Author Archives: Jason Arms

About Jason Arms

President / CEO of FIRST RGV, INC.

We Have a Dean’s List Winner

In 2020, the Rio Grande Valley has finally earned its first Dean’s List Winner with FIRST robotics. Congratulations to the winner and their coaches, administrators, team members and families.

Case for using FIRST in the classroom

FIRST® has many stories of how it has inspired its members in STEM. Recently I attended the FIRST® World Championships in Detroit and met many of these kids. Their passion and enthusiasm were contagious.

Dean Kamen’s famous saying “I don’t use kids to build robots. I use robots to build kids.-” was evident at the event.

Welcoming Laredo FIRST teams

The start of the 2019–2020 season of FIRST robotics in South Texas came with an announcement that the Rio Grande Valley community will be adding new members to its family. The group was informed that Webb County and Laredo will be joining the “South Texas Region” for both the FIRST Lego League and FIRST Tech Challenge programs.

Season Registration for 2019 – 2020

FIRST robotics in the Rio Grande Valley is now accepting registrations for the 2019 – 2020 competition season. This season is inspired by Star Wars – Force For Change initiative and will spotlight the qualities of FIRST in the Rio Grande Valley. To learn more about this coming season and how to participate, read more.

Using Robotics in McAllen ISD Spotlight

The Robotics competition program provided by McAllen ISD is expanding opportunities for district students and showing exceptional growth, with teams now present on every district campus including the elementary level, and robotics competition excellence has been especially noteworthy at McAllen High School, which achieved a state championship in U.I.L. competition in 2017-2018.

Season Kick Off A Success in RGV

MCALLEN, RGV – The labor representative for the Texas Workforce Commission says he would not have missed the kickoff to the 2018-19 FIRST RGV Robotics Competition season for the world.... Read more »