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Educators at Gotham Tech prepare students for the future through strong community partnerships. School staff members work closely with NYC FIRST. The core robotics curriculum they created empowers students to engage with STEM and robotics in meaningful and creative ways, centering on students’ participation in city-wide robotics competitions. In preparing for a robotics challenge, students learn real-world skills in computer science, digital and non-digital fabrication, mechanical engineering, and electronics. They also learn how to problem-solve, communicate, and work together as a team. Students benefit from Gotham Tech’s partnership with Cornell Tech’s Roosevelt Island campus, where they spend part of every Friday working to design, build, and code robots. Students can access the space outside of school, seven days a week.

Gotham Tech has grown each year and will move to a newly-constructed building in Woodside, Queens in 2025 where it can house up to 1,500 students. The school serves every kind of student: no tests and no prior knowledge of robotics are required for entry. The hands-on, challenged-based nature of learning at Gotham Tech fuels high student ambition: in a 2023 competition, Gotham’s team Demon Dogs was the only rookie team to make it to the NYC FIRST Tech Challenge championship.