• Origin of the team
• Why "N.E.W. Apple Corps"?
• The robot's name over the years
• Accomplishments

Jump to a year (work in progress)

• 1997
• 1998
• 1999
• 2000
• 2001
• 2002

• 2003
• 2004
• 2005
• 2006
• 2007
• 2008

In 1997, Oscar J. Boldt Company and Appleton North High School started a FIRST robotics team - team 107, with a robot named THOR. Today, this team is known as team #93, the NEW Apple Corps. Since then, the team has grown to include a number of local sponsors (most noteably Plexus Corporation and the Appleton Area School District) and students from the three Appleton high schools - North, East, and West - and Tesla Engineering Charter School.

From 1997-2001, the motto of team 93 was "Bad to the Core". Later the motto was changed to , "Student conceived. Student achieved!" Today it is "Simplify." reflecting the teams desire to find success through the simplest, most elegant solution to any problem.

The NEW Apple Corps Robotics team is made up of three area high schools in the Appleton Area School District. Appleton North, Appleton East, and Appleton West High School. We are based at Appleton East High School in Appleton, Wisconsin. We started off with a handful of engineers from Boldt and professors from a local university. The following year Plexus joined as our main sponsor and has been with us ever since. These past 10 years we have had 60 plus mentors volunteer at least one year from Plexus. This year we have 21 mentors from 7 different organizations. We have 45 students this year on our team. We have a great deal of experience. We are very excited for this year's problem and we feel confident we are up to the challenge!

To some, it is a mystery why team 93 calls itself the "N.E.W. Apple Corps."  For those who have a tough time figuring it out - here's how it breaks down:

The names of the three high schools provide the acronym, N.E.W.

Appleton North -- Appleton East -- Appleton West

The word "Apple" is thrown in the mix because the team hails from Appleton, Wisconsin

Corps finalizes the name ... corps, being a group of people who work together. And it's pronounced "core" ... Apple core ... Apple Corps ... now you know!

1997: THOR
1998: TOBOR
1999: TOBOR II
2000: TOBOR III
2001: TOBOR IV
2002: TOBOR V
2003: TOBOR VI
2004: TOBOR VII
2005: TOBOR VIII
2006: TOBOR IX
2007: TOBOR X
2008: TOBOR XI

 -----------------------------------------------------------------  Accomplishments  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 

Document Last Updated: 4/4/2008