Solar Car Challenge 2016
July 13, 2016 - July 23, 2016 The Solar Car/Green Tech Team took 5th place in the Nationwide competition which stared Sunday July 24th in Dallas Texas and ended Saturday July 23rd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
For July 2017 the team will be competing on the Texas Motor Speedway, on the track against 41 other teams from different states. We are now open to all high schools to join our (STEM) project car.
Next Club meeting is Wednesday November 2nd 3PM at Mount Loretto,
The club meeting on November 9th will be at Staten Island Tech High School 3 PM (room to be announced).
We are now using the SI Makerspace garage on Front street to work on the Solar Car during the winter months , next meeting is on January 18th at 3 PM. Great to see 3 different High Schools work together as ONE team.
On Wednesday May 17th our Solar Car was displayed at P.S./I.S.-48, great time with the students and parents. The team is now preparing for the Solar Car Challenge in July. We are honored to represent New York City in this competition.(see photos at gallery page on website).
The month of June the team will continue with community outreach on June 3rd Saturday (weather Permitting) we are displaying the Solar Car at the Staten Island Children's Museum from 10 AM To 4 PM. Please join us to help the Children's Museum.
On June 4th we will displaying the Solar Car for our friends at the Jewish Community Center at Mount Loretto Sunrise walk for the disabled children. (The JCC has led the way in helping children of Staten Island) from 10 AM-3 PM.
On June 8th the SIEDC (Staten Island Economic Development Council) will host a Clean and Green show at the Grand Oaks Golf course on Huguenot ave from 10 AM to 3 PM. This will be our last community outreach for the year, In July comes our Nation wide competition in Texas, and proudly we are New York Citys only high school team in the event. A special thanks to our friends families and supporters.
Solar Car Challenge in Dallas/FT Worth Texas from July 14th to July 23rd, race will be on the Texas Motor Speedway.
Next community outreach will be in August at the Sunrise Camps at Mount Loretto.
On Tuesday Oct 3rd our Solar car will be shown at Staten Island Tech High School open house with the team of students from SI Tech.
On Saturday October 14th we will be at the Red bank High School in New Jersey displaying our Solar Car STEM project to the Jersey schools. One of our goals is to have more high schools build "Hands On" STEM projects like our Solar Car.
On November 15th the Green Technology Club/Team received the Staten Island Children's "Circle of friends award" It was a great honor for all of us on the team.
After our 3rd place finish in the advanced division in last July's (2017) Solar Car Challenge the team is now preparing for July 2018 to the Cross-Country competition from Dallas, Texas to Palm-dale, California. We were able to have fundraisers to buy a new set of lithium batteries. A new Solar Car is in the process of being built for a 2019 competition to the World Solar Competition in Australia.
July 2018-The Staten Island has won a second place finish in this years Solar Car Challenge which started in Dallas, Texas and finished in Palm-Dale, California. once again we look to the future and plan expanding our Green Tech Club/Solar Car Team by building a new car and competing in the World Solar Car Challenge in Australia 2019
July 2019-The Staten Island won a 4th place position in the 2019 track race finishing up over 505 laps on the texas Motor Speedway.
July 13, 2016 - July 23, 2016 The Solar Car/Green Tech Team took 5th place in the Nationwide competition which stared Sunday July 24th in Dallas Texas and ended Saturday July 23rd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
For July 2017 the team will be competing on the Texas Motor Speedway, on the track against 41 other teams from different states. We are now open to all high schools to join our (STEM) project car.
Next Club meeting is Wednesday November 2nd 3PM at Mount Loretto,
The club meeting on November 9th will be at Staten Island Tech High School 3 PM (room to be announced).
We are now using the SI Makerspace garage on Front street to work on the Solar Car during the winter months , next meeting is on January 18th at 3 PM. Great to see 3 different High Schools work together as ONE team.
On Wednesday May 17th our Solar Car was displayed at P.S./I.S.-48, great time with the students and parents. The team is now preparing for the Solar Car Challenge in July. We are honored to represent New York City in this competition.(see photos at gallery page on website).
The month of June the team will continue with community outreach on June 3rd Saturday (weather Permitting) we are displaying the Solar Car at the Staten Island Children's Museum from 10 AM To 4 PM. Please join us to help the Children's Museum.
On June 4th we will displaying the Solar Car for our friends at the Jewish Community Center at Mount Loretto Sunrise walk for the disabled children. (The JCC has led the way in helping children of Staten Island) from 10 AM-3 PM.
On June 8th the SIEDC (Staten Island Economic Development Council) will host a Clean and Green show at the Grand Oaks Golf course on Huguenot ave from 10 AM to 3 PM. This will be our last community outreach for the year, In July comes our Nation wide competition in Texas, and proudly we are New York Citys only high school team in the event. A special thanks to our friends families and supporters.
Solar Car Challenge in Dallas/FT Worth Texas from July 14th to July 23rd, race will be on the Texas Motor Speedway.
Next community outreach will be in August at the Sunrise Camps at Mount Loretto.
On Tuesday Oct 3rd our Solar car will be shown at Staten Island Tech High School open house with the team of students from SI Tech.
On Saturday October 14th we will be at the Red bank High School in New Jersey displaying our Solar Car STEM project to the Jersey schools. One of our goals is to have more high schools build "Hands On" STEM projects like our Solar Car.
On November 15th the Green Technology Club/Team received the Staten Island Children's "Circle of friends award" It was a great honor for all of us on the team.
After our 3rd place finish in the advanced division in last July's (2017) Solar Car Challenge the team is now preparing for July 2018 to the Cross-Country competition from Dallas, Texas to Palm-dale, California. We were able to have fundraisers to buy a new set of lithium batteries. A new Solar Car is in the process of being built for a 2019 competition to the World Solar Competition in Australia.
July 2018-The Staten Island has won a second place finish in this years Solar Car Challenge which started in Dallas, Texas and finished in Palm-Dale, California. once again we look to the future and plan expanding our Green Tech Club/Solar Car Team by building a new car and competing in the World Solar Car Challenge in Australia 2019
July 2019-The Staten Island won a 4th place position in the 2019 track race finishing up over 505 laps on the texas Motor Speedway.
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