What's Happening at FIRST® Long Island

Reporters stopped by the FRC at Hofstra on Friday, April 1, 2016 to share a glimpse of the high-energy event

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The schedule for the 2016 FIRST Robotics Competition has been announced:

 

Wednesday, March 30, 2016
6:00 PM-8:00PM
5 Team Reps to Load In and Set Up Pits

Thursday, March 31, 2016
7:45AM
5 Team Reps to Load In

Thursday, March 31, 2016
8:30AM
Pits, Machine Shop, Registration and Inspection Open

Thursday, March 31, 2016
9:00AM-11:00AM
Driver’s Meeting, Field Open for...

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[From left to right] Valerie Cartwright, Kara Hahn and Rob Trotta attended the grand opening of the Reboli Center for Art and History in Stony Brook [...] 

Kings Park High School students attended this year's kickoff event for the 2016 FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition, sponsored by School Business Parternships of Long Island, Inc. (SBPLI)and hosted by Stony Brook University. [...]

Will Recce, Principal, School Construction Consultants, Inc. and Board Member, School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc. (SBPLI), announced that the Seaford High School FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Team #4567 “The Phi-Kings” was the winner of this year’s musical theme contest, sponsored by WorkLife Resources, Inc. The song will be used at SBPLI’s 2016 FIRST Long Island Regional Robotics Competition (FRC), which will...

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SBPLI FIRST Long Island students, educators and parents converged on the Jacob Javits Lecture Center at Stony Brook University for the 2016 FIRST Robotics Competition Kick-Off and Game Reveal.

The Stony Brook University Jacob Javits Lecture Center was abuzz with anticipation on Saturday, January 9 as students, educators and families from across Long Island joined together for the unveiling of the 2016 FIRST® (For the Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition (FRC) “Stronghold” theme. Based on popular medieval castle-conquering and battle-strategy games, “Stronghold” involves two Alliances of three robots each on a quest to breach opponents’ defenses,...

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The 2016 season of School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc. (SBPLI)’s FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition (FRC) will kick off on January 9, 2016, at 8:30 a.m. Over 40 Long Island teams made up of high school students will gather in anticipation of learning about the forthcoming season’s robotics competition. The event will be held at the Jacob Javits Lecture...

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(SBPLI), in conjunction with FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), proudly recognizes former FIRST team 358 member Andrew Opacke as the 2015 winner of SBPLI’s Fred Breithut Scholarship.  Awarded annually to a recent high school graduate and SBPLI FIRST team member entering Farmingdale State College the SBPLI Fred Breithut Scholarship is provided for a maximum of four years, in the amount of $1,000 per semester.

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(SBPLI) announced its award winners at the 16th annual SBPLI Long Island Regional FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition at Hofstra University’s David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex in Hempstead, New York. The event was held March 26-28.

More than 2,000 students of 51 high schools from Long Island, the metropolitan New York area, upstate New York, Canada, Israel and Brazil participated in the competition. Teams received...

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School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc. (SBPLI) is inviting prospective sponsors and parents of robotics team members, as well as community groups and school personnel, to its FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Info Night. The event will take place Thursday, July 30 at 7 p.m. at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library, located at 999 Old Country Road in Plainview, New York. 

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(Kings Park, NY) — School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc. (SBPLI) has announced that two Long Island high school FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics teams won awards at the FIRST Championship, which was held on April 22-25 at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri.

Bridgehampton High School FIRST Team #5659 “Team Supreme” was one of the four Subdivision Finalists in the Carson Subdivision. Bridgehampton was the Highest Rookie...

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A members of North Shore High School FIRST Team # 3950 "RoboGym" preparing their robots during “RECYCLE RUSHsm” at School-Business Partnerships of Long Island’s 16th Annual Long Island Regional FIRST Robotics Competition on March 28 at Hofstra University’s David S. Mack Sports &...

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School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc. (SBPLI), in conjunction with FIRST®(For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), is pleased to present the Long Island Regional FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) on March 27 and 28 at Hofstra University’s David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex in Hempstead. The event begins at 8:30 a.m. on both days, with opening ceremonies.

Families and supporters from all across...

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More than 800 teenagers from Long Island and metropolitan New York-area schools converged at the Jacob Javits Lecture Center at Stony Brook University on January 3 for School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc.’s (SBPLI) kickoff of the Long Island Regional FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of...

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Will Recce, the principal of School Construction Consultants, Inc. and a board member with School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc. (SBPLI), announced that the Southold High School FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Team #870 “Team R.I.C.E.” was the winner of this year’s musical theme contest, sponsored by Work Life Resources. The song will be used at SBPLI’s 2015 Long Island RegionalFIRST® Robotics...

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On December 22, 2014, School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc. (SBPLI) received 40 boxes of tubing from FESTO Corporation in Hauppauge to be given to local robotics teams that will be taking part in SBPLI’s Long Island Regional FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition, which will be held March 26-28 at Hofstra University’s David S. Mack Sports & Exhibition Complex. The tubing will be used for the robots’ pneumatics systems...

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