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New 230 Sponsor - Haydon Kerk Divison of Ametek
Written by Team 230 on May 08, 2013
FIRST Team 230 proudly annoces that Haydon Kerk Divison of Ametek an industry leader in the area of linear motion systems has joined us as a major sponsor for our robotics team. Read More
Gaelhawks compete at regional competition
Written by Sarah Stuart on April 03, 2013
The Shelton High School Robotics Team, the Gaelhawks, traveled to Hartford, Connecticut to participate in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Connecticut Regional Competition sponsored by United Technologies Corporations (UTC), from March 28-30, at the Connecticut Convention Center. Of the 56 FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) teams participating in the event, the Gaelhawks finished Day 1 of the qualification matches in 19th place. By the end of qualification... Read More
Shelton high robotics team attends Connecticut regional competition
Written by Sarah Stuart on April 15, 2013
The Shelton High School robotics team, the Gaelhawks, won more than just the hearts of the die-heart robotics fans at the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Connecticut Regional Robotics Competition this year with their "I heart robots" t-shirts and infectious “230 feeling.” Despite their impressive robot performance on the match field, it was not their frisbee-flinging robot or the March Madness that had the hundreds of participants cheering for... Read More
Shelton High Robotics team named overall best in regional competition
Written by The Shelton Herald on April 02, 2013
Community support needed to help this award-winning team competeThe Shelton High School Robotics team was recognized as the overall best robotics team at the UTC Connecticut Regional FIRST Robotics Competition held in Hartford March 28 to 30.Team #230 The Gaelhawks, was awarded the chairman’s award for overall excellence. The top award at the competition recognizes achievement in every aspect of team organization.The chairman’s award represents the spirit of FIRST.... Read More
Shelton Robotics Student Receives Regional Honor
Written by John Niski, advisor on April 16, 2013
Shelton High School Robotics Team member, Tyler Tallo, was recently awarded the prestigious “Dean’s List Finalist” award at the Connecticut Regional FIRST Robotics Competition. Tyler, a junior at Shelton High School, is a 3 year member of the school’s robotics team. Tyler was selected from over 100 nominations representing 56 teams from across New England. The award is akin to the MVP award for FIRST Robotics. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology) created the... Read More
Proud to be a ConnecticutFIRST Team
Written by Team 230 on March 23, 2013
Practice day at the FRC195 CyberKnightsFRC228 GUS full field in Plantsville,CT. Read More
Robotics team attends Granite State Regional Competition in New Hampshire
Written by Sarah Stuart on March 08, 2013
The Shelton High School Robotics team, the Gaelhawks, attended the BAE Systems Granite State Regional FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) in Manchester New Hampshire Thursday, February 28 through Saturday, March 2. This year’s game, Ultimate Ascent, is played by two competing alliances, consisting of three robots on each alliance. They compete to score discs into goals during a two minute and fifteen second match period. The higher... Read More
Robotics team hosts FIRST LEGO League competition
Written by Sarah Stuart on December 21, 2012
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is nothing short of “the varsity sport of the mind” when it comes to the competition atmosphere generated by its enthusiastic participants. Despite the dreary weather and impending holiday festivities, the stands of the Shelton High School gymnasium were packed with spectators of every age on December 2. The Shelton High School Robotics team hosted another successful Circus Robotix FIRST LEGO... Read More
2 FIRST LEGO League Teams Tie for First Place in Dean Kamen’s Food Safety Youth Invention Challenge
Written by FIRST Press Release on June 19, 2012
Edison Nation Awards $'250,000 in services to winners; X PRIZE Foundation awards cash prizes to runner-up teams; FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg commends kids for food safety inventions
MANCHESTER, N.H., June 19, 2012 — In a surprise decision, a panel of innovation experts named two teams of kid inventors as first place winners for their food safety inventions during the second annual FIRST ®LEGO® League Global Innovation Award ceremony at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. First place...
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