History

Establishment

The FIRST Robotics Program was introduced to Newton High School in 2001. Soon after, a team was constructed from about 13 students who had submitted applications. These students along with a few mentors designed and built a robot that was used to compete in the FIRST regional in St. Louis, Missouri. Since then, the robotics program has grown in both experience and members, continuing to prepare students for the technological industry.

Community Involvement

Every summer we host our annual Summer LEGO Camp for ages 8-12 years old. They spend a week designing, building and programming a LEGO robot. On the last day we invite friends and family where the students participate in an exciting competition between all of the teams.

Competition

Our team has designed robots for games similar to NASCAR, basketball, soccer, and more. We have competed in Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Colorado, Missouri, and Texas Regionals, as well as Atlanta Nationals!

Team 935 has won eight regional competitions from when we started:

2005 Denver Regional
2006 Denver Regional
2007 Kansas City Regional
2010 Oklahoma City Regional
2011 Oklahoma City Regional
2012 Dallas Regional
2017 Hub City Regional
2019 Heartland Regional

We have participated in Nationals at:

2003 Houston, TX
2006 Atlanta, GA
2007 Atlanta, GA
2011 St. Louis, MO

Our Team

Besides the goal of winning awards and recognition in our competition skills, design, website, business plan, the team strives to place learning first and foremost. Each year, Team 935’s mentors and sponsors support us because they enjoy watching us succeed and learn the nuts and bolts (literally) of how a robot goes together. Most of our mentors are past members of the RaileRobotics team, and return for the late nights because they appreciated the experience they’ve been given by RaileRobotics – not to mention they are addicted to the thrill of build season.