By MITCHELLE STEPHENSON, For The Capital
By MITCHELLE STEPHENSON, For The Capital
Capital Gazette Communications
Published
04/02/09
The Power Hawks, a robotics team based at South River High School in Edgewater, is an extracurricular activity for the 40 students who participate; however, the level of involvement is a little more intense than for other clubs.
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Faculty mentor Ryan Sackett, at right, works with a group of student members of the Power Hawks, a robotics club at South River High School. Students are, from left, Maddi Schaffer, 14, James Batterdan, 17, and Nick Dellis, 17.
During the build season, which runs from early January until early April, the team meets every weekday for three or four hours, plus both weekend days for five to seven hours each day. They meet to design and construct a robot that meets a specific set of criteria set forth by First Robotics, a national competition for high school engineering students.
Even when they aren't in competition mode, the...
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