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2004-2005
Bash at the Beach
Written by Samantha Lipscomb on October 07, 2005
Even with summer over and done with, the Gaelhawks still know how to have fun. Bash at the Beach, an off-season competition sponsored by fellow robotics Team 236, the Techno Ticks, was held on Saturday, October 8, 2005. Teams from all over Connecticut attended the event, which sported a Hawaiian beach theme.Team 230 did well throughout the qualification matches, ranking 17th out of 24 due to penalties... Read More
Pitney Bowes' Diversity Day
Written by Tom Victor on September 09, 2005
Every year, Gaelhawk sponsor Pitney Bowes hosts a cultural fair, known as Diversity Day. This event, held on Saturday, September 10, 2005, celebrates all of the wonderful ethic groups that make up our nation. Groups representing many different countries, cultures, and people set up tables, offering anyone who attends food, music, and fun.Due to Team 230's partnership with Pitney Bowes, the Robotics... Read More
End of the Year Car Wash and Picnic
Written by Samantha Lipscomb on June 03, 2005
Every year, the Gaelhawks combine having fun with giving back to the community at their Car Wash and Picnic event. On Saturday, June 4, 2005, team members gathered at Echo Hose Ambulance Corps and spent the next four hours scrubbing down cars.After a great turnout, Team 230 began to clean up in order to enjoy the great weather at the end-of-the-year picnic. Students and adults alike showed up at... Read More
FIRST Robotics Championship
Written by Nicole Misencik on April 20, 2005
In addition to the 30 regional events held world-wide each year, FIRST holds one Championship event open to all teams. The FIRST Robotics National Championship Event generally attracts over 400 teams from all over the United States, and all over the world, and puts them all under one roof to compete for one title: FIRST Robotics Champions.Team 230 sent about twenty students down to Atlanta, Georgia... Read More
UTC New England Regional
Written by Sam Hopkins on March 10, 2005
On Thursday, March 10, 2005, the Gaelhawks set out on a long, early bus ride to the UTC New England Regional Competition, a three day event that the team attends every year.Inside the Meadows Music Theater, every team was working hard to make sure their robots were ready for the practice rounds, and the pits were buzzing with the sound of power tools and excited teenagers.Thursday was a day filled... Read More
Bolt Into Reading
Written by Claire Szeker on March 01, 2005
As part of Team 230's belief in giving back to the community, the Gaelhawks participates in the Read Across America Program at local elementary schools every year. Members of the team traveled to Booth Hill to showcase the 2005 robot and hold a kick-off for their reading challenge period.After a demonstration with the previous year's robot, the team presented its informational video explaining more... Read More
Dinner and a Robot
Written by Claire Szeker on December 01, 2004
Thursday, December 2, 2004, marked the Gaelhawks' 5th Annual Dinner and Auction Fundraiser. The auction took place in the Shelton High cafeteria, as always, and made quite an uproar.The team members started planning for the event a month in advance, soliciting local businesses and companies for items that could be auctioned off to help raise funds for the team. After all the items were collected they... Read More
Starting the Season Off Right
Written by Samantha Lipscomb on October 25, 2004Every year, FIRST holds a competition kickoff in January to let every team in on the big secret that has been kept from them for months ? what the new game will be. While this kickoff may be one important day in the course of a year, for Shelton High School Robotics Team 230 this is certainly not the beginning. By the time January rolls around, the Gaelhawks have been involved in multiple activities,... Read More
Lots of LEGO League!
Written by Samantha Lipscomb on October 20, 2004
Before the FIRST Robotics competition season even starts for Team 230, FIRST Junior Robotics Team 3427, the SIS Thundering Tigers, are hard at work, getting ready for their own competitions.The Tigers are part of the FIRST Lego League, and have participated in this year?s game, No Limits, since October 2004, spending weeks building and programming their robot. No Limits is a game portraying the difficulty... Read More
