This video, produced by Killingly Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Susan Nash, showcases the behind-the-scenes learning experiences that are student-driven and rely heavily on mentorship and shared understandings!
Check out this video, produced by Killingly's own Mr. Sierakowski, that celebrates the journey of a lifetime for team 78889S in 2025!
Check out the video to get a sense for where, as Dr. Po would say, "The magic happens!"
Check out the video to get a sense for how we work together in Dr. Po's (our robotics teacher and coach) classrom.
Assistant Superintendent, Dr. Susan Nash, visited the Killingly Robotics engineering lab and learned how to drive our robot. She was taught to control the robot by Matthew Sprouse and Ryan Rattray of the Killingly Robotics Team!
April 30, 2025 - Beth McDermott from the The Norwich Bulletin recaps an incredible season from an Excellence Award (highest honor in VEX Robotics) in London, England to three Killingly Robotics teams SWEEPING the US National Robotics Open Championship, taking 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, the 2025 season has been amazing!
February 26, 2024 - Killingly Robotics Team 78889S qualified for the World Robotics Championship by winning the Innovate Award at the Southern New England Championship at the Total Mortgage Arena! Check out their EXPERIENCE!
June 6, 2023 - The Killingy Redline, school newspaper recaps the amazing accomplishments of the 2023 senior robotics team.
March 16, 2023 - Melanie Savage from the Hartford Courant met with the team for over 2 hours to interview each member and discuss their acheivements over the past three years, including their recent win in Japan and World Championship Engineering Design wins in 2021 and 2022!
March 9, 2023 - Fox 61's own Keith McGillvery visited Killingly high school and experienced a day in the life of Killingly Robotics students preparing for their next adventure fresh off a very successful international trip to Tokyo, Japan where the team won the Engineering Design Award as well as "best dressed" robotics team!
February 3, 2023 - Boston Dynamics' "Spot" visited the Killingly High School robotics classes and students were able to not only learn about the future of robotics and possible careers, they were able to control the robot and get an up close and personal experience during this job shadow!
February 1, 2023 - Killingly Robotics sincerely appreciates SPIROL for their ongoing support and committment to ensure all students interested in robotics at Killingly High School have the opportunity!
January 25, 2023 - Killingly Robotics senior team, 78889M, discussed their accomplishments, recent trip to Japan, and hosting the first annual Killingly Robotics CT State Robotics competition with Gary Osbrey of WINY Radio. Thank you to Carley DiMartino, Aila Gutierrez, Matthew Sprouse, and Joshua Torre for your thoughts!
January 20, 2023 - Zoe Miller and her team interview members of the robotics team prior to the trip to Tokyo, Japan to get an insight into what students were expecting on the trip.
October 19, 2022 - Killingly Robotics is once again featured on the WINY Media page as we begin a new season of engineering, competition, and excitement! Only 81 days until 30 members of the Killingly High School Robotics team travels to Tokyo, Japan to compete with 2 of our teams (78889M & 78889K)!
December 8, 2021 - Killingly Junior robotics team, 78889M, discussed their accomplishments, goals, and future plans with Gary Osbrey of WINY Radio. Thank you to Joshua Torre, Aila Gutirrez, Alex Potapskiy, and Matthew Sprouse for spending their early morning at WINY. Great questions Gary!
October 30, 2021 - Killingly Robotics takes 1st place in Robot Skills and became the CT State Champions! Click here for the KTV Coverage!
November 6, 2021 - The Killingly Robotics team is off to a very strong start this season taking first place once again!
It’s an exciting time for robotics students at Killingly High School after the Board of Education last week approved for the class to take a trip to Tokyo, Japan next January for a robotics competition, according Dr. Robert Polselli, the Engineering and Robotics teacher at Killingly High. Click to read more...
June 2, 2021 - Read the great article in The Bulletin chronicaling the adventures of the senior robotics team, 78889A, as they battled Covid-19 and were able to overcome some of education's most significant challenges. From distance learning to only meeting one time in person the entire year, this team is something special!
December 20, 2021 - In their first year as a team, the KHS Robotics team won the Engineering Design Award at the World Robotics Championship in Dallas, Texas! 13,000 teams competed this year (down from 24,000 last year). Most impressive is that the team mastered virtual learning this year, through the COVID-19 pandemic, as they only met 1 single time in person in late November. All other work was completed virtually through Google Classroom and Google Docs. Read the full Article in the KHS Redline.
December 19, 2020 - The 1st year Killingly High School Robotics team starts off strong with their first competiton behind them. Read about the team's experience in this excellent article in The Redline.
December 23, 2020 - Our senior robotics team did an amazing job promoting Killingly robotics on WINY, the local radio station. Here what they had to say...
Killingly Robotics is looking for students at Killingly High School who are interested in any one of the following areas: Manufacuring, Building, Coding, Problem Solving, Collaboration, Teamwork, Project Management, Drawing, Sketching, Designing, Traveling, Web Design, Social Media, and Sponsorship.