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Gus Robotics Needs You!
July 11, 2009
Gus Robotics needs your help! We are having a can and bottle drive fundraiser on Saturday, July 11th from 9am - noon at Maloney High School and we would love any and all donations! Donations can be dropped off at Maloney's woodshop on said time and date.
Having parties this Saturday on the 4th of July? Save your redemable cans and bottles and donate them to our team! Please help our team and support us by helping out in our fundraiser! Thank you and we hope to see you next Saturday!
Congratulations Team Members!
June 11, 2009
As the school year is winding down, school are having their award ceremonies and other honoring events. Congratulations to the following team members on their academic achievements:
Jordan Adams - French I Excellence Award, four terms of high honors, Team Spirit award for robotics, varsity letter for robotics, two year pin for robotics
SM Ahmed - University of Rochester Xerox Award - valued at up to $80K to UR, four terms of high honors, three year pin for robotics
Jon Boeglin - Rennsalaer Medal for Platt - valued at up to $60K to RPI, Tri-M Music Honor Society, four terms of high honors, Outstanding Achievement Certificate, Exemplary Academic Achievement, Outstanding Dedication award for robotics
Louise Carozza - Platt Highest Math Score for 9th Grade, Tri-M Music Honor Society, four terms of high honors
Tina Dutra - Carolyn Hitchcock Medal for Biology, four terms of high honors, varsity letter in tennis, Captain of robotics team, Outstanding Dedication Student award for robotics, varsity letter in robotics, two year pin for robotics
Rebecca Gibbs - The Tommy De Paola Art Excellence Award, Tri-M Music Honor Society
Kevin Mann - Rennsalaer Medal for Maloney - valued at up to $60K to RPI, four terms of high honors, three year pin for robotics, Co-Captain of robotics team
Carla Sauza - four terms of high honors, Team Spirit award for robotics, manager of girls swim team and girls tennis
Kate Mordarski - French II & US History/Civics Excellence Awards, four terms of high honors, varsity letter in tennis, one year pin for robotics, Team Spirit award for robotics
Dylan Cardona - Tri-M Music Honor Society, Super Scout award for robotics, one year pin for robotics
Josh Gibbs - Tri-M Music Honor Society, four year pin for robotics
Matt Clark - two year pin for robotics, varsity letter for robotics
Peter Ruffino - varsity letter in robotics, two year pin for robotics
Dan Tobin - varsity letter for robotics, two year pin for robotics
Ben Chuong - three year pin four robotics, Co-Captain of robotics
Bob Dutra - National Honors Society
In total, students on our team have won $200,000 in scholarships this year. Congratulations on being rewarded for your hard work!
Also congratulations to our seniors on making it into the following colleges:
-Paul Gallagher will be attending Eastern Connecticut State University majoring in Computer Science. He also earned his one year robotics pin.
-Shannon Stolting will be attending University of Minnesota majoring in mechanical engineering. She is also in the National Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, graduated with high honors, and received scholarships for being a scholar athlete and from the Center Congressional Church and the University of Minnesota.
New Photo Gallery Feature
May 12, 2009Inspired by Facebook, a new feature has been added to the photo galleries on our website. When you are viewing a single photo in a photo gallery (such as this one), you can now use the Left and Right arrows on the keyboard to browse through the photos!
If you have any additional ideas for new features for our website, be sure to let us know on our contact page. We'd love to hear from you!
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Battlecry10 @ WPI
May 9, 2009
Battlecry10 at WPI was as spectacular as ever. The team all agrees that it was an amazing event. Between ice cream...
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About Gus
Gus Robotics Team 228 was founded in 1999 to bring the excitement and inspiration of the FIRST Robotics Competition to the three Meriden High Schools. Since then, our team has grown to include over twenty students from the three high schools.
Sponsors
Gus Robotics Team 228 would like to thank our team sponsors for their gracious sponsorship of our team.
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
Corporate Sponsor - Meriden Board of Education
School System Sponsor - Big Country Hickory Pit BBQ
Partnership Sponsor - CBIA Education Foundation
Corporate Grant - R&D Precision
CNC Fabrication Services
Events
Upcoming events and meetings from our events calendar.
- Bottle & Can Drive
11 July, 2009
About FIRST
FIRST was founded in 1989 by the renowned inventor Dean Kamen. The aim of FIRST is to inspire students to careers in math, science, and technology through a fun and engaging robotics competition, which provides students with the ability to meet one-on-one with industry leaders and engineers.
The initial FIRST Robotics Competition comprised of 28 teams competiting in a New Hampshire high school gymnasium. The ensuing years brought rapid growth to the program, to include over 35,000 students, 1,700 teams from 7 countries, competing over 40 Regional Events, culminating with the World Championship Event in Atlanta, Georgia.
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