As part of our ongoing mission to reach out to the community, the K-Island Gears public relations team has kept the team within the focus of the local media.

 

Aim High - 2006

• "TI Students to take part in FIRST Robotics" -November 2005

  • Taking pieces of metal, building a remote-controlled robot, and mastering its operation...

• "NASA to Sponsor TI Robotics Team" - November 2005

  • The K-Island Gears, the newly formed FIRST Robotics team at Thousand Islands School District, has received a grant from NASA...

• "Gears Ready to Build" - January 2006

  • Thousand Islands robotics team #1713 is gearing up to build its robot...

• "Ready to Roll" - January 2006

  • Tuesday afternoon, K-Island Gears robotics team had its Kick-Off celebration for the FIRST robotics competition...

• "FIRST Robotics News" - January 2006 (Thousand Islands District Newsletter)

  • In grades 8 through 12, students have been invited to participate in a program new to our school, FIRST robotics.

• "Robotics Presentation by K-Island Gears" - February 2006

  • Student team leader, Stanley Bach III delivered a brief presentation to the Thousand Islands Board of Education on the school's FIRST robotics team...

• "K-Island Gears Report Progress" - February 2006

  • The K-Island Gears at Thousand Islands High School tech team has completed the design of the frame, drive train, and door flap...

• "Meet 'Owen' the Robot" - February 2006

  • The FIRST robotics team of Thousand Islands Central School will present Owen the robot on February 16 at 7 pm at the middle school/high school auditorium...

• "Robot is Redesigned" - February 2006

  • On Friday, February 17, Craig Freitag and James Hasner took Owen the robot to New York Air Brake to weigh him...

• "K-Island Gears" - February 2006

  • The K-Island Gears and the engineers from New York Air Brake have progressed by leaps and bounds this past week...

• "End Season" - March 2006 (Currently Unavailable)

Rack & Roll - 2007

• "Team Ready to Compete" - November 2006 (Currently unavailable)

• "K-Island Gears" - December 2006

  • Last March, Thousand Islands FIRST won the Rookie All-Star Award with their robot Owen...

• "K-Island Gears- 'Building Success" - December 2006

  • The K-Island Gears are off to a great start for the building season...

• "K-Island Gears Tour New York Air Brake, View New Game" - January 2007

  • On January 3, 15 members of the Thousand Islands High School K-Island Gears Robotics team #1713 were hosted by New York Air Brake and given a tour of its facilities...

• "K-Island Gears Report Building Progress" - January 2007

  • The third week of building the K-Island Gears robot has ended...

• "K-Island Gears Up for Games" - February 2007 (Watertown Daily Times)

  • Technology room 209 inside Thousand Islands High School is busy from 7:30 am to 11:00 pm during the school week...

• "K-Island-Gears Reach Out" - February 2007

  • Thousand Island's K-Island Gears are rapidly progressing on the building of their robot for this year's FIRST Robotics Competition...

• "Robot Season Complete" - February 2007

  • Building season 2 for the K-Island Gears Robotics Team is complete...

• "Gears Head to Competition" - March 2007

  • Thirty-six students and six teachers from Thousand Islands High School, as well as five engineers from New York Air Brake, will be traveling to Rochester to attend the FIRST Robotics Finger Lakes Regionals, on March 8...

• "Rare Club Builds Robot - 3/6/07  (video, WWNY News)

• "Robotics Club" - 3/13/07 (video, WWNY News)

• "K-Island Gears take First at Finger Lakes Regional" - March 2007

  • The Thousand Islands High School K-Island Gears robotics team and "Poco" came home with the first place trophy from the Finger Lakes Regional Competition held at RIT this past weekend...

• "T.I. Robotics Team Wins Competition" - March 2007 (Currently unavailable)

• "Flapjack Breakfast to Benefit Robotics Team" - March 2007

  • TI High School Robotics team was the champion of the Finger Lakes Regional Competition, held at RIT on March 10...

• "K-Island Gears have Georgia on their Mind" - March 2007

  • After a first place win at the Finger Lakes Regional Competition on March 10, the K-Island Gears have been turning their wheels at full speed...

• "National Competition" - April 2007

  • Headed to National Competition is the K-Island Gears robotics team...

Kick it into Gear - 2008

• "K-Island Gears in Overdrive" - January 2008

  • The K-Island Gears of Thousand Islands High School are at it again...