Buzz had a great time participating at our schools annual pep rally. We had students from each grade compete to catch notes that were being shot from our robot. Overall it was a lot of fun.

On September 28th, 2024, we attended the Allied's Fall Festival hosted by the Allied Community Programs. We showed off our robot and had a blast meeting families, talking to the community and playing catch with the kids.

On July 9th, 2024, Buzz Robotics mentors and students marched in the Enfield parade along with Optimus Rhyme. Our goal was to show off our robot to the Enfield community, especially interested kids. Additionally, it was an opportunity for our team to interest potential sponsors.

Some Buzz students and mentors went to the Enfield Board of Education meeting to present about the team. We shared what we do and how we function as a team. We also gave some insight on FIRST and all we have accomplished this year.

The video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8LuztdxPhs&t=1674s 

Buzz had a great time volunteering at the 2024 Western New England District Event. Students and mentors had roles from judges, queuers, and even audio/visual attendants. We loved helping out, working with all the teams and supporting a local event. 

Every year at EHS in the spring, a Program of Studies night is held to show incoming freshmen what clubs, activities, and courses are available at the high school. The students can bring their families and ask if Buzz would be right for them. The robot is always a hit to grab the attention of the students and parents!

On January 24th, 2024, our high school got to have a pep rally sponsored by dunkin'. Our robot, Davis got to participate in a free throw contest against one of our basketball players. We even had a surprise visit from Paige Bueckers from the women UConn basketball team.

On December 19th, 2023, we got invited by team 2170, the Galvanised Guardians, to go show off our robot to all the families and hockey fans at the XL Center. We had a great time letting the kids and mascots shoot and catch the balls before the game.

On December 9th, 2023, a couple of students and mentors volunteered at the FIRST Lego League State Championship. We had roles from queuers, judges, judging assistants and practice field helpers. We had a blast interacting with the younger kids and cant wait to see what they bring to the future of FIRST. 

On December 2nd, 2023, a few students and mentors volunteered at University Day held at UConn. Our students presented on the importance of documentation and how to utilise it in FIRST. They also had the chance to go around and see other speakers and learn other helpful information when in come to a FIRST robotics team.

On October 27th, 2023, Buzz Robotics ran a demo at the Enfield Annex where we demonstrated the robot to interested families during the Enfield Library Book Sale. Kids were able to interact with the robot during the demonstration and got to learn how it works. To make this possible, we partnered with the Friends of the Library.

During the Enfield Family Day event on September 17th, 2023, Buzz Robotics set up a booth where students showcased one of our robots. This allowed interested families to interact with Davis and get a preview of robotics. In addition, we reached out to potential sponsors during the event.

On July 8th, 2023, Buzz Robotics mentors and students marched in the Enfield parade along with Meatball II. Our goal was to show off our robot to the Enfield community, especially interested kids. Additionally, it was an opportunity for our team to interest potential sponsors.

On July 1st, 2023 Buzz Robotics students and mentors went to Shaker Pines Lake to participate in their neighborhood parade. The team brought our 2023 robot, Meatball II, with us for the march to show it to the local community.  Additionally, the Buzz team won a prize for the most original presentation!

As a team, we showed off Davis to the town of Enfield during Family Day on the town green. Many families got to see Davis in action and many children participated by feeding Davis cargo so we could show the robot off. 

We showed off Davis at the Shaker Pines block party to the residents in and around Shaker Pines. We had many demos of Davis as well as getting some free ice cream. The children loved being involved and seeing a robot in action.

We showed off our team as well as Davis during our town-wide 4th of July parade. We decorated our float, brought awareness of our team to the town, and even got in some good exercise!

Some Buzz students and mentors went to the Enfield Board of Education meeting to present about the team. We shared what we do and how we function as a team. We also gave some insight on FIRST and how we overcame some of the challenges we faced. 

The video can be found here: https://youtu.be/LUieCisjBtA?t=67 

We hosed University Day at our school for surrounding FIRST teams of all levels. We had many guest speakers and presentations on many things from how to complete your robot on time to how to use FIRST in your college application process.  

The 8th graders from JFK Middle School come to EHS to see what fun things we have to offer. Buzz gave a presentation about the team and what we do so students had the opportunity to decide if they want to get involved!

Soon after we finished the competition season, we held our annual Buzz Robotics food drive to support the Enfield Food Shelf. The food drive was headed up by one of our seniors. In addition to having collection boxes at the school, we also held a food collection at Shaker Pines Lake.

Students volunteered at Hartford High School to set up the field for the Hartford District Event. Students learned how to build an FRC field and the components involved in operating a FIRST Competition. 

Several team members helped out at the Springfield Qualifiers FIRST Lego league competition. Four of our mentors helped with judging which helped decide which teams received awards. We also had students participate at 

In early 2020, some of our team members went to volunteer at the 2020 Waterbury FRC District Event. Our team's volunteers worked as field re-setters, practice field attendants, dean's list judges, and safety glasses attendants to help the event run smoothly. 

Annually, after a UCONN game is played, Buzz goes to clean up the Rentschler Field Stadium. The team works together to remove trash from the stadium and have fun in the company of teammates along the way.   

This year in February, some of our team members got to volunteer at a local FTC Regional Competition at Windsor High School. Our team took up roles as judges, queuers, and field re-setters at the event. 

Right after school started this year, Buzz was asked to walk in a parade on the Big E Fairground to show off our team spirit and robot to the crowd. We enjoyed hearing the tech-positive cheers from the crowd!

In 2019, some of our team members and mentors went to volunteer at the 2019 Western New England FRC District Event. It was hard work but  a great opportunity to understand the game better!

Right before school started in August of 2019, a few representatives from our team went to demonstrate our 2019 robot to the incoming freshman to catch the attention of possible team members, and to talk to them about what Buzz has to offer to new students looking to get involved in something.

In fall of 2019, Buzz and the Electric Eagles (our school's FTC team) went to visit an FLL team at a local middle school in our town. We helped them get comfortable presenting their script, looked over their programming, and talked to them about high school robotics.

Before summer of 2019, Buzz had the opportunity to visit a local elementary school to demonstrate our robot, answer questions and inspire children to look into FIRST programs. The kids really enjoyed playing catch with our robot!

Close to our trip to Hazardville Memorial, Buzz got to visit another local elementary school to give a presentation, answer questions, and get the children curious about STEM. Cargo makes an excellent attention-getter!

Buzz had the opportunity to visit Six Flags New England in 2019 to demonstrate our 2019 robot to the park-goers. The team got to take pictures with some super heroes and villains and even got to ride one of the new roller coasters!

In the summer of 2018, some team members went to demonstrate the 2018 Buzz Robot, "Buzz 24" from the Power Up game at the Westover Air Show in Chicopee, Massachusetts. We showed off along with a few other teams to spread the message of STEM.

When the New England Association of Schools and Colleges came on an accreditation visit to our school, Buzz was more than happy to talk about the program to the visitors and demonstrate our 2018 robot!