What is the Andover Robotics Club (ARC) Booster?
The ARC Booster is a parent-led nonprofit organization that supports the Andover Robotics Club through direct monetary support for robot parts and equipment, team registration fees, travel costs, and other general operating expenses
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Established in 2025
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Has 4 active parent leaders
Where are we from?
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The ARC Booster and ARC are both from Andover, Massachusetts
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Specifically, we serve the student body of Andover High School
What is Andover Robotics Club (ARC)?
ARC is a high school club of 60+ students across four robotics teams:
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4410 ARC Lightning: co-ed, the first ARC team est. 2010
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5273 ARC Thunder: co-ed, est. 2011
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10331 ARC Hailstorm: girls & gender minorities, est. 2015
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24256 ARC Sandstorm: co-ed rookie team, est. 2023
Find out more HERE
What robotics competition do we participate in?
We compete in FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), a robotics competition for grades 7-12 where teams work to design robots to compete in 2 versus 2 matches.
Outside of just building robots, we:
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Host and participate in outreach initiatives and events that spread our love for STEM
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Prepare Engineering Portfolios to display our teams' best work
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Practice speaking in front of a panel of judges who evaluate our team and our robot
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And much, MUCH MORE!
Learn more HERE