A group of Norview High School students is especially grateful to be competing in next week’s annual FIRST Robotics Competition.
The school’s robotics team has competed every year since 2006, save for the 2020-21 season because of the pandemic. This season’s six-week competition kicks off Jan. 8, and will be special for the team, which overcame several obstacles to get there.
Katherine Arroyo, director of the school’s Leadership Center for Sciences and Engineering, said the community stepped up when many of the team’s tools were stolen while the school was closed down during quarantine.
Norfolk-based startup SVT Robotics heard about the setback and provided mentorship, as well as $2,000, to the team.
“They spoke to the students as equals … There was no talking down,” Arroyo said. “Everything was very much like, ‘You’re a future engineer.’”
The FIRST competition will bring Norview’s robotics team together with students from across the region in a…
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