Squared Away In Southwest Kansas

Date: 18-Jan-2020 Add to Calendar
Event Code: RE-VIQC-19-0361
Program: VEX IQ Robotics Competition™
Event Type: Open Tournament
Capacity: 50
Spots Open: 0
Event Region: Kansas
Max Registrations per Organization: 7
Standard Registration Opens: 12-Sep-2019 11:13 EDT
Registration Deadline: 13-Jan-2020 11:13 EST
Price: $25.00

This event is closed to registration because:

This event currently has no spaces available.
It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

This event is open to elementary and middle school Vex IQ teams.

Please consider the following items as you prepare for the event:

1. Review the rules and run through the inspection checklist about a week before the competition so that there is ample time for adjustments. The inspection checklist can be found on the documents page.

2. Read the document 120 Things to do before your first VEX Tournament found on the Document Page.

3. Pack for the event the day before the day of departure.
Here are a few items that you don't want to forget.
Spare parts & tools
Batteries and chargers
Programming cable
Power strip & extension cord
Laptop computer
Engineering notebook (if you have one, REQUIRED for Design and Excellence Awards )
Banners and other decorations for your team pit
Giveaways if you have them

4. Understand how the game will be played. VEX participants should thoroughly read the game rules. Additional rulings and interpretations of the game rules can be found on the Offical VEX Forum.

5. Participation and Consent Form - A completed form for all participants must be turned in during check-in. Team leaders will need to collect the completed forms for all team members attending the event and turn them in to the registration desk when checking in. The Consent & Waiver Form can be found on the documents page.

This event will offer the STEM award.

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: No

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 18-Jan-2020

Venue/Location:

Garden City High School
2720 Buffalo Way
Garden City, Kansas 67846
United States

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Agenda

We will do our best to stick to the schedule but based on the number of teams times may change.

7:45am Doors open, Registration, Pits Open

8:00 am Inspections begins, teams may drop of engineering notebooks at the judging table

9:00 am Practice Fields and Skills Field open to inspected teams only

9:20 am Driver and Coaches meetings

9:30am – 1:00 PM Qualification Matches, excellence and design award judging time

1;15 pm Skills Field Closes

1:45 pm – 2:30 pm Finals Matches

2:45 pm Awards and results

Volunteer

We are looking for volunteers to help in a number of different areas of the competition. No previous experiance is required.

If you are interested in volunteering, please email [email protected]

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In case of bad weather conditions or possible cancellations please visit the event on events.vex.com where updates will be posted about the event status as needed. We will make every possible effort to re schcedule the event.

Please feel free to contact me by phone if you are going to be late to the event.

Refund and Payment Policies

Teams that need to withdraw from the event before the event deadline and produce an invoice showing payment will be refunded, minus a $5 processing fee, in full at our earliest convenience. Teams that withdraw between the event deadline and the day of the event will receive NO refund, unless as determined by the Event Partner that there are extenuating circumstances (these will be rare).

Date: 18-Jan-2020

Garden City High School
2720 Buffalo Way
Garden City, Kansas 67846
United States

Travel Info

The event will be located at Garden City High School. The address is 2720 Buffalo Way, Garden City, KS.

The best place to drop off and park is near “The Point” of the High School which is about halfway down the loop across the street from the student parking lot. Extra parking and bus parking is available in the student parking lot near Buffalo Stadium.

The event will be held in the main gym of the high school with pit areas for teams in the practice gym directly connected to the main gym.

REC Foundation Design Award Rubric

Participant Release Form Spanish

REC Foundation Code of Conduct

Criteria for registered VEX IQ Challenge teams (Elementary and Middle School) to qualify for participation in championship events.

VIQC Qualifying Criteria

A description of this year's STEM Research Project

STEM Research Project Topic (2019-2020)

A description of this year's STEM Research Project Rubric.

STEM Research Project Topic Rubric (2019-2020)

VIQC Sqaured Away One Page Description.

VIQC Sqaured Away One Page Description

VIQC Robot Inspection Checklist.

VIQC Robot Inspection Checklist

Participant Release Form English

Participant Release Form