All our teams are filled. Registration for this season is currently closed.
Please sign up here, if you are interested in joining our newsletter to keep up with our future events.
Stay tuned for our next open house and registration sometime in May/June 2020.
With the start of the new year, our FLL and FTC teams are busy gearing up for tournaments!
The following Robotics tournaments are Free and open to the public, all are welcome to come and cheer for the teams. Here are some upcoming Tournament events:
Date
League
Location
Address
1/11/20
FTC#8365
Qualifier@Francis Lewis High
58-20 Utopia Pkwy, Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
1/12/20
FTC#8721
Qualifier@Francis Lewis High
58-20 Utopia Pkwy, Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
1/25/20
FLL Teams
Qualifier at IS 192: Renaissance MS
109-89 204th St, St. Albans, NY 11412
2/15/20
FTC#8365
Super Qualifier#1@Dalton
200 E 87th St New York NY, 10128
2/16/20
FTC#8721
Super Qualifier#2 @Dalton
200 E 87th St New York NY, 10128
2/29/20
FLL
FLL semi-Finals@John Dewey High #1
50 Avenue X, Brooklyn, NY 11223
3/1/20
FLL
FLL semi-Finals@John Dewey High #2
50 Avenue X, Brooklyn, NY 11223
3/8/20
FTC
FTC Championship@ Townsend High
149-11 Melbourne Ave, Flushing, NY 11367
3/15/20
FLL
FLL Championship @ BMCC
199 Chambers St, New York, NY 10007
FTC : FIRST Tech Challenge (High School teams)
FLL : FIRST LEGO League (age 9-14)
FLL Jr. : Junior FIRST LEGO League (age 6-9)
As of December 2019, our Jr. FLL teams have wrapped up a fun and exciting season. Our next round of Junior season will begin in September of 2020. Be sure to register at our Open House in May/June of 2020.
12/14/2019
Congratulations to our Jr. FLL Teams of 2019 - BoomTown Build
Our Junior FLL teams worked diligently over the Fall season, and explored the joy of simple machines, basic coding and the inner workings of robotic motors and sensors. The teams investigated how cities are built and designed their own version of the Boom Town using LEGO and many other moving parts and even using smart interactive sensors and motors!
@ Dalton High School, 108 East 89th Street, New York, NY 10128
6/2 FHRL Open House/Registration
PS 144 (93-02 69th Ave, Forest Hills, NY 11375)
From 9:30 - 12:30
9:30 - 10:30 JFLL (kids age 6-9)
10:30 - 11:30 FLL (kids age 10-14)
11:00 - 12:30 FTC Interviews (kids age 14 - 18)*
6/2 FT
C interest member interview
Anyone interested in joining FTC teams, please join us for a special interview sessions. FTC members must be in 8th grade - 12th grade by Fall of 2019
Sunday June 2,2019 @ PS 144 Cafeteria
6/2 FHRL Award Ceremony for FLL/FTC teams (Members only)
PS 144 (93-02 69th Ave, Forest Hills, NY 11375)
1:00 - 4:00 pm
FIRST NYC FLL Championship@CCNY
Congratulations to all three FLL teams for making it to the NYC FLL Championship
With the following Awards won:
- Team OrbotEats - 1st place Robot Programming
- Team Gravit8 - Core Value Award
FIRST NYC FTC Championship
Congratulations to our FTC team #8365 Gear masters for winning the
Think Award and moving onto the FIRST FTC World Championship in Detroit on
April 24-April 27. Go Gear Masters!
JFLL Expo at Google NYC
Congratulations to our FLL Jr. team, Battle Engineers, for participating in the
FIRST JFLL Expo at Google NYC on March 2, 2019. The team is excited to win
the Lil' Einstein award, "This team showed their true brainy ways. They exhibited in-depth knowledge of their model and the challenge theme topic."
Team Battle Engineers, exhibiting their EV3 robot at the FIRST JFLL Expo, Google NYC
Congratulations to both our FTC teams for qualifying for the Championship!
GearMasters (FTC #8365) and Mighty Mechanics (FTC #8721) both qualified
at the Dalton Super Qualifier on 2/16 & 2/17 for the Championship!
See you all at Townsend Harris on March 10th!
Congratulations to Gear Masters FTC #8365 for winning
- 2nd Place Inspire Award
- Think Award
- Finalist Alliance
- Finalist for Innovate and PTC Design Award
Congratulations to Mighty Mechanics FTC 8721 for winning the Motivate Award!
Congratulations to all our FLL teams that won an award at the Queens Qualifying Tournament. Three teams also qualified to compete at the
FIRST NYC FLL Championship in March.
Thank you to FIRST NYC and Eric Greene of IS192 for hosting an amazing
FIRST Queens Qualifying tournament.
Team Orbot Eats - Champions Award + Golden Tix
Team Interstellar Cat - 2nd Place Robot Design
Team Gravit8 - 2nd Place Robot Performance + Golden Tix
Team Cosmic Birck - 3rd Place Core Value + Golden Tix
Team Robo Rockets - 3rd Place Project
Team Orbot-Eats wins Champions Award at FIRST NYC FLL Queens Tournament at IS192 - Jan 26, 2019
Team Interstellar Cat - 2nd Place Robot Design
at FIRST NYC FLL Queens Tournament at IS192 - Jan 26, 2019
Team Gravit8 - 2nd Place Robot Performance + Golden Tix at FIRST NYC FLL Queens Tournament at IS192 - Jan 26, 2019
Team Cosmic Brick wins 3rd Place Core Value + Golden Tix at
FIRST NYC FLL Queens Tournament at IS192 - Jan 26, 2019
Team Robo Rockets won 3rd Place Project at
FIRST NYC FLL Queens Tournament at IS192 - Jan 26, 2019
Congratulations to Mighty Mechanics (FTC #8721)
for winning the Motivate Award and 2nd Place Inspire Award and qualifying for the Super Regional Qualifier at Dalton high school on Feb 17, 2019.
Congratulations to Gear Masters (FTC #8365)
for winning the 1st Place Inspire Award and qualifying for the Super Regional Qualifier
Dean Kamen’s FIRST Robotics Competition Real Sports w/ Bryant Gumbel | HBO
Our FLL Coach highlighted by Brookhaven Lab
Click HERE to read the fantastic article by Brookhaven Lab highlighting one of our volunteer coach, Arfath Pasha, who has an amazing day job and still finds time to volunteer coaching our FLL Robotics team.
FT
C interest member interview
Anyone interested in joining FTC teams, please join us for a special interview sessions. FTC members must be in 8th grade - 12th grade by Fall of 2018
Saturday June 9th,2018 @ PS144 Cafeteria
FHRL Coach interest meeting
Anyone interested in volunteering as a coach, please join us for a special coach interest meeting. Saturday June 9th, 2018 @ PS144 Cafeteria
FHRL Open House/Registration
Please note the new date for our open house/registration
Saturday June 2nd, 2018 @ PS144 Cafeteria
93-02 69th Ave, Forest Hills, NY 11375
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Thank you for all the people that attended our open house.
If you are interested in signing up your child, please visit our REGISTRATION page.
FHRL Year End Award Ceremony Party (for FLL and FTC teams)
We wrapped up our season with a big celebration and gave away many awards and trophy for all the FLL and FTC team. If you missed the ceremony, please contact your team coach to pick up your awards!
Here are the exciting space themed Challenges for 2018-2019 season
JFLL - Mission Moon (8/1)
FLL - Into Orbit (8/1)
FTC - Rover Rukus (9/8)
YouTube Video
YouTube Video
FIRST FLL World Championship@Detroit
April 25 - 28, 2018,
Detroit, MI
Team Hydro Mechanics attended the FLL championship in Detroit! Thank you for all the people that helped supporting our team to attend this amazing event. It was an exciting yet humbling experience to compete against some of the best teams from around the world!
Our kids enjoyed the most from meeting like minded robotics enthusiasts from all different states and countries, and checking out the larger robot competitions of the FTC and FRC teams inspired our teams to continue pursuit with their passion for Robotics!
About FHRL
Forest Hills Robotics League(FHRL) is a non-profit volunteer based organization, our mission is to promote education in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathmatics (S.T.E.M) for children in our community through the participation in the FIRST Robotics program. (http://www.firstlegoleague.org)
We sponsor FLL Jr. (age 6-9), FLL (age 9-14) and FTC (age 14-18) teams, providing coaching and training for the teams on weekend (Saturday). This is an active parent participation program, if you enjoy spending time with your children doing something that is fun and educational, then this is the program for you and your child!
Each year's Challenge is released in late August or early September
For the 2016-2017 season, we are sponsoring
8 FLL Jr. teams (age 6-9, exposition teams)
6 FLL teams (age 9-14, competition teams)
2 FTC teams (age 14-18, competition teams)
We look forward to a fun and exciting season of Robot building and researching of the season Challenge topics!
Registration
May - Septmeber
Typically, our Open house & Registration will be start in May. Waiting list will run between June and September. We typically do not accept member during the season (between Sept - May) unless there is an opening.
The registration is now closed for the season. The next registration will be on May 5th, 2018
Volunteer as a Coach
As a volunteer program, all our coaches are volunteer based. Typically, the coaches are adults who are interested in being more actively involved in the program. Coaches do not need to have previous experience. We will provide training and guidance to help you coach and manage your team. Remember, without coaches, we won't be able to have any teams. If you are interested in coaching, please sign up here.
Note: People accepted as coaches, can secure a seat for their kids on the team that they are coaching.
