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New All-Girls Robotics Team Featured on Local News
Posted on January 25, 2024, by J Bradshaw.
Jayleesa Jones, a high school student and member of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s new, all-girls robotics team, talks with reporters about her role as the team’s Electrical Sub-team Lead – Image credit. NEWS 5.
The members of FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC) Team #9643 (Lady VOLTAGE) were recently interviewed for News 5, Cleveland’s ABC affiliate. The Cleveland-based FRC team is making history, becoming only the third all-girls high school robotics team in the state and the first to service public schools in Northeast Ohio. Chelsey Kohn, who oversees the robotics program for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) says that despite the growing need for qualified workers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), women represent less than one-third of the STEM careers in the region, and across the country. Programs like this, are how we change that.
The community-based team includes students from 10 different CMSD high schools and is one of six FRC teams that meet regularly at the Great Lakes Science Center as part of the science center's Robotics Initiative. Major support for the all-girls team is provided by Sherwin-Williams, whose employees volunteer as adult mentors for the team. Lady VOLTAGE and their student-built robot will be competing locally at the 25th annual Buckeye Regional tournament from March 21st through 23rd at the Wolstein Center, in downtown Cleveland.
The team is still recruiting students, with membership open to any high school-aged girl enrolled in the District. If interested in joining or supporting the team, please contact Ms. Jordan Siegler, the lead mentor for the team at Jordan.Seigler@clevelandmetroschools.org
Coach Jordan Seigler
Click HERE to see the recording of the original News 5 broadcast featuring members of Team #9643.
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AT A GLANCE
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PRE-SEASON EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
September 20-21, 2025
Kettering University
1700 University Ave.,
Flint MI 48504
2025 Curiosity Open Robotics Challenge
September 27, 2025
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Ave., Cleveland, OH 44114
October 15, 2025
Warren G. Harding High School
860 Elm. Rd, Warren, Ohio, 44484
Cullens Cancer Clash (C3)
October 25 -26, 2025
Northville High School
45700 6 Mile Rd
Northville, MI 48168
TBD
Worthington Kilbourne High School
1499 Hard Rd,
Columbus, OH 43235
November 8 2025 (9 AM- 4 PM)
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
2025 Rotary International Prosthetics Only Medical Mission
Date: Nov 30 - Dec 7, 2025
Amman Baccalaureate School
Al-Hijaz St., Amman, Jordan
2025 REGULAR SEASON ACTIVITIES
January 10, 2026
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
Weekly Build & Practice Sessions
Meeting days, times, and locations vary by team. Click the link above to see the tentative schedules for all supported teams.
March 18 – March 21, 2026 (Week 3)
Wolstein Center, Cleveland State University
2000 Prospect Avenue E.
Cleveland, OH 44115
April 1 – April 4, 2026 (Week 5)
Cintas Center, Xavier University
1624 Musketeer Drive.Cincinnati, OH 45207
2025 Student Recognition & VIP Awards Dinner
Date: TBD
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
April 29 - May 2, 2026
George R Brown Convention Center
1001 Avenida de las Americas
Houston, TX 77010
OFF-SEASON EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
2026 Ohio State Championship
(Date TBD)
Worthington Kilbourne High School
1499 Hard Rd,
Columbus, OH 43235
Hands Across Borders Build Sessions
Every Thursday & Saturday
(May 7 - June 20, 2026)
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
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Saturdays: 10 AM - 3 PM
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Thursdays: 5 PM - 8 PM
2026 Med Access International Humanitarian Medical Mission
June 22 - July 2, 2026
Hospital General Latacunga
Latacunga, Cotopaxi Province
Republic of Ecuador
2026 Med Access International Prosthetics Only Medical Mission
Date: TBD
C. Mary Pérez Viuda Marranzini
Santo Domingo 10203,
Dominican Republic