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USEL Youth Robotics partners with Colton Joint Unified to train 400+ students; district to host WRO Americas Open
Summary
USEL Youth Robotics CEO Derek Kreiman told a Colton Joint Unified community cabinet that more than 400 students from over 20 CJUSD schools are participating in robotics and AI coding this semester; organizers announced the Ontario Convention Centre will host the WRO Americas Open and outlined pathways to national and world finals.
Derek Kreiman, CEO of USEL Youth Robotics, told the Colton Joint Unified community cabinet that the organization is training more than 400 students from over 20 district schools this semester through after-school expanded learning programs and robotics competitions.
Kreiman described live classroom and competition activities in which student teams programmed robots to complete a line-following challenge, contrasting teams that used AI-enabled tools with teams that did not. "This is future ready education in action," Kreiman said, adding the activities teach collaboration, problem solving and prompt engineering.
The presentation emphasized that the competitions are performance-based learning opportunities that mirror workforce engineering tasks. Kreiman said USEL is the U.S. organizer for the World Robot Olympiad and announced the district and region will host the WRO Americas Open at the Ontario Convention Centre, bringing teams from about 25 countries, and that organizers hope to host World Finals in 2029.
Superintendent Frank Miranda credited state expanded learning opportunity program funding for enabling the district to pilot and expand robotics and AI programs from elementary through high school. Miranda highlighted that the district intentionally starts exposure at elementary grades to build confidence and long-term pathways to careers in engineering and related fields.
What comes next: Presenters invited attendees to visit demonstration tables after the session, to scan QR codes for program information and to spread the word to other districts and families. Officials said students who perform well in district and national pathways can advance to national championships and international events.
