MHS Chess Club Hosts First Match — And Wins!
June 3, 2013 •
Filed under Chess Club
The Manchester High School Chess club hosted their first ever team competition on Friday, May 31st. Six members from the MHS Chess Club played six members of the Trinity Catholic High School Chess Club of Stamford, CT. The MHS Chess Club came out on top going 4 wins against 2 losses. The event... Read more »
MHS Robotics Team Finishes 64Th At World Championships
April 26, 2013 •
Filed under Robotics
On April 17-20, 2013, more than 15,000 participants comprised of the world’s smartest middle school, high school and university students, from 24 countries around the world, converged at the Anaheim Convention Center to flex their robotic brawn at the VEX Robotics Competition World Championship, presented... Read more »
Robotics Team Traveling To California This Week For World Championship
April 15, 2013 •
Filed under Clubs, Robotics
Six students will be traveling to Anaheim, Calif., this week as the MHS Robotics team – called Geared Up – competes in the VEX Robotics World Championship.The students are Joe Kerr, AJ Lippo, Ken Lippo, Cory Boucher, Eric Bachmann, and Damek Viollette, and the main days for the competition are April... Read more »
MHS Chess Team Dominates Tournament
Mr. Parag Joshi
March 17, 2013 •
Filed under Chess Club, Clubs, Teams/Sports
March 16th, 2013 - Seven members of the MHS Chess Club traveled to Hartford and took part in the 51st CT Association of Schools Scholastic Chess Championship. All of our entrants "trophied"! Pictured (from left to right standing) are Shivam Valand (3rd Place Junior Section), Joe Coyne (3rd... Read more »
Robotics Competition Is At MHS on Saturday
January 3, 2013 •
Filed under Clubs, Robotics
Manchester High School is hosting the VEX Robotics Sack Attack competition on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the cafeteria. There will be 40 teams from around New England competing. Come down and cheer on MHS's own robotics team Geared Up as they get ready for the World Championship! The event is... Read more »
MHS Groups Collaborate To Help Struggling Families
Tiffany S. Minakhom
December 20, 2012 •
Filed under Activities Planning Board, Chess Club, Clubs, DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, Multicultural Club, Young Men's Leadership Group
The holidays are often a stressful time for everyone whether is it buying a gift for your Secret Snowflake, baking cookies for Santa or remembering to spread Christmas cheer. However, for some individuals providing a meal for their families and themselves is a difficult feat. With the assistance of the... Read more »
Math Club Adds Another Impressive Showing To Its Record
December 13, 2012 •
Filed under Clubs, Math Team
The MHS Math Team traveled to Wethersfield High School on Wednesday and had an impressive showing. The team competes every month against area schools in the Connecticut Area Mathematic League (CAML). Each meet consists of five rounds of different math concepts. Each round consists of three problems... Read more »
MHS Robotics Team Excels in “Sack Attack” Game
December 4, 2012 •
Filed under Clubs, Robotics
Manchester High School’s robotics team, Geared Up, traveled last weekend to Masuk High School in Monroe Conn. to compete in the VEX Robotics Sack Attack game. There were approximately 30 teams at the competition. Geared Up was representing with two teams 822A and 822B. Addison Carter and Eric Iaquinto... Read more »
Fencing Club Lets Students Have Swordfights, Sort Of
December 3, 2012 •
Filed under Clubs, Fencing Club
The Fencing Club at Manchester High School has a long history. The first modern Olympics held in 1896 included fencing with foils. Over the last 116 years the sport has grown tremendously. Two more categories of weapons were added, epee and saber. Fencing is currently one of the fastest growing... Read more »
Robotics
September 4, 2012 •
Filed under Clubs, Robotics, Teams/Sports
Advisor: Mr. Prytko The Robotics team is a competitive team that creates and builds different robots. Each year the task changes. You can visit www.robotevents.com and search for VEX Robotics. This years competition is called Sack Attach! We are a team and we need students grades 9-12 with different... Read more »