Team 230, The Gaelhawks
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Shelton Public Schools Robotic Revolution Team Earns Finalist Spot
Written by John Niski on May 11, 2012
Shelton, Conn., May 11, 2012 – From more than 19,000 teams around the world that initially submitted projects in this year’s international FIRST® LEGO® League challenge, a team of seven middle school students from Shelton, Connecticut has risen to the top in the Global Innovation Award competition. Shelton’s SIS Robotic Revolution Team is one of four finalists, along with teams from Ohio, New York and Israel, who will be in Washington, D.C. on June 19 to be honored at an awards ceremony at the U.S.... Read More
Robotics Team Needs Votes
Written by Huntington Herald on January 26, 2012A Shelton Intermediate School robotics team needs votes to advance to the finals of a global competition. As a part of their FIRST Lego League Robotics Competition, students from the SIS Robotic Revolution team created an solution to protect consumers from contaminated eggs. The "Smart Sticker" idea is an indicator sticker on the outside of refrigerated food packaging that indicates if the food product has been kept at the correct temperature during its transportation and storage. If the temperature... Read More
8th Grade Orientation
Written by Adam Zhitomi on January 12, 2012
Enthusiastic 8th graders visited the Shelton High School Thursday, January 12th , 2012. Many different clubs set up booths in the main lobby, with interactive displays and posters, encouraging the incoming class to join their club. Team 230 showcased our hard work by driving last year’s robot and showing our team spirit. We displayed trophies from the past couple of years and gave out team buttons and brochures. There were many people interested in team 230 and intrigued by our robot. Hopefully we... Read More
2012 Kickoff
Written by Lauren Pontbriant on January 07, 2012
FIRST Team 230, the Gaelhawks, headed into another exciting season with a thrilling kickoff on January 7, 2012. Students, mentors, and alumni gathered to watch the annual webcast. The anticipation rose as we waited for this year’s game to be revealed. Finally, the moment came. They announced the game to us as Rebound Rumble. The goal of Rebound Rumble is to score as many points as possible by getting foam basketballs through one of four of your alliance’s hoops. The hoops are at... Read More
Robotic Revolution Win Top State Award
Written by Huntington Herald on December 11, 2011
Shelton High School’s gym was crowded and packed with fans on Saturday, wearing team colors and watching large screens showing close-ups of competitions. It wasn’t an athletic event, but it has been called “the varsity sport for the mind.” How can you be sure an egg is safe to eat or that the Thanksgiving turkey leftovers haven’t gone bad? Perhaps you have a severe peanut allergy and need to be sure an area is peanut-free. How do you do it? Shelton students from Perry Hill and Shelton Intermediate... Read More
Gaelhawks Spread Pep With T-shirt Cannon!
Written by Leann Misencik on April 10, 2011
The Gaelhawks showed their school spirit at the Shelton High spring pep rally this April. Team Captain Kelli Freer demonstrated the prototype robot, by driving it around the gym with its mecanum drive. Then, the Gaelhawks got the entire school excited about science and technology by launching shirts from a t-shirt cannon, which was built and programmed by the team. The robot, cheered on by the entire student body, blasted shirts across the gym, into the bleachers. The Gaelhawks recieved... Read More
Shelton High School Robotics Team Earn Prestigious Award
Written by Shelton Weekly on April 08, 2011
Gaelhawks invited to national championship competition Staff report SHELTON - The 2011 Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional Robotics Competition was held this past weekend at the CT Convention Center. Teams from Brazil, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York provided robots for the competition, in which the game Logo Motion was played. The game consists of two competing alliances on a flat field. Each alliance consisted of three robots which need to pick... Read More
Northeast Utilities Connecticut Regional Robotics Competition
Written by Kelli Freer on April 10, 2011
FIRST Robotics Team 230 from Shelton High School in Shelton, Connecticut recently competed very successfully at the Northeast Utilities Connecticut Regional in Hartford, CT at the Connecticut Convention Center. The team, who had previously competed at the WPI Regional in Worcester, MA came in to the regional confident of their ability to compete and perform. And perform they did. The Gaelhawks, sporting their bright orange color and their enthusiasm for their work held strong against some of... Read More
WPI Regional
Written by Sarah Stuart on March 20, 2011
FIRST Team 230, the Gaelhawks had their first official completion of the season this past weekend as they traveled to Worcester, Massachusetts for the WPI Regional. A small group of kids and mentors drove up Thursday morning for the start of practice rounds and to set up the pit. Teams from all over New England were present, as well as teams from Hawaii, Britain, and Brazil. Following the long afternoon of matches was the arrival of the last students, and the team spent the rest of the night bonding... Read More
