ABOUT OUR TEAMS

Del Rio Middle School is a seventh and eighth grade school located in Del Rio Texas. Years ago, a few FIRST Tech Challenge and VEX teams existed within the school, but it has been a long time since any team has been active. Coaches Wendy Staffen, Nerissa Winn, and Juan Celedon, have joined forces to offer FTC robotics once again. You can read more about our coaches down below. 

Because we had a big group, we decided that having two new rookie teams would be the best option. Royal Ramz and Ram Jamz were both created in late 2022 after the 2022-2023 school year started. Starting from scratch, we are proud of how much progress we have all made in just a few short months! Read our short team bios below and be sure to click on our logo to see more about our team! 

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ROYAL RAMZ #22540

Royal Ramz is a rookie team from Del Rio, Texas. We are all *new* to FIRST Robotics. We are made up of 7th and 8th graders. Our team name comes from our school mascots. In Del Rio, we have the Queens and the Rams.  We decided to blend the two and call ourselves the Royal Ramz.


A unique thing about us is that over the past few months of robotics we have learned a lot about each other.  We learned about our similarities and differences, our strengths and weaknesses, how to work as a team,  and how to have fun together.  



RAM JAMZ #22541

We are RAM JAMZ #22541! We are a rookie team from Del Rio, TX. We are made up of 7th and 8th grade students. Some of us have a robotics background (FIRST Lego League in elementary school) and some of us do not. The FIRST Tech Challenge style of building, programming, and challenges are new to us all. 


Our team, as well as our sister team, ROYAL RAMZ #22540, was started kind of “late in the game”. Our coaches worked hard to get our teams going when the school year started. In fact, we unfortunately had to miss our first league meet because our FTC kit didn’t arrive until the week of the first league meet. Although we started a bit behind compared to other teams, we aren’t letting it get us down. We are learning so much and having fun! 


OUR COACHES

Wendy Staffen

DRHS PLTW Engineering

Being able to start our teams, Royal Ramz and Ram Jamz, has been an exciting opportunity. I enjoy helping kids maximize their potential and skills through our program. I have previously coached a middle school LEGO robotics team as well as an FTC middle school robotics team. I'm thrilled to share my passion of computer science and engineering with our teams and community!

Nerissa Winn

DRMS PLTW Gateway

I'm excited to be in my 9th year of coaching robotics.  I have coached VEX IQ in elementary, FIRST Lego League for 6th grade, and now FIRST Tech Challenge for middle school. 



Juan Celedon

DRMS Science

This is my second year as a middle school science teacher and first year as a robotics coach. I jumped at the opportunity to join the renewal of the robotics program and see what the future holds for our rookie teams. Coming from a biology background, I am learning the whole process of engineering along side our students.

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