--- title: Press url: 'https://449.navybook.com/press' markdown: 'https://449.navybook.com/press.md' date: '2026-08-09' description: 'Press kit for FRC Team 449, the Blair Robot Project: boilerplate, fact sheet, downloadable high-resolution photos, b-roll, logos, and media contact.' --- # Press ## About Team 449 **Long version (100 words).** *\[Placeholder — add approved 100-word boilerplate.\]* **Short version (25 words).** *\[Placeholder — add approved 25-word boilerplate.\]* ## Media contact *\[Name\]* — *\[email\]* — *\[phone\]* ## Fact sheet *\[Link the dated, versioned one-page fact sheet here once it exists.\]* ### Team Photos Free for editorial use with credit. [ ![Caption TK](https://449.navybook.com/images/8/d/6/5/8/8d658e684eaa48c3913f788b88aea3726e00a0ef-press-team-dchamps-2026.jpg "Caption TK") ](https://449.navybook.com/user/pages/02.about-us/22.press/03._press-gallery/press-team-dchamps-2026.jpg) Caption TK Credit: The Blair Robot Project [Download original — 4000×2000](https://449.navybook.com/user/pages/02.about-us/22.press/03._press-gallery/press-team-dchamps-2026.jpg) [ ![Caption TK](https://449.navybook.com/images/d/5/f/0/2/d5f02754fbea8cb5d6a8c6b28b587ca2fc1838a0-press-drive-team.jpg "Caption TK") ](https://449.navybook.com/user/pages/02.about-us/22.press/03._press-gallery/press-drive-team.jpg) Caption TK Credit: The Blair Robot Project [Download original — 2484×1656](https://449.navybook.com/user/pages/02.about-us/22.press/03._press-gallery/press-drive-team.jpg) [ ![Caption TK](https://449.navybook.com/images/7/e/9/2/e/7e92e017c1dbaa0b2de333aecff6b0a5674dc908-press-pit-crew.jpg "Caption TK") ](https://449.navybook.com/user/pages/02.about-us/22.press/03._press-gallery/press-pit-crew.jpg) Caption TK Credit: The Blair Robot Project [Download original — 2370×1506](https://449.navybook.com/user/pages/02.about-us/22.press/03._press-gallery/press-pit-crew.jpg) [ ![Caption TK](https://449.navybook.com/images/0/5/6/c/e/056ced24f12636491c6d84ce36506dfcb35ead45-press-robot-cart.jpg "Caption TK") ](https://449.navybook.com/user/pages/02.about-us/22.press/03._press-gallery/press-robot-cart.jpg) Caption TK Credit: The Blair Robot Project [Download original — 4000×2666](https://449.navybook.com/user/pages/02.about-us/22.press/03._press-gallery/press-robot-cart.jpg) [ ![Members of the Blair Robot Project, FRC Team 449 out of Montgomery Blair High School, demonstrate a robot at the Takoma Park Folk Festival on Sept. 7, 2025.](https://449.navybook.com/images/c/0/3/3/6/c03365f6d27ab0d52bfb27b2719378958461dbf5-press-outreach-demo.jpg "Members of the Blair Robot Project, FRC Team 449 out of Montgomery Blair High School, demonstrate a robot at the Takoma Park Folk Festival on Sept. 7, 2025.") ](https://449.navybook.com/user/pages/02.about-us/22.press/03._press-gallery/press-outreach-demo.jpg) Members of the Blair Robot Project, FRC Team 449 out of Montgomery Blair High School, demonstrate a robot at the Takoma Park Folk Festival on Sept. 7, 2025. Credit: Allison Zhang [Download original — 1240×930](https://449.navybook.com/user/pages/02.about-us/22.press/03._press-gallery/press-outreach-demo.jpg) ### Summer Classes Free for editorial use with credit. [ ![Rosy Y., a rising sophomore, teaches a virtual Python Programming class on Aug. 8, 2026—one of the free summer courses offered to K-12 students by the Blair Robot Project, a robotics team based at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Md.](https://449.navybook.com/images/6/7/7/c/e/677ce1ced21b9ac11d108f5ad88c9a182b5960f3-summer-classes-rosy-5.jpg "Rosy Y., a rising sophomore, teaches a virtual Python Programming class on Aug. 8, 2026—one of the free summer courses offered to K-12 students by the Blair Robot Project, a robotics team based at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Md.") ](https://449.navybook.com/user/pages/02.about-us/22.press/04._press-gallery-summer-classes/summer-classes-rosy-5.jpg) Rosy Y., a rising sophomore, teaches a virtual Python Programming class on Aug. 8, 2026—one of the free summer courses offered to K-12 students by the Blair Robot Project, a robotics team based at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Md. Credit: Bradley Peniston [Download original — 4000×3000](https://449.navybook.com/user/pages/02.about-us/22.press/04._press-gallery-summer-classes/summer-classes-rosy-5.jpg) [ ![Rosy Y., a rising sophomore, teaches a virtual Python Programming class on Aug. 8, 2026—one of the free summer courses offered to K-12 students by the Blair Robot Project, a robotics team based at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Md.](https://449.navybook.com/images/1/4/f/0/b/14f0b7761055ba6bd97db717202fed2b7f3a9731-img1499-cropped.jpg "Rosy Y., a rising sophomore, teaches a virtual Python Programming class on Aug. 8, 2026—one of the free summer courses offered to K-12 students by the Blair Robot Project, a robotics team based at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Md.") ](https://449.navybook.com/user/pages/02.about-us/22.press/04._press-gallery-summer-classes/img_1499-cropped.jpg) Rosy Y., a rising sophomore, teaches a virtual Python Programming class on Aug. 8, 2026—one of the free summer courses offered to K-12 students by the Blair Robot Project, a robotics team based at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Md. Credit: Bradley Peniston [Download original — 4000×2913](https://449.navybook.com/user/pages/02.about-us/22.press/04._press-gallery-summer-classes/img_1499-cropped.jpg) ## B-roll *One clip so far — flag-waving at the 2026 FIRST Championship in Houston. Building toward a full 60–90 second reel (robot moving, driving, pit work); more footage to come. Free for editorial use, no music.* ## Recent coverage - [A Silver Spring high school team heads to the world championship](https://example.com/wapo-449) The Washington Post May 4, 2026 paywalled - [Students talk robots, mentorship and 3 a.m. debugging](https://example.com/wtop-449) WTOP March 22, 2026 - [Blair robotics team builds a season on open-source code](https://example.com/sentinel-449) Montgomery County Sentinel February 11, 2026 --- ## Navigation - Parent: [About Us](https://449.navybook.com/about-us.md) - Previous: [Programming](https://449.navybook.com/about-us/programming.md)