 At Hillsborough's flagship conference, Rutgers Model Congress, the team has won a first or second place delegation award for nine out of ten years.In 2007, the robotics team of Hillsborough High school helped pass legislation through the New Jersey Senate recognizing FIRST.This dedicated the week of February 26 through March 3 of 2007 to FIRST in an effort to support science, technology, as well as all the participants at FIRST.