International Network Information

In an effort to bring the FIRST experience to students around the world Team 341 has developed partnerships with schools in Singapore, UK, South Africa, Denmark, and Canada.

Singapore
In April a Wissahickon HS Robotics Team member traveled to Singapore as an ambassador of our team and school. Her mission was to help establish an exchange program with Chij Secondary and Millennia Institute/Cedar Girls Secondary. This partnership will centered around the principles of FIRST.

As a result of this effort, both Singapore schools have entered in the FIRST VEX Challenge, anew initiative lead by FIRST and Radio Shack.Through a generous equipment grant from Radio Shack & FIRST, Team 341 will be mentoring these teams at the FIRST Championship Event in Atlanta, GA on April 21 st as they participate in their very first competition.Our team, school and community would like to wish our new partners the best of luck in Atlanta.

For more information about the FIRST VEX Challenge, FIRST, or Team 341 please visit these links:

http://www.usfirst.org/
http://www.usfirst.org/Vex/index.html
http://www.vexrobotics.com/
http://www.usfirst.org/Vex/vex_email.html
http://www.team341.com

Team 341 Mentors International Teams
Helping teams get started in the FIRST Robotics Competition has always been a major goal of the Wissahickon Robotics Program. Expanding this effort beyond our borders Team 341 has developed mentoring partnerships with FIRST LEGO League schools in UK, South Africa, Denmark, and Canada.
These teams are highly interested in expanding their programs to include the FIRST Robotics Competition and have called upon Team 341 forhelp. As a first step beyond email contact, Wissahickon will meet with these teams in Atlanta and teach them how to organize and operate an FRC team. A major strategy for helping these teams will include our newly developed DVD called “Team in a Box”. This comprehensive video is organized to help new teams get started in FRC. For further information on “Team in a Box” check the main page of our site .

Team 341 Helps School Children in Iraq
This year, army sergeant Ken Pedigree, a Wissahickon graduate, notified us about the conditions in Iraqi schools. We were inspired by his story to collect school supplies throughout our district. Team 341 donated an estimated 200 school supplies for Iraqi students and a total of $800 was raised overall.