It’s crunch time! Triple Helix is taking a breath to give our fans a brief update about our status as we test and refine our robot for the 2019 FIRST Robotics Competition game: Destination Deep Space.
Our Chairman’s Award submission is in
The Chairman’s Award is the most prestigious award in FIRST, and it honors the team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate. The award recognizes teams who make a significant, measurable impact for their participants and community over a sustained period. Our essay can be found here.
Peninsula STEM Gym ready to host practices & scrimmages
Because of the incredible efforts of a few volunteers (special thanks to Eric Leatherbury and Russell Moore!), the FRC playing field at our STEM Gym is now equipped to host realistic practice sessions for Hampton Roads teams. The field has a full-size Habitat, Rocket, Cargo Ship, and human player Feeder Station in place and ready to use. Triple Helix expects to make great use of the space between each of our upcoming competitions! Contact us for more information about how your team can use the gym, too.
Let us serve you at the Junior Woman’s Club of Hilton Village Dinner Theater
Triple Helix students will serve dinner at the JWCHV’s 52nd production of the Gaslight Dinner Theatre the evening of Friday, March 8. See attached flyer for more information about the play!
Thank you to our strategic partner NASA Langley
To be competitive in the FIRST Robotics Competition is a significant undertaking that requires sustained sponsorship from multiple large funding sources, as well as sustained involvement of volunteer mentors. More than a dozen engineers, designers, software developers, and other technical professionals engage with Triple Helix students in hundreds of contact hours each year. Students team up with these mentors to solve challenging competitive long-term technical projects with real requirements and constraints, ultimately winning recognition, gaining self-confidence, developing people and life skills, making new friends, and discovering an unforeseen career path and a lifetime love of STEM. We wish to share our deep appreciation of our friends at NASA Langley who supported our team’s mission though funding, partnership in outreach, and effective mentoring.
See you at the competitions!
Triple Helix aims to compete at up to four FIRST Robotics Competition events this spring, including three here in Virginia. Hope to see you there!
- March 2-3: FIRST Chesapeake District Haymarket VA event, Battlefield HS
- March 16-17: FIRST Chesapeake District Portsmouth VA event, Churchland HS
- April 11-13: FIRST Chesapeake District Championship, EagleBank Arena, George Mason University, Fairfax VA
In addition, you’re welcome drop by any of our team meetings– we’d love to show you what our awesome students have built! See our team meeting calendar for more information.
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Nate Laverdure
Head coach, Triple Helix Robotics
President, Intentional Innovation Foundation