Gitchi Gummi Get Together
Twelve students, four mentors and three parents made the journey to Duluth, where we played 19 matches and came home with a third place trophy. A good time was had by all!

Twelve students, four mentors and three parents made the journey to Duluth, where we played 19 matches and came home with a third place trophy. A good time was had by all!

At North Star, our breakneck drive team took our rigorously engineered robot all the way to finals. They played well, match after match, ending up on the 6th seed alliance. We lost – only to the first seed alliance, earning a ticket to FIRST World Championship!
Parents – we need help! We must have two adults per team in order to run the teams. Students with a parent volunteering get priority for spots on the teams. Practices are on Wednesday afternoons until mid-December. We’re particularly looking for adults who can support and focus student behavior – not technical issues. Lego training…
It’s February, and along with the days getting colder, the GRS Idea Lab is getting busier, as we’re happy to say that we’re meeting in person again! We’re building a robot. The CAD designs we started last summer are finished, and we have sent some of those parts to our sponsor, Quality Tool, to get…
On December 8th, NoMythic went to MinneTrials. This is a competition where our first years get the opportunity to build, program, and then drive the robot they created in the competition. This competition was a magical experience and it truly couldn’t have been done without all the people that helped out whether it be by…
This month, we held a Sponsor Open House. Over the course of this Open House we gave a presentation to the sponsors about our team, we gave them a tour of our shop, and they drove our robot, Eurydice, from last season. We are also preparing for a local competition called MinneTrials, taking place on…
Tuesday marked the final day of our season. We took our dinner to the park, where we played Frisbee and congratulated our about-to-graduate seniors.