Author Archives: M Steep

FRC 7659 has had an eventful 2021-2022. Here is a recap of all the events we have hosted and participated in this year. In October 2021 we had our first event: Engineering Career night! We heard from those who are currently working in the engineering field. Though the event was online our audience was fromContinue reading “End of Year Recap”

After nearly 29 months since our last in-person competition, FRC Team 7659 HNMCS Robotics has finally returned to the playing field! On Sunday, March 6th, 2022, Team 7659 attended Day 2 of the Humber College District Event, along with 16 other teams from across Ontario. The drive team, consisting of four students ranging from grContinue reading “Humber College”

The time has come for our 2022 season robot reveal! See below for the video and do not forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel FRC 7659 HNMCS Robotics.

Build season has officially begun! After collaboratively designing a plan and earning safety badges work for the robot has begun. After 5 hours of CNCing at KTool, our climbing hook was cut. Here are some other photos from the build season. Some other highlights from building so far were that our grade 9’s were ableContinue reading “Build Update”

On Saturday, January 8, 2022, Team 7659 met virtually to celebrate the start of the 2022 competitive season! While the team initially planned to meet in person due to COVID restrictions, this was not possible. The theme for this season was Rapid React. The session began with a definition of kickoff and FIRST terminology forContinue reading “Kickoff 2022”

The fourth annual business brunch was a huge success where HNMCS Robotics in collaboration with Orbit Robotics hosted over 40 youth from grades 7 to 12 on Saturday 27 November, 2021. Business Brunch is an interactive event where graduates with connections to business careers speak with students to discuss their unique pathways to a careerContinue reading “Business Brunch”

Engineering Career Night is a great opportunity for students to meet with recent graduates and experts in the engineering field to learn about their education, work, career, and their experience.  This year, we invited Tanya Parrag, a chemical engineer, Kim von Eicken, a civil engineer,  Darian Petrisca, an environmental engineer, Hilbert Li, a manufacturing engineer,Continue reading “Engineering Career Night”

Over the span of three weeks, every Saturday youth were able to learn and create projects on a program called Scratch. Scratch is a high-level block-based website-based visual programming language targeted at children ages 8-16 years old.  Youth from Holy Name of Mary College school and the greater Toronto area were able to participate inContinue reading “DropIN Coding”

This month, HNMCS Robotics was able to make an appearance on an episode of FIRST Canada LIVE!. On November 9, Sally J ‘23 and Sofia A ‘23 joined FIRST Canada to discuss some initiatives that HNMCS Robotics has led over the past few years as well as the power of outreach. During the episode, SofiaContinue reading “FIRST Canada Live!”