Who are we?

We are FIRST team 353! Every year we participate in the FIRST Robotics Competition, where we are given 6 weeks to design, prototype, built, and test a robot to compete at regional events with teams from across the world. Along the way, we impact our school and our community, with many different events to spread knowledge of Engineering in Technology.

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Leadership

Our team is ran by various students in our school ranging from 10th to 12th grade.

Meet our Team

Join Us

Making a robot requires lots of effort from a lot of different people. We are always looking for more mentors and students to help out.

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Recent Highlights

Houston, we have a POBot!

After becoming 2025 Long Island Regional Winners and Hudson Valley Regional Finalists, the POBots take their skill to the test as they fly all the way down South to Houston, Texas, and compete at the 2025 FIRST World Championship in the Galileo Division!

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Awards

Year	Event	Award
2020	SBPLI Long Island Regional #2	Woodie Flowers Finalist Award - Steven Kunz
2019	SBPLI Long Island Regional #1	Chairman's Award
2017	SBPLI Long Island Regional	Gracious Professionalism Award
2017	Hudson Valley Regional	Judges' Award
2016	Half Hollow Hills Invitational	Finalist
2014	New York City Regional	Chairman's Award
2013	SBPLI Long Island Regional	Engineering Inspiration Award
2012	SBPLI Long Island Regional	Finalist
2012	SBPLI Long Island Regional	Dean's List Finalist Award - Emily Stern
2012	SBPLI Long Island Regional	Team Spirit Award
2012	SBPLI Long Island Regional	Website Award
2012	New York City Regional	Team Spirit Award