Aces High 176 Laying Down The Cards

What is FIRST??

FIRST is an organization created by Dean Kamen. It stands for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. Started back in 1992 to get students interested in Science and Technology, FIRST has grown by leaps and bounds over the past 14 years. Through a yearly robotics competition, FIRST excites students from around the world in Math, Science, Engineering and Technology. The goal of FIRST is to get students interesting in becoming engineers and scientists, rather than sport stars or rock stars. In the past couple of years FIRST has expanded to include a Lego League for intermediate school students and a Vex Robotics challenge for high school aged students. For more information about the FIRST organization, visit www.usFIRST.org. For more information about the FIRST Robotics Competition, visit http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc/.

What is Aces High?

Aces High is a FIRST Robotics team from Windsor Locks and Suffield CT. Dave Leenhouts, an engineer from Hamilton founded us in 1995 and we are now into our 11th year as at team and still going strong. Our team is comprised of students from Windsor Locks and Suffield schools and adult mentors from Hamilton Sundstrand and other local businesses. We have roughly 40 students and 25 mentors on our team. Our team is not just about robots, but we are about getting the word of FIRST out to our communities. Over the years we became widely respected through our actions and for our scrimmage we hold every year. The scrimmage takes place each year just before teams must ship their robots. For more information about our team see the pamphlet that has been attached below.