(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 – Feb. 19, 2019) The Panther PRIDE Robotics competition team from Dorothy Smith Pullen Elementary School recently competed in the VEX IQ Challenge held in Greenville, Texas emerging victorious. The 6th grade team, comprised of Bronwyn Ferris and Grant Jordan, competed against other middle school teams in grades 6-8. The team won Robot Skills Champion, […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Oct. 3, 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 Joshua Sadler and team […]
(ROCKWALL ISD, TX – July 5, 2018) Full Metal Jacket students were recently recognized for earning the Presidential Service Award at a Rockwall High School’s PTA meeting. Hannah Cowgill is a junior and this is her first time to earn the award. She volunteered over 200 hours to earn the Gold Level. Aaron Smith is a senior […]
(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 […]
(HEATH, TX – March 30, 2018) For the seventh year in a row, The Black Hawk Robotics team qualified for the First Robotics Competition world championship. The Rockwall-Heath High School robotics team recently won the Rock City Regional and the Industrial Design Award in Little Rock, Arkansas. FIRST is a global organization created to inspire […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 12, 2018) The Robo Rascals (team 23310D), a 7th grade VEX EDR robotics team from Cain Middle School, won the North Texas Vex State Championship in Greenville February 24, qualifying the team to compete in the VEX Robotics World Championship in Louisville, Kentucky April 25-28. In addition to being named Tournament Champions, the Robo […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 12, 2018) The Rockwall HS Robotics team, the Full Metal Jackets, recently competed at the FIRST Dallas Regional Championship at the Irving Convention Center. The team competed against 60 teams from Texas, Oklahoma and Brazil. The team advanced to the quarterfinals of the robot competition portion of the event. They also […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 12, 2018) Hannah Cowgill, Rockwall HS Full Metal Jackets team member, recently won the FIRST Dean’s List Finalist Award at the Dallas Regional. This prestigious award was submitted by her team mentors for someone who demonstrates leadership and commitment to FIRST. Hannah will advance to the next level of competition at […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — February 27, 2018) The Rockwall/Heath High School Robotics Club demonstrated their competition robot for the Rockwall Breakfast Rotary this morning, Feb. 27. They are led by Leslie Reese and they build these robots from the ground up in six weeks for national competition. The team actually builds three robots; One is for […]