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The FireWires participated in the FIRST Championship held in Houston, where they demonstrated exceptional performance throughout the week-long competition. As a result of their efforts, they were selected as the first pick for the third alliance. The team showcased their skills by winning the semi-finals in the Edison Division along with their partners 18255 High […]
Osceola, IN, March 11, 2024: FIRST Tech Challenge Team 12014 FireWires, based out ofGEARS, is excited to announce that they have qualified for the FIRST World Championship to be heldon April 17, 2024 in Houston, Texas. FireWires qualified for the World Championship by winning the robotics game at the Indiana StateChampionship which was held at […]
In early August, we began renovating a 7,000 sqft building in Osceola. A group of tradesman have donated time and talents along side our families and teammates to create this new robotics hub for the Michiana community. While the renovation will take several months to complete, it hasn’t kept our FLL and FTC teams from […]
The FIRST Core Values are: Discovery, Innovation, Impact, Inclusion, Teamwork and Fun. Over the last 8 years, GEARS has not only taught team members these values, but we have adopted them as our own guiding principles.These Core Values encourage students to be open to new ideas, learn to work together and to be persistent when […]
January Winter Break Camps – We started the year off with several different camps. First, we helped the local Boy Scouts of America Council by teaching the Robotics Merit Badge requirements at a 2-day camp at Bethel College. Then we hosted several camps that focused on robots for students in 1st-8th grade. We also hosted […]
GEARS and the Saint Joseph Health System recently announced a new partnership to excite children about becoming future health care engineers. They are hosting a four-event robotics challenge for students in grades 3 through 9. According to GEARS Director, Scott Chase, “The events will use the FIRST LEGO League Hydrodynamics field kit and will be […]
Our middle and high school aged students recently participated in two different State Championships and they won them both. Back in September, three teams formed here at GEARS to compete in the FIRST Tech Challenge. The students were challenged to design, build and program a robot within certain size constraints that could perform specific tasks […]
On Saturday, February, 11, FTC Team 9789 TOXIC competed against 31 outstanding teams at the Ohio State Championship. They were recognized with the Inspire Award, the top honor given to a team. The FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge) season started on September 10, 2016, with an International Game Kick-off. Teams gathered with 2-15 students and began […]
On Sunday, January 15, all three of our FIRST Tech Challenge teams competed in a qualifying tournament in Griffith, Indiana. This was the second competition for TOXIC and Vier Left this season and the first one for rookie team The Fire Wires. Team 9790 Vier Left took both of the top honors at the competition. […]
WSBT recently visited with FIRST LEGO League State Champions, FlufflePuffs and aired this story about their season on the news. We really appreciate WSBT taking the time to visit with the team and cover this exciting time for the students. They have worked very hard for the opportunity to represent Indiana at the World Festival in April. Enjoy […]