York Castle High School show off their prizes for copping theWinning Alliance Award at the FIRST Tech Challenge JamaicaNational Robotics Championship held at Jamaica College recently.

Career & Education

March 7, 2020

And the winners are…

High schools shine at FIRST Tech Challenge Jamaica National Robotics Competition

HUNDREDS of students from 29 schools across the island gathered at Karl Hendrickson Auditorium last weekend, Friday and Saturday February 28 and 29, for the NCB Foundation-sponsored FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Jamaica National Robotics Competition.

At the end of the day, Calabar High School was judged the overall best performer and copped the Inspire Award, while York Castle High won the top Alliance Award. Both teams will represent Jamaica in international robotics competitions in the United States of America later this year. Calabar, along with Dean’s List honorees Nelson Cole of Dunoon Park Technical and Laurel Thomas from Immaculate Conception High School, will compete in the FIRST World Championship in Houston, Texas from April 15-18, 2020, while York Castle will journey to Laurel, Maryland, for the Maryland Technical Invitational June 19-21, 2020.

We share some highlights of the winning teams.

St Hilda’s Diocesan High School show off their robot to Dr Kasan Troupe (centre), acting chief educationofficer; Wayne Robinson (second left), acting principal of Jamaica College; and Gavin Samuels, affiliatepartner representative, FTC Jamaica

Winners of the Inspire Award — Calabar High School — with Gavin Samuels (second left), affiliatepartner representative at FTC Jamaica, and tournament director Dr Anderson (right).

St Andrew Technical High School – one of three teams to receivea Winning Alliance Award – work on their robot in preparation fora subsequent match during the FIRST Tech Challenge JamaicaNational Robotics Championship at Jamaica College.

The ladies of Convent of Mercy Academy “Alpha” went up against an all-boys’ team from FairfieldInternational Academy in a practice match at the FIRST Tech Challenge Jamaica National RoboticsChampionship.

Top Winning Alliance Award recipient York Castle High School worktogether to include final improvements on their robot during theFIRST Tech Challenge Jamaica National Robotics Championship.

And the winners are…

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