The 2016 SkillsUSA competition was loaded with impressive displays of student ingenuity and knowledge. The annual contest allows students who are pursuing CTE courses to go head-to-head with peers from other high schools. This year's winners include: Automotive Technology - Overall High School Placement 1st Place - Hunter High 2nd Place - ...
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Hunter High robotics team spends Saturday helping kids assemble toys
Members of the Hunter High robotics club lent their tech-savvy talents to help kids at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Out of the Darkness Walk at Liberty Park. The students used their unique skill set to help children assemble and decorate wooden toy kits donated by Home Depot. Several hundred children of all ages were ...
Hartvigsen robotics team earns Most Inspirational Team Award
It was the day the Robot Techs had been preparing for since the start of the school year – the regional FIRST Lego League competition at Salt Lake Community College. The team from Hartvigsen School had been learning teamwork and critical thinking skills while programming their Lego robot to complete a variety of “missions” on competition ...
Former TV battle robot gets new life on Hunter High robotics team
Life is tough when you’re a former reality television star. One minute you’re battling your competitors with mechanical weapons, the next you’re headed for a scrap heap. Luckily for RoboSapien, there’s a new opportunity to get back in the robotic limelight. As a former contestant on Comedy Central’s “BattleBots,” the machine fought in ...
Hunter High teacher selected for U.S. Air Force STEM-focused leadership program
Hunter High electronics/robotics teacher Scott Watson was one of 24 educators nationwide selected to attend the Air Force Recruiting Service’s FIRST Leadership Program. Hosted at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, the Program allowed Watson and other invited teachers to meet with senior Air Force leaders and learn how airmen execute ...
Video: Spring Lane students electrified with new LEGO robot program
A group of fifth and sixth grade students at Spring Lane Elementary are becoming robot aficionados thanks to a newly introduced program from Boeing. ...
GSD robotics team wins regional competition
More than 1,000 hours of designing, fabricating, assembling, and programming went into each robot at the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Utah Regional Competition. Teams from Granger High School, Hunter High School, Skyline High School, and the Granite Technical Institute participated in the two-day ...