October 2025 Newsletter

At CircuitRunners Robotics, we’re all about pushing the boundaries of innovation, teamwork, and engineering excellence. From shop updates and project highlights to important events and team milestones, we’re here to keep you informed and engaged.

Once a month, we will publish an informative newsletter, keeping you updated on all the latest events and news CircuitRunners has. We will include include a calendar of upcoming events, as well as a summary of the key things that we are doing as a club. We hope enjoy it!

Upcoming Dates:

From October 3rd - October 4th, our FRC team (FRC 1002) competed at the annual Georgia Robotics Invitational Tournament and Showcase (GRITS). GRITS is an event run by GeorgiaFIRST Robotics, and it is an amazing offseason competition in which FRC teams can compete in the last season’s game, REEFSCAPE.

Teams throughout Georgia gathered at the Riverside Preparatory Academy for two days of thrilling robotics matches; qualifiers took place on October 3rd and the morning of October 4th. Then, teams went through alliance selection to see who will compete in playoffs.

Our FRC team (FRC 1002) was selected to be in an alliance with the Peachtree Ridge Robolions (Team 1261) and Walton Robotics (Team 2974). Together, we made it to the finals of the tournament and received a 2nd place award for this accomplishment. This was an amazing way for FRC 1002 to end their season, improving so much as a team throughout the course of the season!

On October 18, our robotics members had the opportunity to present a robot demonstration at GE Vernova where kids got the chance to test out and drive our robots using actual game pieces. At this event, we were able to spread the robotics community and inspire the younger generation of thinkers!

Some of our members visited the Hightower Girl Powered Workshop where they worked with young girls, introducing them to the world of robotics. The students got the chance to learn how to drive the FTC robots and interact with game pieces! We had such a wonderful time at Hightower and hope to return soon!

Recently, our FTC teams were able to hold a robot demonstration at Sope Creek’s Octoberfest. Here, both elementary school students and their parents got the opportunity to drive the FTC robots and play with game pieces. We had an amazing time teaching these kids how to drive the robots and introducing them to robotics!

Dear PARENTS,

Volunteering for events is a vital to support our club. Many of our events that we host require adult volunteers to run. Without parents volunteers specifically, we would not be able to host all of the events that we do throughout the year. Volunteering as a parent can help your child earn a letter for robotics, which is great for college applications. As a Circuitrunners parent, it is your duty to support your student, and a great way to do that is through volunteering of Circuitrunners events!

Upcoming Volunteering Opportunities:

We’re excited to announce that Gene Haas Foundation, Delta, LightBurn, and Naar Mediterranean Bar & Grill have joined our amazing group of sponsors! Their generous support will help us continue to design, build, and compete at the highest level while inspiring future generations of engineers and innovators. Thank you for investing in our team’s growth and in the future of STEM education.

The marketing team is happy to announce that Team and Parent T-Shirts are now officially in the shop, ready for pickup. If you’re a student, please pick your t-shirt up either this week and next week. If you’re a parent, either drop by the shop to pick your t-shirt up or ask your student to pick up your parent t-shirt.

If you haven’t filled out the form to receive a parent t-shirt, please fill out this FORM.