North Andover VEX Robotics Worlds!
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The North Andover High School Robotics Program is proud to be representing our community at the
2016 VEX Robotics World Championship
Louisville, KY April 20-23, 2016
The ”journey to the tourney” for the students began in 2014 when North Andover High School (NAHS) received a generous amount of money from Chelmsford based employer Kronos after winning the firm’s “Thanks to a Teacher” contest. The money helped fund the purchase of nine new VEX robot kits. Prior to the arrival of the new robot kits, the NAHS robotics program would have upwards of 25 students sharing one robot. The extra robot kits enabled a much greater hands-on STEM learning experience for the 60+ students from the classroom and the additional students participating in the after-school program. As a result, NAHS qualified one team for last year’s VEX Worlds Championship in Louisville. NAHS’s first appearance at “the Worlds” was a huge success from which they could proudly boast they had beaten half of the 450 teams from around the world!
The investment from the community continues to payoff as NAHS has had strong performances from several teams during the 2015/2016 season. Three of the teams qualified to compete at the VEX Southern New England Regional Championship on March 5 & 6, 2016. This regional tournament was the final hurdle to qualify for the 2016 VEX Worlds Championship in Louisville, KY in April. NAHS had an incredible showing at the tournament with one team winning both skills competitions and the other team becoming runner-up to the eventual tournament champion! Pictured above are all three teams who competed in the tournament proudly surrounding their trophies and robots.
Watch Team 8568A win the Programming Skills Challenge!
NAHS now joins an elite group of only a handful of other high school robotics programs from the state of Massachusetts heading to the VEX World Championship in Louisville, KY. Approximately 25% of the competition is from outside the United States. Last year’s VEX World Champion was from New Zealand.
Watch Team 8568A Win the Robot Skills Challenge!
The two NAHS teams now have until April 20, 2016 to perfect their robots and raise money for the trip. Expected costs for the trip exceed $13,000 and include the cost of a school chaperone, tournament entry fee, signage, team travel, hotel accommodations, and meals.
With the budget for school operating expenses already stretched thin, the team is appealing to the community seeking donations to help fund this opportunity of a lifetime. Last year, organizations which include Akamai, Burton's Grill, CashStar, Pentucket Bank, PSI Corp, Staples, UniFirst Corporation, Watts Water Technology and others combined to defray more than $5,000 in expenses.
Donations of any size would be greatly appreciated and can be made payable to “North Andover High School”, with “robotics program” written in the memo field and mailed to:
Mr. Mike Motherway
Technology/Engineering Teacher
North Andover High School
430 Osgood Street
North Andover, MA 01845
Tax ID 046-001-245
For donations in excess of $1,000 and with your permission, we will gladly showcase your name or company logo on signage and/or team shirts. However, we will need to have your name/logo and donation commitment no later than April 1st, 2016 in order to allow for production.
Thank you for any support!
- Coach Motherway and the NAHS Robotics Team 8568A & Team 8568B
2016 VEX Robotics World Championship
Louisville, KY April 20-23, 2016
The ”journey to the tourney” for the students began in 2014 when North Andover High School (NAHS) received a generous amount of money from Chelmsford based employer Kronos after winning the firm’s “Thanks to a Teacher” contest. The money helped fund the purchase of nine new VEX robot kits. Prior to the arrival of the new robot kits, the NAHS robotics program would have upwards of 25 students sharing one robot. The extra robot kits enabled a much greater hands-on STEM learning experience for the 60+ students from the classroom and the additional students participating in the after-school program. As a result, NAHS qualified one team for last year’s VEX Worlds Championship in Louisville. NAHS’s first appearance at “the Worlds” was a huge success from which they could proudly boast they had beaten half of the 450 teams from around the world!
The investment from the community continues to payoff as NAHS has had strong performances from several teams during the 2015/2016 season. Three of the teams qualified to compete at the VEX Southern New England Regional Championship on March 5 & 6, 2016. This regional tournament was the final hurdle to qualify for the 2016 VEX Worlds Championship in Louisville, KY in April. NAHS had an incredible showing at the tournament with one team winning both skills competitions and the other team becoming runner-up to the eventual tournament champion! Pictured above are all three teams who competed in the tournament proudly surrounding their trophies and robots.
Watch Team 8568A win the Programming Skills Challenge!
NAHS now joins an elite group of only a handful of other high school robotics programs from the state of Massachusetts heading to the VEX World Championship in Louisville, KY. Approximately 25% of the competition is from outside the United States. Last year’s VEX World Champion was from New Zealand.
Watch Team 8568A Win the Robot Skills Challenge!
The two NAHS teams now have until April 20, 2016 to perfect their robots and raise money for the trip. Expected costs for the trip exceed $13,000 and include the cost of a school chaperone, tournament entry fee, signage, team travel, hotel accommodations, and meals.
With the budget for school operating expenses already stretched thin, the team is appealing to the community seeking donations to help fund this opportunity of a lifetime. Last year, organizations which include Akamai, Burton's Grill, CashStar, Pentucket Bank, PSI Corp, Staples, UniFirst Corporation, Watts Water Technology and others combined to defray more than $5,000 in expenses.
Donations of any size would be greatly appreciated and can be made payable to “North Andover High School”, with “robotics program” written in the memo field and mailed to:
Mr. Mike Motherway
Technology/Engineering Teacher
North Andover High School
430 Osgood Street
North Andover, MA 01845
Tax ID 046-001-245
For donations in excess of $1,000 and with your permission, we will gladly showcase your name or company logo on signage and/or team shirts. However, we will need to have your name/logo and donation commitment no later than April 1st, 2016 in order to allow for production.
Thank you for any support!
- Coach Motherway and the NAHS Robotics Team 8568A & Team 8568B
Organizer and beneficiary
Kimberly Bruewer Hearst
Organizer
North Andover, MA
NA Robotics
Beneficiary
