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A sign language interpreter accompanies Hoffnagle and the other hearing impaired students to all robotics activities. “I’ve never been on a team before, and it has helped me branch out,” she says. “I never had the guts to join because I felt like I could never connect because I was hard of hearing.”

At Woodrow, a regional home for deaf education, deaf students study alongside other students. Robotics coaches Brandon Carver, Terry

Tolleson, Daniel Garrison and Micah Hill ensure the team is inclusive.

The squad, known as the Robocats, formed in 2012 with three students and Carver, a passionate engineering teacher. Today, dozens of students on five teams compete in several competitions throughout the year. They won a state championship last year and are expanding their reach beyond the traditional science, technology, engineering and mathematics demographic.

“Robotics is not just about robots,” says Taylor Vu, the 10th-grade captain of the female team. “It teaches us to do skills we need in other jobs, like public speaking, communicating, writing and photography.”

Vu didn’t have coding or building experience when she joined. But since older members mentor younger ones, she learned how to code and found an aptitude for building things before becoming a captain.

Kyle Davis, a senior, is the captain of another Robocats team. Leadership

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