High School Robotics Teams Receive Aluminum Scrap from Gershow
On January 18, Gershow Recycling invited local high school robotics teams to its Medford facility to receive free aluminum scrap to help construct their robots to be used at School-Business Partnerships of Long Island’s FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition. Eight teams took advantage of the program and visited Gershow that day: Half Hollow Hills West, Hauppauge, Longwood, North Shore, Northport, Plainview-Old Bethpage, Sachem and Westhampton Beach.
Members of the robotics teams used the aluminum scrap and their kits of parts to help them build a 120-pound robot. They had six weeks to construct the robot and prepare for the competition. The robotics teams thanked Gershow for its support.
Pictured (left to right): Sachem High School Robotics Team Mentor Bob Wentzel, Gershow Manager Jonathan Abrams and Sachem High School Robotics Team Member Bryan Mahony.Pictured (left to right): Half Hollow Hills West High School Robotics Team Mentors Julian Aptowitz, Bob Thielemann and Yuri Wolf-Sonkin, Team Member Tom LaRosa and Gershow Manager Jonathan Abrams.Pictured (left to right): Northport High School Robotics Team Advisors Greg Robinson and Dan Moy, Mentor Andrew Hearn and Gershow Manager Jonathan Abrams.Pictured (left to right): Hauppauge High School Robotics Team Members James Spinaris, Brenna Buckley and Dennis Collins, Mentor Ken Smith and Gershow Manager Jonathan Abrams.Pictured (left to right): Plainview-Old Bethpage High School Robotics Team Members John Michell and Michael Saltzmann and Gershow Manager Jonathan Abrams.Pictured (left to right): North Shore High School Robotics Team Mentor Steve Peroni and Gershow Manager Jonathan Abrams.Pictured (left to right): Longwood High School Robotics Team Mentor Dan Reickhoff and Gershow Manager Jonathan Abrams.Pictured (left to right): Ashley Petersen and her father, Westhampton Beach High School Robotics Team Mentor Eric Petersen; Michelle Kryl; Gershow Manager Jonathan Abrams; and Michelle’s father, Westhampton Beach High School Robotics Team Mentor Tony Kryl.
