they’re bread!

Our Mission (how we get there): Our mission is to spark youth interest in STEM within our community and empower students to become innovative problem solvers by developing leadership and technical skills.

Our Core Values (why do we do what we do):

Embrace the ideals of FIRST and Design Tech High School (Empathy/Gracious Professionalism, Design thinking and growth-oriented mindset)

Support the generation through firsthand learning experiences and opportunities

Instill confidence, engagement and collaboration in a student operated environment

ABOUT FIRST

For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) is an international youth organization that operates the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) along with other programs such as FIRST LEGO League Challenge and FIRST Tech Challenge competitions. FIRST inspires young people to be science and technology leaders and innovators by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership. Our team participates in FIRST Robotics Competition which is their highest-level program.