About Our Team

Made possible due to a partnership between:

New Heights
New Heights mission is to unleash the individual and collective potential of today’s youth by offering experiential learning opportunities through:
- Exploration of their culture, community and natural environment;
- Expression of their unique talents, ideas, and creativity;
- Engagement in science, technology, arts and outdoor learning.

Portsmouth High School
"The purpose of the Portsmouth Schools is to educate all students by challenging them to become thinking, responsible, contributing citizens who continue to learn throughout their lives."
Team History
FIRST Stronghold – 2016
FIRST Steamworks – 2017
In our second year we attended the Granite State and Southern NH competitions. Our robot BEOM competed in all of his wooden glory. Although we were not the best team out there, we learned a lot this year. Our first couple matches were a little rocky but after some slight alterations to our robot we improved greatly. We also expanded our community outreach, participating in many new events and winning the Team Spirit award.
FIRST Power Up – 2018
In our third year we attended the Granite State and UNH competitions. Our robot RIBBIT competed fiercely while trying not to tip over. He taught us a lot about how we should (and shouldn’t) build our bot in the next few years. Our business team continued to expand our community outreach and won our team the Team Spirit award for the second year in a row.
Awards
2016
UNH District – Rookie All-Star Award
Pine Tree District – Rookie Inspiration Award
2017
Granite State Event – Team Spirit Award
2018
Granite State Event – Team Spirit Award
Students

Elisa
Team Captain, Senior

Max
Team Captain, Junior

Donovan
Sophomore

Kai
Sophomore

Aaron
Team Captain, Senior

Scarlett
Team Captain, Junior

Aidan
Sophomore

Colin
Senior

Sam
Senior

Maya
Team Captain, Senior

Declan
Junior

Kelly
Sophomore

Isabel
Sophomore
Mentors

Wayne Moulton
New Heights STEM Coordinator

Mr. MacCannell
Analog Devices

Nat Morgan
New Heights Programming Staff
Gordon Reynolds
PHS Programming Teacher

Michelle Holzman
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Nuclear Engineer