NE District Granite State Event
February 29th, 2024 to March 2nd, 2024
44 Geremonty Drive,
Salem, NH, USA
Event Countdown
365d
24h
60m
60s
Welcome to the 2024 Granite State District Event!
The GSD planning committee is elated to host 35 teams from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, and Vermont at Salem High School here in Salem, New Hampshire. Home to extensive granite formations, the White Mountains, and the birthplace of FIRST Robotics, New Hampshire is a wonderful setting to showcase the tenets of the FIRST program. Our committee has been working hard to bring you a safe and fun-filled weekend of intense robot competition with this year's arts-inspired season, and we can't wait to see what you have created!
You can read more about the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) and the 2023-2024 season (Crescendo) below.
TEAMS: You will also find lots of information specific to the GSD District Event in this collection of webpages. Please use these resources as references for our competition and your visit to Salem.
Good luck to all participating teams, and see you soon in Salem!
Directions:
Salem High School is located at 44 Geremonty Drive, Salem, NH 03079. See above for a map of the area around the building.
From Boston
From I-93 North, take exit 1 toward NH-28/NH-38/Salem. Follow Rockingham Park Blvd for about a mile and a half and then turn left onto Geremonty Drive. The school should be on your left about half a mile down the road.
From Manchester, NH
Take I-93 South to exit 1 toward NH-28/NH-38/Salem. Follow Rockingham Park Blvd for about a mile and a half and then turn left onto Geremonty Drive. The school should be on your left about half a mile down the road.
From Portsmouth, NH
From I-95 South, take I-495 South to exit 49-50 toward Haverhill/Salem NH. Make a right onto Broadway and follow the road for about 5 miles and then make a left onto Geremonty Drive. The school should be on your right after a third of a mile.
Visitor Information:
We love to have visitors at our events, and we would like for them to stay safe while enjoying the atmosphere of the competition!
Please remind visitors attending the event that they must wear closed-toe & closed-back shoes AND safety glasses when visiting the pits. If you or your team has extra safety glasses, consider bringing them for visitors or the general public! Extra safety glasses can also be found at the Pit Administration table.
Children under the age of twelve (12) must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
There is absolutely no food or drinks, except water, allowed in the gym or the performing arts center, per the school’s rules.
Please remember to stay within the designated open areas in the building and not venture into curtained- or roped-off areas.
All parties should be informed that robots have the "right of way” in our pits, and that being aware of your surroundings at all times is critically important.
NE FIRST continues to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on our programs in New England. Visitors, volunteers and teams may choose to wear masks at any time, but they are not required. As always, if you are sick or experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, please stay home and take care of yourself!
FIRST Robotics Competition
Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology.
"We call FIRST Robotics Competition the ultimate Sport for the Mind. High-school student participants call it 'the hardest fun you’ll ever have.'
Under strict rules, limited time and resources, teams of students are challenged to raise funds, design a team 'brand,' hone teamwork skills, and build and program industrial-size robots to play a difficult field game against like-minded competitors. It’s as close to real-world engineering as a student can get. Volunteer professional mentors lend their time and talents to guide each team. "(via FIRSTInspires.org)
Crescendo: 2023/2024 Season
This year's game for FRC - Crescendo - celebrates "the roles our [STEAM] skills play in the arts and design". It encourages students through project-based, hands-on learning to work collaboratively, practicing skills such as engineering and coding in engaging, inclusive, and creative learning environments while highlighting potential STEAM career paths for alumni. This inspires students to get involved in "creating" their own future through curiosity, teamwork, and creativity.
"Teams will use their STEM skills and creative power to turn up the volume as they design, build, and program their robots for action-packed game play. Watch the game animation [to the right] to inspire ideas!" . (via FIRSTInspires.org)
Thank you to our sponsors
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