RITE Mission Build
Spring Intensive
Serve the community. Build what flies.
A 5-day spring intensive where high school students spend their break doing something that actually matters. Mornings are dedicated to real community service. Afternoons are spent building and flying drones. The mission comes first. The tech follows.
What Is Mission Build?
Most spring break programs ask students to sit and listen. RITE Mission Build asks them to show up and do.
Over five days, students in grades 9–12 move through a daily arc that mirrors how the best builders in the world actually work — grounded in purpose, powered by skill. Mornings are dedicated to community service projects that connect students to the neighborhoods and people their technology could one day serve. Afternoons shift into the lab, where students design, build, and fly drones from the ground up.
By the end of the week, students don't just have a drone — they have a reason for building it.
RITE Mission Build is part of the RITE Build Series — a year-round competitive ecosystem connecting AI literacy, esports, and workforce development for the next generation of builders.
A Day in Mission Build
Morning Mission
Community service with Uncapped ATL — locating, cleaning, restoring, and designing donated sneakers for youth and families in need across Atlanta.
Lunch
Community meal and team debrief.
Build & Fly
Hands-on drone design, assembly, and flight training in the lab.
Morning Mission: Sneakers with Purpose
In partnership with Uncapped ATL
Each morning of Mission Build starts with service — and this year, that means sneakers. In partnership with Uncapped ATL, students will locate, clean, restore, and custom-design donated sneakers to give to youth and families in need across Atlanta. This isn't a craft project. It's a full operation. Every pair that leaves their hands goes to someone who needs it. It's also the first lesson of Mission Build: before you build technology for a community, you learn to see that community.
Locate
Students work with Uncapped ATL to identify and collect donated sneakers. Logistics, coordination, and problem-solving start before the lab ever opens.
Clean & Restore
Students learn to bring worn shoes back to life. Attention to detail, care, and craft — the same skills that make a good builder.
Design & Dedicate
Students customize each pair with original artwork and a written dedication to the person receiving them. Art, empathy, and identity in one step.
The shoes students restore in the morning remind them why they build in the afternoon.
Afternoon Lab: Build & Fly
Every afternoon, students move from the community into the lab. Over the course of the week they progress from understanding how drones work, to assembling their own, to piloting it. No experience required — just the willingness to figure it out.