HISTORY

The Beginning

The LRHSD schools began fiercely united as Team 1647, the Iron Devils. Then in 2009, a Storm was stirred and this Lenape/Cherokee coalition began, accommodating even more in-district students passionate about robotics. In 2022, a Storm swelled again and two new teams emerged: Cherokee Charge 2722 and Lenape Red Watch 2720.


This rookie year robot was named Stormy, complete with a floor intake, turret, and hooded shooter. It all began in a Cherokee woodshop, 80 students, 5 teachers, and 3 Lockheed Martin volunteers. The "Gear of Death" turret is still on display around the wall clock in Jim Hessler's old classroom, Room A203, at Lenape High School.



ACHIEVEMENTS

2021

FMA District

    • Chairman's Award

FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship

    • Chairman's Award

2020

FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event

    • Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors

    • Dean's List Finalist - Lauren Miro

2019

FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship

    • Woodie Flowers Finalist Award - Mr. Nate Knauss

FMA District Seneca Event

    • Team Spirit Award sponsored by FCA Foundation

FMA District Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event

    • Judges' Award

2018

Daly Division

    • Gracious Professionalism Award sponsored by Johnson & Johnson

FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship

    • Regional Engineering Inspiration Award

MAR District Seneca Event

    • Innovation in Control Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation

MAR District Westtown Event

    • District Engineering Inspiration Award

2017

FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship sponsored by Johnson & Johnson

    • FIRST Dean's List Finalist Award (Liam Anthony)

MAR District - Seneca Event

    • Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers

MAR District - Westtown Event

    • Team Spirit Award sponsored by FCA Foundation

2016

MAR District - Seneca Event

    • Gracious Professionalism Award sponsored by Johnson & Johnson

MAR District - Hatboro-Horsham Event

    • Team Spirit Award sponsored by FCA Foundation

2015

MAR District - Seneca Event

    • District Engineering Inspiration Award

MAR District - Hatboro-Horsham Event

    • Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers

2014

MAR FIRST Robotics Lenape-Seneca District Competition

    • Gracious Professionalism Award sponsored by Johnson & Johnson

MAR FIRST Robotics Hatboro-Horsham District Competition

    • Innovation in Control Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation

2013

Mid-Atlantic Robotics FRC Region Championship

    • Regional Winners

Lenape Seneca FIRST Robotics District Competition

    • District Chairman's Award

    • District Winners

Hatboro-Horsham FIRST Robotics District Competition

    • Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Delphi

2012

Mid-Atlantic Robotics FRC Region Championship

    • Team Spirit Award sponsored by Chrysler

Lenape FIRST Robotics District Competition

    • Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers

Chestnut Hill FIRST Robotics District Competition

    • Industrial Safety Award sponsored by Underwriters Laboratories

    • Team Spirit Award sponsored by Chrysler

2011

New Jersey Regional

    • Excellence in Design Award sponsored by Autodesk

2009

Galileo Division

    • Galileo - Highest Rookie Seed

Philadelphia Regional

    • Rookie All Star Award

    • Highest Rookie Seed Award

Washington DC Regional

    • Rookie All-Star

Due to the pandemic, FIRST offered teams projects that could be done virtually, while still implementing concepts of STEM. The projects offered were Inifinite Recharge at Home, Game Design Challenge, and FIRST Innovation Challenge.

In addition to a mostly virtual season, the Storm Robotics Team created post season projects which allowed students to continue participating in-person, virtually, or hybrid.

2020 Robot

FRC Game: Infinite Recharge

2019 Robot

FRC Game: Deep Space

Photos documenting the teams history from alumni members to past robot designs.