Both Garfield Robotics Teams Win 1st in a Category This Weekend

This weekend, the two Garfield HS FIRST Robotics teams competed in the Inter-League FTC Competition in Lacy. Awards were given in several categories and the GHS teams each won a first and third.

Team 4042 “Nonstandard Deviation”:

1^st: Rockwell Collins Innovate Award – for their out of the box designs, living up to their team name

3^rd: Think Award – for documenting their engineering process in their engineering notebook

Team 12788 “Ultraviolet”:

1^st: Design Award – for design elements of the Robot that are both functional and aesthetic. One of the lightest and

3^rd: Connect Award – for connecting with their local communities promoting explorations and opportunities available in the world of engineering, science and technology, through their outreach to local schools and running a summer camp. Assisted by a donation of equipment by the PTSA last spring.

And Team 4042 will be advancing to State in two weeks!  

Congrats and Go Bulldogs!