Its excites kids when they see a fully functional robot. At 8th grade orientations where the upcoming freshman take a look at different after-school activities (or however your school does it), bring in a functional robot for them to watch. It is important to get freshman interested before they reach high-school; Towards the end of the year, bring the robot to the middle-school and show the 8th graders, im sure you can show the 7th graders the robot too.
Another thing we do is go to the freshman science classes for a few minutes and explain what we do. If they want more information, they can come to a meeting and get a feel for what it is.
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