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'An overwhelming response:' East students, staff shave heads after raising more than $1,000 for teacher fighting cancer
Jeff Cheney
East Forsyth High School Principal Jeff Cheney volunteers to have his head shaved alongside five students and five teachers. - photo by Sabrina Kerns
Sabrina Kerns
Updated: Dec 16, 2021, 8:54 PM
Published: Dec 16, 2021, 8:55 PM
The event was organized by two students, Nic Ferrugia and Maddie Rose, who found out just a couple of months ago that Shorter’s stage IV cancer came back out of remission.
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Watch: This community robotics team is trying to make its way to the world championship

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Sophie Ralph
Forsyth County News
Updated: Apr 7, 2025, 6:15 PM
Published: Apr 4, 2025, 8:57 PM

Update: Team BEAN placed first at the Peachtree District Championship over the weekend after winning all of their qualifying matches. This moves them up to second place in the Peachtree District and secures their spot in the FRC World Championship next week.

Original article:

Last year, this FIRST Robotics Competition team split from Central Forsyth High School to become a community team, supported by nonprofit Forsyth Robotics and now, Team 1833, or Team BEAN, is vying for a spot in the FRC World Championship. To qualify, Team BEAN and their robot, Sprout, are competing in the Peachtree District Championship (DCMP) in Macon, Georgia.