James Horne

Team 2713 Red Hawk Robotics from Melrose High School attended the New England District Greater Boston and Pine Tree events this past month and has qualified to attend the District championship in Springfield, MA during the first weekend of April. Looking to continue their success, the team spent two months […]

Red Hawk Robotics Qualifies for New England District Champs!

28 Mar, 2025 in Blog by James Horne

By: Violeta Rechea On December 7, the MHS Red Hawk Robotics Team hosted their annual FLL (First Lego League) competition, dubbed “The Red Hawk Rumble”. Thirty regional teams of elementary and middle school students descended on MVMMS to show off their talents. Within these 30 teams were 6 Melrose […]

MHS Red Hawk Robotics hosts Lego State Qualifier

18 Jan, 2025 in Blog by James Horne

In their 2nd District Event of the 2024 season, Melrose High’s Red Hawk Robotics Team competed just down the road at Revere High School, at the FIRST Robotics Competition Greater Boston Event. The team’s skill and dedication allowed them to lock their qualification for the New England District Championship, held […]

Red Hawk Robotics Lock New England Championship Qualification

5 Apr, 2024 in Blog tagged FIRST Robotics Competition / FRC 2713 / NEFIRST / NEFIRST GBOS / Red Hawk Robotics by James Horne

On December 2nd, Melrose Middle School FLL team the “Fire Frogs” earned a second place overall finish at the Red Hawk Rumble, the Melrose qualifier event, as the team that was best at both their innovation project as well as their robot performance. The project was judged in a 30 […]

Melrose FireFrogs advance to State Finals

5 Feb, 2024 in Blog by James Horne

March 24th – 26thBy: James Horne & Hannah Haseltime The Red Hawk Robotics team flew to the top of the qualifying matches, finishing second in a field of thirty-nine New England teams. The team also won the Judges Award, which recognizes one team at the event who delivered overall program […]

Red Hawk Robotics finish in 2nd place at Greater Boston ...

7 Apr, 2023 in Blog by James Horne

Written by Sabrina Germain On March 4th and 5th, Melrose High’s Red Hawk Robotics team competed in the Week 1 Competition at Bridgewater highschool. With a rocky start, the team was skeptical of their odds of placing high. Thanks to their consistent scouting, a method of data analysis to pick […]

Red Hawk Robotics makes team history at Week One competition!

18 Mar, 2023 in Blog by James Horne

Three Melrose Teams won awards at the Melrose Rumble on December 3rd On Dec 3, 2022 The Red Hawks Robotics held their 9th Annual Raiders Rumble. Kids ranging from 4th to 8th Graders from all around Eastern MA. competing for a spot at the Massachusetts States Competition being held on December […]

CHILDREN IN STEM, CREATING AND RETHINKING HOW ENERGY WORKS

17 Dec, 2022 in Blog by James Horne

Melrose iRaiders will be hosting an open house on Saturday June 11th from 9:00 AM to noon in the Marcoux Gym Where: Marcoux Gym When: 9:00AM – noon What: Exhibition of Melrose Robotics Programs in Grades 4-12 featuring live demonstrations, chance to meet coaching staff to ask questions and signup […]

Melrose Robotics Open House and Fall Signup June 11th

30 May, 2022 in Blog by James Horne

Whether you’re in grades 4-12 now is the time to signup for our fall robotics programs. First Lego League (FLL) for grades 4-6 VEX for grades 7-12 First Robot Competition grades 9-12

Fall Signup for 2023 Melrose Robotics

30 May, 2022 in Blog by James Horne

By Ruth Saenz, MHS student The arena is filled with a cheering crowd. Everyone is adorned in their team’s color. All are waiting for the six teams to compete in their final match. The red alliance versus the blue alliance: who will win? Robots rush across the field shooting as […]