Monday: start your own robotics team
As many are aware, I’m a coach on the Newton LigerBots, the high school-level FIRST robotics team here in the city. On Monday we’ll be hosting our annual information night for parents interested in starting FIRST Lego League (FLL) and Junior FLL Robotics...
Kids Robotics Event on Saturday
It’s that time of year again when the LigerBots host a FIRST LEGO League tournament. We do this every year and it’s a great time. This one is a “qualifier” round with the Eastern Massachusetts State Championship coming up in December. On...
Think Big!: STEM mentors and students gather Saturday. Oct. 27
What is Newton doing for Massachusetts STEM Week? This Saturday, we’re going to Think Big! The Newton Free Library, John M. Barry Boys & Girls Club, and NewtonSTEM are hosting their third gathering of middle- and high-school students to meet and talk...
LigerBots Headed to the World Championships! Now we need help
Great news! This past weekend the LigerBots secured their spot in the World Championships in Detroit! Now that the team has gotten there, it needs to actually get there! The team, comprised of students from both Newton high schools, finished the 3-day New England...LigerBots Competing at the New England District Championships!
The LigerBots, Newton’s FIRST Robotics team is on the field this weekend competing at the New England District Championships. Matches started today with qualifiers today and tomorrow, the finals wrap up on Saturday. The whole thing is happening at BU’s...
Looking for something to do? Watch the LigerBots!
So you’re sitting around on a Saturday, not really into the March Madness game that happens to be on CBS, so what do you? Here’s an idea, watch our own Newton Robotics team, the LigerBots! I’ll be in the stands and watching it all live from the North...
Newton: There’s (not yet) an app for that!
It’s time to brainstorm. This summer, a team of six high-school interns, under the mentorship of local e-commerce software company Unbound Commerce, wants to build a mobile app to meet the needs of some organization or community in Newton. What should they...
The Library was Stormed!
Yarn-stormed, that is: I noticed this addition to the bike-rack bench and this… …late last week. I’ve since been watching other sign posts for evidence of yarn, but been disappointed. Today, I finally called Ellen Meyers, the library’s...
Help the Ligerbots attend the FRC World Championships!
Through tremendous effort this season, the award-winning Newton Ligerbots have succeeded in sending their robot on a 1,143-mile mission… to St. Louis! Now they need your financial support so the robot can complete its mission at the biggest robotics competition...
NNHS junior Kavish Gandhi and Lexington teammate win prestigious Siemens STEM scholarship
This week in Washington, DC, Newton North HS junior Kavish Gandhi and his teammate from Lexington, Noah Golowich, won a $50,000 scholarship for winning second place nationwide in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology. This is a huge achievement,...
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