Rockwall-Heath High School Black Hawk Robotics Rockwall, TX (April 11, 2025) – Next week, two teams from Rockwall ISD are headed to the FIRST Robotics Nationals Taking place in Houston, TX on April 16 – 19, 2025! “Black Hawk Robotics” from Rockwall-Heath High School “Full Metal Jackets” from Rockwall High School These two groups of […]
Rockwall, TX (April 7, 2023) – Team 1296, Full Metal Jackets from Rockwall High School, competed in the FIRST in Texas robotics competition in San Antonio on March 16th-18th, 2023. The team spent over 10 weeks building a robot to meet the challenge of the game FIRST released on January 7, 2023. The team and […]
ROCKWALL, TX – October 15, 2020 — It is raffle time in Rockwall! The Rockwall Robotics Booster Club, Inc. is raffling a 2020 Ford Mustang to support FRC 1296 Full Metal Jackets. The team can be seen all over Rockwall, in their orange camo pants! They are involved with several non-profit organizations including: Bikes for […]
Christian Garcia, a member of FIRST Robotics Competition Team 1296 – Full Metal Jackets and student of Rockwall High, has advanced in FIRST Dean’s List. Garcia was nominated for this prestigious award by his mentors as someone who demonstrates leadership and a commitment to FIRST. Garcia will advance to the next level of competition […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 26, 2019) Team 1296, Full Metal Jackets, of Rockwall High School attended the STEM Advocacy Conference of Texas (SACOT) and were also recognized for their work for STEM Gals by state representatives. The SACOT event, held on Feb. 18, was attended by EVP of Public Relations Hannah Cowgill, VP of Robotic […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — December 4, 2018) The Rockwall High School Robotics Team, The Full Metal Jackets, is proud to announce that they have been selected to receive a community grant from Best Buy Rockwall. Our team completed the application and essay questions for the 2018 Community Grant Application to the Best Buy Foundation. After the […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — September 6, 2018) Rockwall High School students from FRC Team 1296 the Full Metal Jackets recently attended the 2018 National Advocacy Conference in Washington D.C. to advocate for STEM funding on Capitol Hill. The conference was attended by President – Lauren Knoff, FIRST Alum – Brandon Taylor, VP of Robotics Construction – […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — July 2, 2018) Full Metal Jacket students were recognized at Rockwall High School’s PTA meeting for earning the Presidential Service Award. RHS Principal Dr. Courtney Gober presented the awards to junior Hannah Cowgill and seniors Aaron Smith and Brandon Taylor. This is Cowgill’s first time to earn the award, and she volunteered […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — September 25, 2017) It’s raffle time in Rockwall! The Full Metal Jackets FRC 1296 Booster Club is raffling a 2017 Ford Mustang to support Rockwall High School robotics. The prize is a 2017 Ford Mustang V6 Fastback and is currently on display at Rockwall Ford (990 E Interstate 30). One must be […]