History

Montclair Robotics, FRC team 555 was founded in 2001 and was the original FIRST team in Montclair, New Jersey. Today it is joined with many other teams including an FTC teams, three FLL teams and one JFLL team. Based out of the Montclair High School Autoshop, Team 555 has brought home an array of awards over it's 9 years of excellence.
Mentors:
  • 2001-2004: Mr. Lebida, Mr. Park, Mr. Inglis
  • 2004-2005: Teddy, Mr. B
  • 2005-2008: Ms. Dituri, Jim Hobin, Mr. B
  • 2008-2011: Ms. Petrigliano, Mr. B, Mr. Altunkaya
Awards:
  • 2010 New York Regional Coopertition Award
  • 2009 New York Regional Semifinalists
  • 2008 New York Regional Winners
  • 2007 Denver Regional Winners
  • 2005 Arizona Regional Winners
  • 2005 New York City Regional Web Site Award
  • 2005 New York City Regional Johnson and Johnson Sportsmanship Award
  • 2005 New York City Regional Finalist
  • 2005 National Johnson and Johnson Sportsmanship Award
  • 2004 New York City Regional Judges Award Saturday

Quick Facts

Location: Montclair, NJ

Team Size: 19 Students, 3 Mentors

Rookie Year: 2001

Team Motto: Don't worry, it's only temporary... unless it works and actually passes inspection.

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Upcoming Events

Kick-Off @ NJIT

January 8, 2011

NJ Regional @ Sovereign Bank

March 3-5, 2011

NY Regional @ Javits Center

March 11-13, 2011

Calendar

FIRST

FIRST is an acronym for "For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology". FIRST organizes a wide variety of robotics competitions, ranging from Legos to 120 pound, 5 foot tall robots. FIRST promotes a collaborative and professional environment among its many teams and teammates, and encourages help from engineers and mentors from a range of professional backgrounds.

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Our Sponsors

We are very thankful to our sponsors:
  • Montclair Board of Education
  • Josh and Judy Weston
  • Montclair High School MFEE
  • Metal Cutting Corporation
  • Studio 042
  • Memory Arts LLC
  • Montclair Society of Engineers
  • Montclair Learning Center
Parental Support:
Special thanks to all of the parents involved in supporting our team.

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