Yearly Archives: 2019

The kitchen tour this year was a resounding success and even going into it off of ticket sales online, we knew the 12th annual Melrose Kitchen Tour would be a big one. Across our 12 kitchens we had dozens of avid tourists eager to see the dazzling work done on […]

Another FANTASTIC year of the Melrose Kitchen Tour!

20 Nov, 2019 in Blog by jnowik

Robotics is a team activity. Many different disciplines are needed—software, electrical, computer aided design, public relations, and more. One particular discipline involves a lot of manual and physical labor: mechanical. Working with and learning about all the heavy-duty machines calls for a capable mentor, and the Melrose High School iRaiders […]

Profiles in Mentoring: Meet Jon Rosenfeld

30 Oct, 2019 in Blog by Julianne Murthy

Come join us on Sunday November 3, 2019 from 1-5pm for a fun afternoon exploring a unique collection of recently renovated kitchens on the 12th Annual Melrose Kitchen Tour! Be inspired by interesting design and decor, chat with homeowners, contractors, designers, and architects about their kitchen project, and enjoy tasty […]

12th Annual Melrose Kitchen Tour – Get Your Tickets Now!

4 Oct, 2019 in Blog by Julianne Murthy

This is the 2018-19 Chairman’s Award Video! As a team, we all worked very hard and are proud of our great season!!

Chairman’s Award Video

15 May, 2019 in Blog / Videos by jnowik

At the Southern New England Championship at Walsh Middle School the iRaiders VEX team “C” became Tournament Champions and will go to World the Championship in Kentucky! Four middle schools seventh graders met every Wednesday for two hours in the lab at Melrose High School to build a robot that […]

VEX iRaiders “C” Team Goes to Worlds

3 Apr, 2019 in Blog by Daniel Polcari

As the end of the build season approached, the length of the meetings and the intensity increased, demanding a lot of hard work from our students. The students worked on integrating the subsystems they had worked on during the build season. The hatch intake and ball intake were combined and […]

Post Build Season Update

7 Mar, 2019 in Uncategorized by Daniel Polcari

The past week has seen us make strides in our progress on the robot. For our software team the main focus was to ensure that we had a smoothly running driving code by fixing all newly discovered bugs. We also began testing on the laser rangefinders, encoders, and the ultrasonic […]

Week 4 Update!!!

4 Feb, 2019 in Uncategorized by Daniel Polcari

For the past sixteen days the team has been working on designing, prototyping and developing ideas on how we want our robot to operate. After watching the kickoff video as a team we broke into three separate groups with the goal of figuring out what the best ways to score […]

The season begins!

22 Jan, 2019 in Uncategorized by Zach Peet

The iRaiders team was on the edge of their seats January 5th as they awaited the game details for Destination: Deep Space. The kick-off marks the beginning of the build and design season for the 2019 robotics team. The kickoff sets the scene for the game, as well as giving […]

Ready… Set… BUILD!

11 Jan, 2019 in Uncategorized by James Horne