254 VEX History

Team 254, The Cheesy Poofs, has evolved over the years from the smallest FIRST Robotics program in the country in 1999, at a struggling high school, to a well-established organization based at NASA Ames Research Center (ARC). The team started at Broadway High School in 1998 and became an FRC team in 1999. In 2001, upon Broadway's closure, Team 254 moved to Bellarmine College Prep, where it has stayed to the present day. While the team's members have changed, the Cheesy Poofs have continued to flourish.

VEX Robotics Competition (VRC) Team 254 first began competing in the 2008 FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) season as Team 567. Upon FIRST's decision to switch to a new robotics platform, the team transitioned to the VEX Robotics Competition for the 2009 season and expanded to form multiple 254 teams. Despite entering only its third season of VEX competition, VRC254 continues to grow and thrive because of its commitment to character-oriented, student-driven success.

VRC Teams

VRC Team 254 consists of nearly fifty students and eight subteams - 254A, B, C, D, E, F, S, and Z. Team lettering is generally not indicative of performance or member dedication - the sole exception is 254A, which was founded a year earlier than B through F and two years earlier than S and Z. Its members are usually multi-year veterans.

For more information about our individual VRC teams, please click their respective links on the main menu. You can also find a textual copy of all VRC254 information on our VexForum Wiki page.