***MEDIA ADVISORY***
DATE: Saturday, March 9, 2013
TIME: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; 3:45 p.m. is best for team robot competition
WHAT: Girls’ team workshop to build and program LEGO NXT robots
WHERE: Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center
100 Bigelow Street, Holyoke
Dozens of middle school girls from across western Massachusetts will converge on the new Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPPC) in Holyoke on Saturday, March 9, where they will learn how to build and program LEGO robots as part of “Girls Connect,” a program
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