Springside Chestnut Hill Academy has 14 robotics teams: 2 Upper School teams, 4 Middle School teams, 8 Lower School teams. Graduates of 1218 have gone on to the top engineering programs in the country, including MIT, Caltech, Brown, Penn, Carnegie Mellon, Rensselaer, Worcester Polytechnic, Rose-Hulman, and the service academies. SCH sponsors two FIRST Robotics competitions that attract over 1,000 area students, ages 6-18, to campus each year.

1218 has been incredibly happy to be able to qualify for First Robotics World Championships in St. Louis for the last 10 years. To see an expanded list of 1218’s achievement or videos of past robots, click here.

Winner of the Philadelphia Regional Championship

Rookie All-Star Award at the Philadelphia Regional Championship

2004

Delphi “Driving Tomorrow’s Technology” at the Philadelphia Regional Championship

Galileo Division Winner at FRC World Championship

Finalist in the FRC World Championship

2005

Finalist at the Chesapeake Regional Championship

2009

Winner of Pittsburgh Regional Championship

Archimedes Division Winner at FRC World Championship

GM Industrial Design Award at New Jersey Regional Championship

2010

Finalist at the Chesapeake Regional Championship

Industrial Design Award at the Chesapeake Regional Championship

Excellence in Engineering Award at the Philadelphia Regional Championship

2011

Winner of Chesapeake Regional Championship

Cooperation Award at the New Jersey Regional Championship

Industrial Design Award at the Chesapeake Regional Championship

2012

Chairman’s Award, Hatboro-Horsham District Event

Winner, Hatboro-Horsham District Event

Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Delphi, Hatboro-Horsham District Event

Winner, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy District Event

Quality Award sponsored by Motorola, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy District Event

Finalist, Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship

Creativity Award sponsored by Xerox, Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship

Finalist, Washington DC Regional

Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Delphi, Washington DC Regional

 2013

Chairman’s Award, Hatboro-Horsham District Event

2014

Chairman’s Award Winner, Hatboro Horsham, MAR Championship

National Chairman’s Award Finalist

Galileo Division Finalist, St. Louis National Championships

Imagery Award, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Regional

Industrial Design Award, Greater Pittsburgh Regional

2015

1st place and Engineering Inspiration Award, Mid-Atlantic District Competition at SCH

1st place and Chairman’s Award, Seneca High School, Tabernacle NJ