The Team

Who We Are

Presentation Invasion, or FRC Team 2135, is based at Presentation High School, a single-sex Catholic school for young women in San Jose, CA. Founded in 2006, our team has grown from a handful of students to more than 30 active members that participate in the FIRST Robotics Competition. We are an all-girls team dedicated to creating a safe and comfortable environment for our membezrs to learn about STEM-related fields while building robotics skills.

Through designing, manufacturing and programming robots, Team 2135 is actively involved in shaping the female engineers of tomorrow through inspiration and innovation. Our members are part of both a club and competitive team; each member has a different level of experience and commitment. We meet all year, though many come during the fall and winter. Our team has dedicated working space in the Robotics Center at the Plummer house next door to our school. Our machines and tools include a CNC Mill, CNC Table Router, Lathe, and sheet metal brake among many other shop features that students learn to operate and use.

2018 Team MTTD

Team Mission

As an all-girls team, we focus on inspiring young women to pursue fields relating to STEM. By giving them a chance to try real-world engineering through building robots and solving problems as a team, we foster and develop the skills, knowledge, and confidence in these young women. Our goal is to have our members become well-versed in various aspects as they work together to build and design their robot.

FIRST Core Values

The FIRST Core Values are fundamental to FIRST and unique to its programs. They emphasize friendly sportsmanship, respect for others’ contributions, teamwork, learning, and community involvement and are part of our commitment to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of unity. Our community expresses the FIRST philosophies of Gracious Professionalism® and Coopertition® through the FIRST Core Values.

  • Discovery - We explore new skills and ideas.
  • Innovation - We use creativity and persistence to solve problems.
  • Impact - We apply what we learn to improve our world.
  • Inclusion - We respect each other and embrace our differences.
  • Teamwork - We are stronger when we work together.
  • Fun - We enjoy and celebrate what we do!

Gracious Professionalism

Gracious Professionalism® is part of the ethos of FIRST. 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. Participants compete intensely while treating each other with respect and empathy. There is no trash talking, nor disingenuous platitudes. Knowledge, competition, and empathy blend comfortably.

Coopertition

Coopertition® fosters innovation by promoting unqualified kindness and respect in the face of intense competition. At FIRST, Coopertition means teams help and cooperate with each other, even as they compete. It's about learning from teammates, teaching others, collaborating with mentors, managing, and being managed. Coopertition embodies the spirit of competing while assisting and enabling others whenever possible.