Hampton Hawks fly high with drone program

Team places third at competition in Oklahoma

  • Grant Ferguson pilots a drone at Hampton Public School. Besides the competitions, science teacher Gary Richards said that he was excited to see how students applied drone programming skills toward future careers.
    Grant Ferguson pilots a drone at Hampton Public School. Besides the competitions, science teacher Gary Richards said that he was excited to see how students applied drone programming skills toward future careers.

    The Hampton Hawks are soaring to new heights after the introduction of a drone program last fall. Four high school students are taking part as Nebraska’s only drone team in Aerial Drone Robotics.  Science teacher Gary Richards stated that it was a way to get some of the kids interested in the robotics field.  “It grabs the attention of some of the kids that never really grasped onto ro…