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At Hewitt, every student gets hands-on experience designing, building, programming, and driving robots. Beginning in lower school, students learn foundational programming skills using VEX 123 and VEX GO, two robotics platforms designed especially for young learners. In middle and high school, students continue to study robotics through their classes and also have the option to join Hewitt Robotics, our competitive VEX EDR and VEX IQ robotics programs. Through robotics, all Hewitt students learn a wide range of critical real-world skills including computer programming, problem solving, iteration, collaboration, and teamwork.
Hewitt is the only girls’ school in New York City with a competitive VEX Robotics program.
As they engineer bridges and program Beebots to travel through a mock neighborhood, kindergarteners learn how to communicate directionality and explore foundational programming concepts including sequences, conditionals, loops, and debugging.
Through robotics, students learn to ask questions and solve real world problems. For example, Hewitt second graders use LEGO robotics kits to build earthquake simulators that test the stability of their mini structures.
Using VEX Go robotics kits, lower schoolers build motorized cars and articulated grabbers, then program their builds using a block-based programming language.
Eighth graders practice constructing robots using the same VEX Robotics kits our high school robotics teams use.
Middle school Hewitt Robotics teams compete against peers from across the city at a VEX IQ qualifying tournament.
Middle school students program Finch robots to draw shapes and solve for area and perimeter.
Middle schoolers design and build their own unique robots to exhibit at Robo Expo. These sixth graders used a tractor tread to create a miniature amusement park robot that could lift and drop passengers.
During summer preseason, Hewitt Robotics teams return to campus to begin designing and refining the robots they will use in competition.
Hewitt Robotics Team Y took home a design award at the 2023 VEX Robotics New York State qualifier.
An upper school Hewitt Robotics team builds their drivetrain and refines their robot design for an upcoming VEX Robotics Challenge.
After earning a spot at the VEX Robotics World Championship, Hewitt Robotics Team V traveled to Dallas, Texas to compete against the top 800 teams in the world.
Hewitt Robotics teams have won awards and recognition at regional, state, national, and world championships.
Since the program began in 2015, Hewitt Robotics teams have earned an impressive list of accolades, including:
