LAUSD South VEX IQ ES Only League at Stephen M White Middle School
- Date
- 26-Oct-2022 - 25-Jan-2023
- Event Code
- RE-VIQC-22-9365
- Program
- VEX IQ Robotics Competition™
- Event Type
- League
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Capacity
- 24
- Spots Open
- 5
- Event Region
- California - South
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 2
- Standard Registration Opens
- 19-Sep-2022 20:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 14-Nov-2022 20:00 EST
- Price
- $155.00
- This event has reached capacity. Teams on waitlist may still be added.
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
This league is primarily for teams from elementary schools in LAUSD Local District South. Teams from schools in other LAUSD Local Districts may participate if space is available.
This league will be meeting in the Gym at Stephen M. White Middle School. Parking is available in the lot off the 223rd Street entrance.
Only team members and coaches will be allowed in the Team Pit and Competition areas - spectators will have to wait in the Auditorium for the duration of the events.
When you register for this league, please choose Pay Later as your Payment Method and bring a league fee check for $155 per team to the League Coach Orientation or to the first league session. Please make your check payable to Stephen M. White Middle School.
Teams will be invited to submit Digital Engineering Notebooks online and to schedule Remote Judging interviews by December 16, just before the Winter Recess. Remote Judging Interviews will be held during the two weeks before the final league session. Details will be sent to registered teams via email and posted on the Judging Format tab by November 30.
Before the first league session, teams need to upload the release forms for all student and adult team members in events.vex.com.
Each league session begins with Team Check-in and Robot Inspection. Teams need to check in by 4:30 PM and robots need to pass inspection by 4:45 PM to be included in the Teamwork Challenge match schedule.
At Team Check for the first league session, teams turn in league fee checks, verify that they have uploaded release forms for all team members, and sign up to provide one volunteer for at least one league session.
At the first Qualifying Session, each team will be scheduled for one Teamwork Challenge Practice Match and three Teamwork Challenge Qualifying Matches.
At the next two Qualifying Sessions, each team will be scheduled for four Teamwork Challenge Qualifying Matches.
At the final Championship session in January. teams participate in up to three Driving Skills Matches and up to three Programming Skills Matches. Robot Skills Challenge Matches are not scheduled. Judges may also request follow-up interviews with some teams. The Championship session concludes with Teamwork Challenge Finals Matches and Awards.
Teams need to provide at least one volunteer for at least one session. If we do not have enough volunteers, we may not be able to complete all scheduled matches. See the Volunteer tab for details.
We will have two competition fields and two practice fields at each session.
Grade Level: Elementary
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: Remote Interviews & Notebooks
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 26-Oct-2022
22102 South Figueroa Street
Carson, California 90745
United States
Date: 16-Nov-2022
22102 South Figueroa Street
Carson, California 90745
United States
Date: 14-Dec-2022
22102 South Figueroa Street
Carson, California 90745
United States
Date: 25-Jan-2023
22102 South Figueroa Street
Carson, California 90745
United States
Contact the Event Partner
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Agenda for the first three league sessions, the Qualifying Sessions:
3:30-4:00 PM Doors open. Set up
3:30-3:45 PM Volunteers check in
4:00-4:30 PM Teams check in
4:00-4:45 PM Robot Inspection
4:45-5:00 PM Opening Ceremony/Event Meeting/Announcements
5:00-7:00 PM Teamwork Practice and Qualifying Matches
7:00-7:30 PM Teams depart. Tear down. Doors close
Agenda for the last league session, the Championship Session:
3:30-4:00 PM Doors open. Set up
3:30-3:45 PM Volunteers check in
4:00-4:30 PM Teams check in
4:00-4:45 PM Robot Inspection
4:45-5:00 PM Opening Ceremony/Announcements
4:15-7:00 PM Robot Skills Matches
7:00-7:45 PM Teamwork Finals Matches and Awards
7:45-8:15 PM Teams depart. Tear down. Doors close
Volunteer
The league needs four trained volunteers that can attend all sessions
- 1 Emcee, 2 Referees, 1 Computer Operator
Each team may be asked to provide at least one volunteer for at least one session:
- 2 Check-in, Queue Crew, (one adult, one can be student)
- 1 Field Reset (student)
- 1 Practice Field Official (adult)
- 2 Robot Design Judges (adults, Championship Session only)
Volunteers can be scheduled at the Coach Orientation or at the first League Session.
A brief overview of the volunteer roles is available online at:
http://link.roboticseducation.org/vrceventdocuments_volunteerresources_volunteerrolesoverview
Other volunteers are welcome. Please contact the Event Partner or Event Sponsor.
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
If any session has to be cancelled, we will offer an additional session.
If league events can’t be held in person indoors, we will explore the possibility of holding the remaining league sessions in person outdoors. If league events can’t be held in person indoors or outdoors, then we will try to convert the remaining league sessions to Live Remote Tournaments. Skills events must be held in person, but it is possible to schedule one team at a time, to hold events outdoors, and to schedule events on weekends in January for better light and temperatures.
If teams are not allowed to meet in person, then teams will be encouraged to try VEXcode VR and to compete with the new VIQC Virtual Skills in VEXcode IQ:
https://www.vexrobotics.com/get-started/vex-vr-skills.
The Event Partner will contact teams if any league sessions must be reschedules or modified. Teams should keep their contact information up to date on events.vex.com and include both school and non-school phone numbers.
Refund and Payment Policies
Full refunds minus the $5.00 processing fee will be available until one week before the first session. After that, refunds based on special circumstances may be made at the discretion of the Event Partner.
Judging Format
All Remote Judging - The Initial Team Interviews will be conducted remotely, and Engineering Notebooks will be submitted to judges digitally via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact.
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 2, 2022 22:10
Subject: Remote Judging for 2022-23 LAUSD South VEX IQ ES Only League at Stephen M White Middle School
Greetings to all teams participating in the
LAUSD South VEX IQ ES Only League at Stephen M White Middle School
Link to League Website: events.vex.com/RE-VIQC-22-9365.html
As you may recall from the league website, this league will use Remote Judging. We will be using the same Remote Judging process for LAUSD leagues and Regional Championships this season that we used for LAUSD leagues and Regional Championships last season. For information about Remote Judging, see Pages 29-31 of the Guide to Judging.
Link to Guide: tinyurl.com/23-RJ-Guide
This league has 19 teams registered. The following awards will be offered:
Excellence Award (Judged)
Teamwork Champion (2)
Design Award (Judged)
Robot Skills Champion
Judges Award (Judged)
Volunteer of the Year
The Excellence Award and Teamwork Champion winners of should qualify for Regional Championships. If a team double qualifies for Regional Championships by winning more than one qualifying award, the extra spot goes to the next highest unqualified team on the Robot Skills ranking at that event. If any spots remain unfilled at Regional Championships, additional teams could be invited from Southern California Region teams on the World Skills Standings. Scoring high on Robot Skills at the final league session is another way to qualify for regional championships.
The Southern California Region currently has 380 Elementary School teams and 203 Middle School teams registered. LAUSD currently has 197 Elementary School teams and 74 Middle School teams registered. LAUSD has 52% of the Elementary School teams and 36% of the Middle School teams in the Southern California Region. We hope to secure approval soon for LAUSD to host two Regional Championships at each grade level.
According to the Qualifying Criteria, 32 Worlds spots are reserved for Southern California Elementary School teams and 19 Worlds spots are reserved for Southern California Middle School teams. Roughly 1/12 of all Elementary School teams and 1/11 of all Middle School teams in the Southern California Region will advance to Worlds.
Link to Qualifying Criteria: tinyurl.com/23-RJ-QC
Remote Judging Due Date:
Friday, 12/16/2022, 5:00 PM PST (The last day of classes before the Winter Break)
Submit Remote Judging Sign-Up Form
Link to form: tinyurl.com/23-RJ-White
Include your link to Team Photo
Include Remote Judging Interview Schedule Preferences
Submit Link to Digital Engineering Notebook on events.vex.com (My Account)
Submit Participant Release Forms on events.vex.com (My Account)
Remote Judging Interviews:
Friday, 01/13/2023 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Final league session:
Wednesday, 01/25/2023 4:00 PM - 7:45 PM
Important Notes
Teams must submit a Remote Judging Sign-Up Form by the Due Date to be scheduled for a Remote Judging Interview.
- Teams should submit a link for Team Photo with the Sign-Up Form.
- The Team Photo should include students, coaches, mentors, and robot with license plate visible
- Teams can indicate their schedule preferences for Remote Judging Interviews in 1-hour blocks.
- Teams must submit a Link for Digital Engineering Notebook by the Due Date to qualify for the Excellence Award and Design Award. Teams that created hardcopy notebooks can scan them in and submit them as a PDF or as a Photo Gallery.
- All Remote Judging Interview participants (students and one adult) must complete the online Participant Release Form by the Due Date. You should have already done this for the league. Any team member who does not have a Participant Release Form on file might not be allowed to participate in a Remote Judging Interview. If the adult team member does not have a Participant Release Form on file, the team might not be allowed to participate in a Remote Judging Interview.
- The 2022-23 League Remote Judging Interview Schedule will be available a few days after the Due Date.
Link to form: tinyurl.com/23-RJ-Sched - Remote Judging Interviews will be conducted using Zoom Breakout Rooms.
Link to Zoom meeting: tinyurl.com/23-RJ-Zoom - Team members will not be allowed to Chat or Share Screens during Remote Judging Interviews.
- Remote Judging Interviews will be limited to 10 minutes.
- Remote Judging Interviews will follow a script based on the Team Interview Rubric.
- The Engineering Notebook Rubric and Team Interview Rubric are Pages 33 and 34 in the Guide to Judging.
Link to Guide: tinyurl.com/23-RJ-Guide
Volunteer to be a Remote Judge
Coaches and mentors are invited to volunteer as Remote Judges for leagues or Regional Championships that their affiliated teams are not attending. Additional volunteer Information is available on the Remote Judge Sign-Up Form.
Link to form: tinyurl.com/23-RJ-Judges
Thank you for all that you do for students.
LeRoy
LeRoy E. Nelson
Event Sponsor
[email protected]
310-529-4637 (cell)
310-937-7226 (home office)