Join the Talon Girls Who Code Summer Coding Team and Talon Robotics (Team 2502) for a free coding summer camp for female-identifying and nonbinary students at Eden Prairie High School from August 3–14, Monday through Friday, 4:00–5:30 PM. Open to students entering grades 6–12, from complete beginners to experienced coders….
Feed My Starving Children – Outreach Event
Continuing the Tradition For one of Talon’s monthly outreach events, we decided to continue the tradition by attending FMSC once again! This was a meaningful opportunity for our team members to come together and make a tangible impact. We joined volunteers from across the community to pack nutritious meals for…
STEM Day with the Girl Scouts
Tuesday (8/27) Talon collaborated once more on a STEM day with the Girl Scout troops in our community! The Eden Prairie School of Dance served as the location for the event. This was our first-ever Inclusivity (our new subteam) event, and it was a huge success. In total, we had…
Girls who Code has Officially Ended!
Monday (8/5) – Friday (8/16) Given that this would be our first year holding the camp, the fact that there were roughly ten active participants each day made it a huge success. Web development, data and AI, cybersecurity, P5.js, Python, and Scratch were the topics that the students studied. The…
The Beginning of the FLL Season
Wednesday (8/7) The FIRST Lego League season (FLL) for students in grades 4-6 starts today! In order to get to know one another and view the 2024–25 season game video, four teams got together at the EPHS East Commons for their season kickoff. All teams, comprising roughly forty kids, couldn’t…
2023-2024 End of the Season Banquet
Thursday (5/16) After hundreds of hours poured into our 2023-2024 season, it finally came to an end. To celebrate all of the hard work done by our teammates and mentors, we hosted a banquet with around 130 attendees to highlight everything that we accomplished. The banquet was filled with amazing…
End-of-Year Talon Picnic
Tuesday (5/28) Today we held our first team builder of the off-season. Due to the fact that school is ending this month, we thought it would be fitting to hold a picnic team builder. This is a way to introduce new people to the team, provide an opportunity for existing…
Girl Scouts Demo
Written By: Audrey T Saturday (5/11) When a local Girl Scout troop reached out to us asking for support in earning some robotics-based badges we knew this was something we wanted to do. Our Outreach subteam worked hard in order to ensure we had the best event possible. Over the…
Freeziac Fundraiser
Saturday (5/11) As the robotics season ends, our team ended with a fundraiser at Freeziac! Freeziac is a local store selling self-serve frozen yogurt. This was a great way to unwind after a busy season, with our teammates bonding over ice cream. Of course, we can’t have a Freeziac fundraiser…
2024 Build Season Days 81-88 (3/26-3/31)
Monday 3/25 Pancakes & Snowmen! In open room, instead of beginning building, we went outside to go play in the snow! After many attempts, we ended up with 2 large, slightly misshapen snowmen and a lot of snow on our clothes. Afterwards, we decided that it was probably best to…