Team 1980 "The Brigade" has its beginnings in another FIRST Team, Team 1719 "The Umbrella Corporation". Team 1719 started as a joint effort between the Park School of Baltimore and the Science and Mathematics Academy of Aberdeen High School for the 2005-2006 season. After a successful rookie year, including a trip to the FIRST World Championship in Atlanta, Team 1719 split in two. Thus Team 1980 of the Science and Mathematics Academy of Aberdeen High School was formed. Mentors came from Black and Decker and the local military base, Aberdeen Proving Ground. Team 1980 was also fortunate enough to receive a grant from the Army Research Laboratory and resources from countless other sponsors.

Today, Team 1980 has more students and more resources than the previous year. Because of this growth, Team 1980 plans on attending the Philadelphia Regional, the Chesapeake Regional, the Play Day Scrimmage, and the Duel on the Delaware Scrimmage, to play this year's game LogoMotion !

Team 1980 plans on expanding in the years to come and hopes to become a brighter beacon for the message of FIRST.

This is a picture of our robot from the 2010 Game Breakaway. To view more about our previous robots go to Our Robots.