CCHS Robotics Club Posts
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Team 702 Update 09/30/2026
Meeting Times & Parent Details
Meeting Schedule: Mondays, Wednesdays, After-school-6 PM.
Team Safety Contracts: If you have not received the Team Safety Contract (aka Team Contract) print it out or get it from Coach Paniza. Students must turn in the contracts by October 6th. You can find the link to access it on the team website under ABOUT/Important Links, or here:2026-2027 FRC Team 702 Student Contract & Liability Agreement
SoCal Showdown 10/09-10/11: Our team will be attending SoCal Showdown from the 9th to the 11th. We will be meeting at the front of CCHS at 7:00 AM Saturday and Sunday, and will be returning ~7PM Saturday, ~6PM Sunday. If you would like to donate snacks for our team, you can drop it off during our meetings on Monday or Wednesday. Students MUST have their contract & Field trip form turned in to attend.
Parent Supervision Volunteering: Because our coaches both work full time jobs, they are not able to make every meeting, and also appreciate breaks when they can get them. Because of that, we are asking for parents to sign up when available to cover for our coaches during meetings. No experience in engineering is necessary. You can sign up here https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D49A4A629A2FCC52-65707467-parent#/ or access it on the team website under ABOUT/Important Links.
Parent Volunteering: If you would like to volunteer with the team at events, you need to become registered with CCUSD. You can find the required information here: https://www.ccusd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=42358&type=d&pREC_ID=187033
Upcoming Event Times & Details
October 9-11 – SoCal Showdown – Weekend Event
- Attending Students:
- Entire team
- More information to come
Student & Leadership Information
Buylists need to get worked on so we can have purchases ready to submit for the SW Grant.
Training Guides & Training plans should be submitted to the Coaches, Captains, & relevant Mentors for review before the beginning of the school year.
FLL & FTC
We are looking for parent & student mentors to coach classes during the First Semester. They currently are held at El Marino Elementary School & El Rincon Elementary School, one day a week. If you are interested in mentoring, or know anyone who might be, please let Nathan Salyer or Coach Dennis Paniza know. If you know students who are interested, please reference their parents to either Coach Paniza or Coach Emma Gloyer.
Team 702 Update 09/23/2026
Meeting Times & Parent Details
Meeting Schedule: Mondays, Wednesdays, After-school-6 PM.
Team Safety Contracts: If you have not received the Team Safety Contract (aka Team Contract) print it out or get it from Coach Paniza. We need them returned ASAP so we can begin to send out FIRST Registration forms and so students can participate in team work. You can find the link to access it on the team website under ABOUT/Important Links, or here:2026-2027 FRC Team 702 Student Contract & Liability Agreement
Parent Info Meeting: We will hold a Parent Information Meeting on the 26th from 1PM to 3:30PM. It will cover information for this coming school year. If you can attend, please do.
SoCal Showdown Prep: Our meetings are being used to prepare for SoCal Showdown and to train new members. If you would like to attend SoCal Showdown, be sure to show up!
Open House: We will have an Open House during Back to School Night to give parents the opportunity to see what their students are doing during our meetings and within the Robotics classes.
Parent Supervision Volunteering: Because our coaches both work full time jobs, they are not able to make every meeting, and also appreciate breaks when they can get them. Because of that, we are asking for parents to sign up when available to cover for our coaches during meetings. No experience in engineering is necessary. You can sign up here https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D49A4A629A2FCC52-65707467-parent#/ or access it on the team website under ABOUT/Important Links.
Parent Volunteering: If you would like to volunteer with the team at events, you need to become registered with CCUSD & FIRST. You can find the required information here:
https://www.firstinspires.org/programs/youth-protection-program
https://www.ccusd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=42358&type=d&pREC_ID=187033
Upcoming Event Times & Details
September 26 – Parent meeting night
- 1pm – 3:30pm
- Covers important information for this coming year
October 9-11 – SoCal Showdown – Weekend Event
- Attending Students:
- Entire team
- More information to come
Student & Leadership Information
FLL & FTC
We are looking for parent & student mentors to coach classes during the First Semester. They currently are held at El Marino Elementary School & El Rincon Elementary School, one day a week. If you are interested in mentoring, or know anyone who might be, please let Nathan Salyer or Coach Dennis Paniza know. If you know students who are interested, please reference their parents to either Coach Paniza or Coach Emma Gloyer.
Culver City High School has hired a new coach and robotics teacher, Dennis Paniza. We are excited to see the team live on for its 25th year.
The team will be competitng in the FIRST FRC 2025 season at the Los Angeles Regional, located at Da Vinci High School. Coach Singer remains with the team for this season, and Coach Stout has retired and is coaching coach Paniza through November.
L.A. Youth Robotics Competition Leaves Student Teams Energized
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/la-youth-robotics-competition-leaves-student-teams-energized
Hello all CCHS Robotics Parents,Team members and Mentors,
We won the Los Angeles Regional!!!
Team 702 “Bagel Bytes” won the Los Angeles FIRST FRC 2023 Regional Competition, along with alliance captains Team 687 “The Nerd Herd”, and alliance members Team 5199 “Robot Dolphins from Outer Space” and Team 6833 “Phoenix Robotics”.
It was an absolutely thrilling day of competition. Team 702 thought themselves out of the race as the playoff alliance selections came to a close. In an absolute shocker, the captains from teams 687 and 5199 announced that they selected Team 702 as their third and last alliance partner. Team 702 was stunned. And elated! We weren’t going home yet!
Once playoffs began, our robot experienced a malfunction and Team 6833 was called in to substitute. Unbelievably, the alliance went on to complete the playoffs undefeated.
In the finals — a best of 3 format — our alliance lost the first match, but then won the second match. Tied at one each, our Red Alliance fought the Blue Alliance to an almost even score in the final tiebreaker, 117 to 118, an impossibly tiny lead for the Blue Alliance. But we knew this score did not include end-park or charge-station points, and on top of that, the match was “under review”.
The crowd went wild when the final score was revealed: the Red Alliance had won the Los Angeles Regional with a winning score of 147-138 (VIDEO)
We will still be attending San Diego Regional next weekend. And, we will be going to the Houston World Championships!!! We will need a lot of help from you in terms of helping us with funding to attend as it will cost around $20,000 to take 12 team members and chaperones. Thank you all for your support.
If any parents want to help with fundraising efforts, we will be having a meeting in room 91 Monday to strategize. If you cannot make it, please contact Linda Rosenberg at 310-871-9537
All the Best,
Team 702
2023 LA Regional Winners
