Team updates
The NUTS! at Paul George STEM Center for the 'STEM is for everyone day"
October 4th, 2025
FTC Guide for Parents and New Students
The NUTS! 25-26 Application Now OPEN!
The NUTS! Team Application for the 2025–2026 FTC season is now OPEN!
March 19th, 2025
Recruiting: The NUTS! Open House
The NUTS! are hosting an Open House from 6–7pm on Tuesday, March 18th in the WHHS cafeteria.
Please attend if you want to learn more about and/or are interested in joining the team for the 2025-2026 FIRST™ Tech Challenge season!
March 18th, 2025
The NUTS! Finish Third At Ohio Championship
Qualification Matches - 4th Overall (5W-0L)
Qualification 1: Win (87 - 68)
Qualification 2: Win (263 - 131)
Qualification 3: Win (242 - 70)
Qualification 4: Win (307 - 133)
Qualification 5: Win (231 - 188)
Playoff Matches - 3rd Place Alliance (2W-2L)
Alliance Partner: Team 12099 - Stars of the Galaxy
Playoff 3: Win (288 - 267)
Playoff 4: Loss (316 - 368)
Results
Inspire Award: 2nd Place
Premier Event: Invited
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Robotics Without Borders: Expanding FIRST to Ethiopia!
Class of '25 team member, Robel Yoseph, has spearheaded the initiative to start the first FLL team in Ethiopia! Robel is of Ethiopian descent and has heard firsthand about the lack of opportunities for students in STEM and wants to help change that. He hopes that "By starting this team in Ethiopia it will inspire the next generation of engineers to take part in hands-on STEM experiences." He began by mass-emailing various schools in Ethiopia in hopes of getting in contact with one of them, which he eventually did. Although the school that contacted him initially agreed to start the team, he received no future responses to any follow-up communication.
He then contacted his dad's friend, who went to high school in Ethiopia, to see if he could contact the headmaster of St. Joseph School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Through the help of the alumni group chat, he eventually made contact with Mr. Leul Belay, the IT Director at St. Joseph. The school agreed to create a team and The Walnut Hills FTC team, The NUTS! helped the St. Joseph team with the selection and registration process, as well as purchasing a Spike Prime™ kit to get their season started. Robel also hopes that "other schools will follow this path and contribute to the growing economic boom in Ethiopia by creating opportunities for these future engineers."
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March 1st, 2025