SeaPerch Season Ends with Competition at RPI
SeaPerch season ends this month at the Regional competition held at RPI. SMIST had four teams compete: Space Force, The Wax Ductape,...
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S. Meaney and P. Larrabee
- Mar 10, 2019
- 1 min
System Override Wraps Up Another Season
On Saturday, January 19th, 2019, the Albany Academy for Girls hosted the 2019 FTC Challenge Competition. System Override came in at 7th...
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L. Meaney
- Dec 10, 2018
- 1 min
System Override Gears Up For A New First Tech Challenge Season
The FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) robotics competition is off to a flying start! For a second year in a row, SMIST is sponsoring a team....
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Admin
- Oct 17, 2018
- 1 min
Getting Ready to Go "Into Orbit"
The Schoharie Mohawk Initiative for Science and Technology (SMIST) FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL) teams are working hard on this year’s theme...
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Admin
- Jan 18, 2018
- 1 min
Congratulations to Team "System Override"
Congratulations to our first-ever FTC team, "System Override," for competing in the FTC qualifying tournament and advancing to the...
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Admin
- Jun 23, 2017
- 1 min
Co-Director of Communications Katie Bellegarde receives SPOT award
Congratulations for our Co-Director of Communications, Katie Bellegarde for receiving a SPOT Award for her leadership of the 2017...
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The Daily Gazette
- May 3, 2017
- 2 min
Science Center Planned for Duanesburg
DELANSON -- Plans to build a science and technology center next to the Duanesburg YMCA will be discussed at a meeting Thursday evening at...
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Admin
- Apr 24, 2017
- 1 min
SeaPerch Competition
Our 2017 SeaPerch season ended on Saturday, April 8th with the regional competition at Union College. Forty-nine teams of 2-4 students...
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Admin
- Feb 11, 2017
- 1 min
STEAM Night 2017
We had a great time at the fifth annual STEAM, held at the Schoharie Elementary School, where students from both Duanesburg and Schoharie...
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Admin
- Dec 28, 2016
- 1 min
FLL Save the Bees Project
This video was created by one of our FIRST LEGO League (FLL) teams, Flying Robot Chickens. It talks about the importance of flowers and...
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Admin
- Nov 7, 2016
- 1 min
Science Fun Day at the YMCA
Our Science Fun Day, sponsored in cooperation with the Society of Women Engineers, took place this weekend at the Duanesburg YMCA. ...
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Admin
- Sep 5, 2016
- 1 min
Rube Goldberg Machines
Our summer program wrapped up last week with our littleBits class. This year, students were challenged to create Rube Goldberg machines...
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Admin
- Aug 27, 2016
- 1 min
Troy Mini Maker Faire
We had a great time at the Troy Mini Maker Faire, which took place this weekend at the Tech Valley Center of Gravity makerspace and...
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Admin
- May 13, 2016
- 1 min
SeaPerch Competition
Our 2016 SeaPerch season ended on Thursday with the regional competition at the Duanesburg YMCA. Twenty-one teams of 2-4 students in...
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Admin
- Apr 22, 2016
- 1 min
Duanesburg/Schoharie Science Fair
We had a great time at the science fair last night. Students from Duanesburg and Schoharie had fun viewing bugs, presenting their...
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Admin
- Apr 22, 2016
- 1 min
FLL Teams visit with Assemblyman Santabarbara
Our FIRST LEGO League teams got to visit with Assemblyman Santabarbara last week. Both the "Purple Flying LEGO People" team and the...
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Admin
- Apr 13, 2016
- 1 min
Founding Members Receive Albert E. Kakretz Award
Congratulations to our very own Walt Silva, Jimmy Burns, Aaron Heller and Demarcus Hamm for receiving this year's Albert E. Kakretz Award!...
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Admin
- Apr 4, 2016
- 1 min
Dine-to-Donate at Recovery Sports Grill
Come join us this Thursday for Dine-to-Donate at the Recovery Sports Grill in Guilderland, NY. Enjoy a great meal and support our...
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Admin
- Feb 6, 2016
- 1 min
STEAM Night at the Schoharie Central School
There was lots to explore at the Fourth Annual STEAM night, held yesterday at the Schoharie Central School. The Initiative was proud to...
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Admin
- Nov 13, 2015
- 2 min
FLL Field Trip to County Waste
LEGO League students got a chance to do a little research on this year's FLL challenge topic when they visited the County Waste facility...
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