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Highlander Robotics Team 8033 attended the first ever Nor Cal District Championship (CANCMP) in San Francisco on April 9-12 along with 59 other teams from Northern California that qualified. This year, FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) moved from the regional model to the district model in California. We were thrilled to win Impact, the most prestigious judged award, at the San Francisco District tournament back in March. In past years, this would have secured our attendance

Advanced Robotics Open House - May 17th at 2 p.m. 7th-12th grade parents and students are invited to attend an open house on May 17th, at 2 p.m. at the Mary G. Ross Engineering Lab at Piedmont High School. Come learn about the upcoming Fall ‘26 season. We hope to see you there!

Registration is now open for the Piedmont Makers FIRST Tech Challenge Fall Season. The season runs from August through February. FTC is for grades 7-12 - Register Here Students from all across the East Bay are welcome to join. We encourage working with your friends to establish pre-formed teams before registering. We will assist in forming/finding teams for individual registrants once registration has closed. Interested in learning more? Come to our FTC Virtual Open House, 8

This morning FIRST and LEGO Education announced that they're ending their partnership after nearly 30 years. The 2026-2027 season will be the last one they do together. After that, both organizations plan to go their own way, each developing independent programs. Our Fall 2026 LEGO League season will run as planned. Registration for this fall is open ( sign up today! ) and we’re hosting a Robotics Open House on Tuesday, March 24th at 7pm for families to learn more (tell you

Interested in FIRST robotics for Fall 2026? We're hosting an open house for families to learn more about Lego League Explore (K-3) and Lego League Challenge (4th-8th). Hear from the league commissioners about Lego league, what to expect, and answer your questions. When: March 24, 7pm-8:30pm Where: Piedmont High School Alan Harvey Theater Kids and adults are welcome to join (but there's probably more Powerpoint than your Kindergartener wants to sit through 😉) Learn more and r

What a season! The East Bay Hills FTC League wrapped up with a fantastic tournament on February 1st at Piedmont Middle School, bringing together 15 teams for a full day of competition, collaboration, and DECODE robot action. We're thrilled to announce that three teams from our league have advanced to Regionals: 3470 - The Patriots, 21419 - The Circuit Breakers, 16278 - Error 404: Team Not Found. Congratulations! A heartfelt thank you to the coaches, volunteers, and parents wh

You’re invited! Our first tournament is the San Francisco District, March 14-15, at St. Ignatius College Prep, 2002 37th Avenue, San Francisco. With our first competition of the season upon us, all hands have been on deck at our lab and practice field getting our competition robot Wisp ready for the Rebuilt season! Software Vice Captain Athena helps Vivie make a fix. Just a few spots left in our summer camps! Register at FRC8033.com FRC Scrimmage: We hosted our first FRC s

Join Piedmont Makers for a fun, hands-on maker event for kids and families. At this pop-up maker space, kids can explore building and creativity through hands-on maker activities, including a guided mini project where kids build something they can take home , plus a sample of other maker projects and materials for exploration and experimentation. This event is also a chance to learn about the upcoming Piedmont School Maker Faire in May and how students can plan, build, & e

Registration is now open for the Piedmont Makers FIRST Lego League Fall Season for students K-12. The season runs from August through December and more information can be found at https://www.piedmontmakers.org/robotics . Students from all across the East Bay are welcome to join. We encourage working with your friends to establish pre-formed teams before registering. We will assist in forming/finding teams for individual registrants once registration has closed. First time an

by 8033 Team Member Oren Grochowski Build Season Week 5! Our 2026 robot is almost fully assembled, with all our hardware groups working long days to meet their deadline this week. Our software team is making great progress using our Alpha Bot while they wait for the competition bot. This week the mechanical team will pass along the competition bot for software to “Bring Up” which means essentially to turn it on, but for us it is like the bot taking its first breath! Our fi

Registration is now open for 2 different STEAM summer camps: FIRST Lego League Champs Academy (Rising 5th-7th graders) Sign up for a new summer camp for experienced FIRST Lego League–Challenge (FLL-C) kids! Highlander Robotics software team members will teach advanced robotics concepts including the engineering method, mechanism design, path following with sensors and gyros, and debugging. We will be teaching in Spike Prime. All campers should have at least one season of FLL-

Save the Date! 12th Annual Piedmont School Maker Faire is Sunday, May 17th from 11am–3pm on the PHS campus. For twelve years, the Piedmont School Maker Faire has been the place where builders, tinkerers, artists, and inventors show the community what they've been working on. This year, we want to see your project. Our " Call for Makers " is officially open. Students, parents, educators, hobbyists - if you've made (or want to make!) something cool, weird, beautiful, or just