5653 won the Impact Award at Great Northern! " The FIRST ®  Impact Award is the most prestigious award at FIRST , it honors the team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate and best embodies the mission of FIRST . The FIRST Impact Award is presented to the team judged to have the most significant measurable impact of its partnerships among its participants and community over a sustained period, not just a single build season. The winner is able to demonstrate

Team 5653 enjoyed a great tournament in Grand Forks, forming an alliance with 5638(our pit neighbors) and 6146. We won our first match vs. the 2nd seed alliance in the playoffs and ended up losing to both teams that competed in the finals. It was a fun, full contact and high scoring tournament.

School Board members and administrators from across Minnesota got to drive and interact with robotics students at the Minnesota School Board Association annual meeting.

Minneapolis was the location for the Advancing Indigenous Science and Engineering Society 2025 National Conference. Over 2500 people were in attendance from all over North America as well as Australia and Japan. The Iron Mosquitos ran the jingle dress doll making and coding activity from summer camp during the activity fair, hosted a workshop session and helped run a full robotics field FIRST information day.

The Mosquitos enjoyed STEM and culture at the Vermillion and Nett Lake Boys and girls clubs again. Jingle dress dancer dolls version 2.0, feather painting, sphero balls, beading and pow wow with teachings were all a part of the 2 day camps. The students were excited to take their doll creations home after the camp.

The mosquitos hosted a field and some career focused stations to inspire area 7th graders. Robotics teams from Ely, Chisholm, Mesabi East...

The competition season ended with at trip to state and a record of 4-3. Congratulations to Greyson chosen as All-State Design in Robotics...

5 students from the outreach team won the MN 08 Congressional District App Challenge. They presented their work at the capital where it...

5653 had a blast competing with the best in the world. Our pit neighbors were from Turkey, Israel and Brazil! Truly an honor to...

Following the Mississippi river all the way south to New Orleans, the Mosquitos had their best robot performance in history finished as...

Week 1 was a success. The mosquitos helped set the competition high score of 218 and finished tied for 5th place on the 8th seen...

In Minneapolis, administrators and school board members from across the state meet at their annual conference. The Mosquitos helped...

1300 6th graders from all over northern Minnesota had a blast with STEM activites set up by MN North colleges and industy. 6th graders...

The competition robot and the Olaf robot entertained at the Northeast Range School Big Truck Family Night.

Archery, pow wow regalia, beading and drumming were a focus at Nett Lake and Vermillion Boys and Girls Clubs. Special thanks to 1854...

The mosquitos finished the season as 4th place alliance captains, having fun in an international alliance with 6510 and 701. Bonus...

Iron Mosquitos went to the DECC this week and made lots of fun visiting new people and teams! Everybody was joyous and always positive...

FRC Team 5653 "Iron Mosquitos" hosted the NMRC Championship at Northeast Range Highschool in Babbit, Minnesota on October 27-28. Around...

On October 6th, 2023, FRC Team 5653 Members drove to a STEM Showcase in Hibbing to give kids a chance to learn about FIRST and an...

During the summer, students worked hard to build a T-Shirt cannon robot to feature in local parades and football games.