About Us
Congratulations Gearaffes
for a Great 2017-2018 Season
for a Great 2017-2018 Season
The Gearaffes are a joint venture between North Moncto Technical Career Center and North Penn High School.
Our mission is to give middle school and high school students an opportunity to use their skills in science and mathematics in such a way that they become engaged and educated in STEM topics, in the hopes that they are better prepared for real life experiences, college, career endeavors.
Gearaffes is a competitive robotics team located in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. We participate in FIRST Robotics (team #5404). We are a third year team continuing to improve and aspiring to make it to the World Championship in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Our mission is to give middle school and high school students an opportunity to use their skills in science and mathematics in such a way that they become engaged and educated in STEM topics, in the hopes that they are better prepared for real life experiences, college, career endeavors.
Gearaffes is a competitive robotics team located in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. We participate in FIRST Robotics (team #5404). We are a third year team continuing to improve and aspiring to make it to the World Championship in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Our team is made up of students from 9th to 12th grade that attend either North Penn High School , one of the 3 North Penn Middle Schools, or Montco Technical Career Center which has students from Souderton, Methacton, Perkiomen Valley, and Wissahickon High Schools. Our student team members are guided by our voluntary mentors.
We have received a grant in order to partner with the North Wales Library to hold a summer program that allows us to teach middle school students about robotics. We will teach the students the basics of robotics and programming. We will use Spheros, which are robots that allow young people to experience robotics in a simple and fun way. In addition, we are planning to start a team in the First Lego League in order to introduce younger kids to the STEM topics and educate them on the basics of robotics and programming. We also plan to invite younger kids to participate in the First Tech Challenge Team at Penndale Middle School in order to give them experience in the world of robotics and prepare them to join Gearaffes.
We have received a grant in order to partner with the North Wales Library to hold a summer program that allows us to teach middle school students about robotics. We will teach the students the basics of robotics and programming. We will use Spheros, which are robots that allow young people to experience robotics in a simple and fun way. In addition, we are planning to start a team in the First Lego League in order to introduce younger kids to the STEM topics and educate them on the basics of robotics and programming. We also plan to invite younger kids to participate in the First Tech Challenge Team at Penndale Middle School in order to give them experience in the world of robotics and prepare them to join Gearaffes.
2018
- Ranked 15 out of 125 teams in the Mid Atlantic Region.
- Recipient of the 2018 Imagery Award.
- This award celebrates attractiveness in engineering and outstanding visual aesthetic integration of machine and team appearance.
- Qualified to compete in worlds championship at the Cobo Center in Detroit Michigan, amongst the Worlds Best 400 teams.
2017
1st event - Hatboro Horsham:
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2016
1st event - Springside Chestnut Hill:
During the third week of competition season the Gearaffes competed at Springtide Chestnut Hill Academy against 31 other teams. They placed in 4th and were the 3rd alliance captain making it all the way to the Semi Finals. We also received the Innovation in Control Award at this event.
2nd event - Westtown:
During the fifth week of competition season the Gearaffes competed at Westtown High School against 37 other teams. They placed in 10th and were a part of the 3rd alliance making it all the way to the Quarter Finals. We also received the Creativity Award at this event.
During the third week of competition season the Gearaffes competed at Springtide Chestnut Hill Academy against 31 other teams. They placed in 4th and were the 3rd alliance captain making it all the way to the Semi Finals. We also received the Innovation in Control Award at this event.
2nd event - Westtown:
During the fifth week of competition season the Gearaffes competed at Westtown High School against 37 other teams. They placed in 10th and were a part of the 3rd alliance making it all the way to the Quarter Finals. We also received the Creativity Award at this event.
2015
1st event - Hatboro Horsham:
During the third week of the competition season the Gearaffes competed at Hatboro Horsham High School and were awarded the prestigious "Rookie Inspiration Award" for our outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering as a rookie team, both within our school, as well as in our community.
2nd event - Upper Darby:
During the third week of the competition season the Gearaffes competed at Upper Darby High School where we were awarded the "Highest Rookie Seed Award" that celebrates the highest seeded rookie team at the conclusion of the qualifying rounds. At this event, we also won the "Rookie All-Star Award" which celebrates the rookie team exemplifying a young but strong partnership effort, as well as implementing the mission of FIRST to inspire students to learn more about science and technology.
3rd event - MAR District Championship:
Gearaffes competed at Lehigh University against 55 other teams. We were awarded the "Gracious Professionalism Award", which celebrates the team that exemplifies the core values of FIRST in their relationships with other teams. We also won the Highest Seeded Rookie Team.
Off- Season event - Duel at Delaware:
At this event we were a finalist. We finished proudly in the second place alliance while competing against 33 other teams.
During the third week of the competition season the Gearaffes competed at Hatboro Horsham High School and were awarded the prestigious "Rookie Inspiration Award" for our outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering as a rookie team, both within our school, as well as in our community.
2nd event - Upper Darby:
During the third week of the competition season the Gearaffes competed at Upper Darby High School where we were awarded the "Highest Rookie Seed Award" that celebrates the highest seeded rookie team at the conclusion of the qualifying rounds. At this event, we also won the "Rookie All-Star Award" which celebrates the rookie team exemplifying a young but strong partnership effort, as well as implementing the mission of FIRST to inspire students to learn more about science and technology.
3rd event - MAR District Championship:
Gearaffes competed at Lehigh University against 55 other teams. We were awarded the "Gracious Professionalism Award", which celebrates the team that exemplifies the core values of FIRST in their relationships with other teams. We also won the Highest Seeded Rookie Team.
Off- Season event - Duel at Delaware:
At this event we were a finalist. We finished proudly in the second place alliance while competing against 33 other teams.