About Us
We are FIRST Tech Challenge team number 6596. We however go by the name of the Robotic Rams based upon our high school’s name. All of the students along with our Head coach attend or are a part of the faculty in our school district. Our Team is based out of the high school, Riverdale Senior High School in Port Byron IL. Port Byron is a primarily farming community 15 minutes north of the Quad Cities (oddly a group of 5 towns in Illinois and Iowa). Our school district covers not only the town of Port Byron, Illinois but also Rapid City, IL, Hillsdale, IL, Cordova, IL and the surrounding area. This area is approximately a 72 square mile area of our part of Illinois near the Quad Cities. Even though we do have several communities feed into our high school, our school district is small with only around 300 students in our entire High School.
Over the past five years we have received countless awards and additionally advanced to state three times. However the skills we learn and the community outreach we perform are just important as being a successful team. We would appreciate it if you took some time to check out our Community Outreach page where we showcase the different outreach events we have participated in.
Over the past five years we have received countless awards and additionally advanced to state three times. However the skills we learn and the community outreach we perform are just important as being a successful team. We would appreciate it if you took some time to check out our Community Outreach page where we showcase the different outreach events we have participated in.