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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Kings High School robotics team on their way to world championships

Kings High School robotics teams
The Kings High School held a send-off celebration on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 for the varsity and junior varsity robotics teams before they departed for the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) World Championship in St. Louis to be held April 27-30, 2011.

School staff, the Knight mascot, the cheer team and other Kings Schools students were on hand to wish the robotics team luck as they departed for the FTC World Championship.

The students, ranging from 15 to 19 years old, have completed more than 4,200 hours planning, developing and building working robots to showcase in the international competition.

The FIRST Challenge welcomes more than 128 teams and 10,000 students from the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the Netherlands. The FIRST Tech program provides students with hands-on science and technology experience and access to $14.7 million in college scholarships for 2011.

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