South Texas VEX IQ - Squared Away - Elementary State Championship

Agenda

Friday Night

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Optional - Early Check-in/Inspection/Skills

Saturday

7:00 am Doors Open/Team Check-in begins

7:30 am Inspections Open

8:30 am Inspections Close 

8:30 am Driver Meeting in Main Gym

8:45 am Schedule finalized and printed (“VEX via” app is even better, download in advance)

9:00 am First Match (PLEASE have your robot ready before 8:45)

11:30am     Lunch

12:30 pm Qualification matches continue (All teams will have 10 qualification matches, lowest 2 scores dropped)

2:00 pm Alliance Finals and Awards

3:30 pm Finished and clean up

Volunteer

Volunteers make these events possible. If you are interested in volunteering register online or email me at [email protected].

Volunteers will receive breakfast, lunch, snacks and a free t-shirt.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

All cancellations will be communicated through email. Please check your email the day before and the morning of the tournament (before leaving).

Refund and Payment Policies

No refunds will be given once registration closes.

STEM Research

This season the STEM Research Project is presented as a 4-minute video plus 15 seconds of credits that the team records and uploads to SchoolTube, YouTube, or a similar online video platform. A link to the video must be submitted to the Event Partner no later than ONE WEEK BEFORE the tournament date. Follow these steps:

1. Please refer to the **STEM Research Project and Presentation** document from the REC Foundation. The document can be found in the VEX IQ Challenge Team Resources area at https://www.roboticseducation.org
2. Record the STEM Presentation as a video following the instructions in the STEM Research Project and Presentation document.
3. Upload the video to one of the online video resources following the instructions in the STEM Research Project and Presentation document.
4. Have the coach or another adult submit the link to the video, including the team number and contact information for the coach, to the Event Partner no later than ONE WEEK BEFORE the tournament date:

   Submit Here before midnight Saturday February 22nd.

5. Finalists will give their live presentation and be interviewed by judges at the event. Please refer to the STEM Research Project and Presentation document for details.
6. Only ONE submission allowed per team. If two or more video links are sent to the Event Partner, only the first link received will be considered.
7. The winner of the STEM Research Project Award will be announced with the other judged awards at the event.

If you have questions about this process, please contact your REC Foundation Regional Support Manager. Refer to our website for contact information: events.vex.com/support

VEX TEXT

Use VEX TEXT to get alerts for your upcoming matches.  For each match, the subscribed team members will receive 2 alerts, one 20 minutes prior to the match and one 10 minutes prior.  This will help ensure teams are at the queueing table on time. Sign up here

Lunches

Lunch Pre-Order for VEX IQ State Tournament 2-29-20

Help us help you with pre-ordered lunch!

The Robonauts Booster Club will be providing lunch pre-ordering for the CCISD VEX EDR Tournament on February 29, 2020. The tournament will be held at CCISD’s Learning Support Center (the old Clear Lake HS Ninth Grade Center) 2903 Falcon Pass, Houston, TX 77062.

We ask that each team competing in the tournament who would like to pre-order, please fill out ONE group order online at https://forms.gle/GoLMwgqrhEQ26jVg8.  This year will be pizza, Chick-fil-a meals, hot-dog meals, and drinks as listed on the online form. The pizzas are large pizzas with original crust. 

Please decide your team order (one order per team) and fill out the online form by 10:00am on February 27th.  Please submit one team payment at the concession stand before 8:30AM on the day of the event.  We do have the ability to take credit cards.  Limit one payment per team order.

Use form below to help you get orders from your team. 

Coaches will need to tally orders and submit ONE team order online using the following link:

https://forms.gle/GoLMwgqrhEQ26jVg8

Student Name: ____________________________         Parent Name: ______________________________

Email: _____________________________________      Phone:  ______________________________

Menu Offerings

Large Pizza      $14.00 Note the number of pizzas desired (must be ordered as an entire pizza):

____ Cheese        ____ Pepperoni       

Total number of pizzas:   _______ X $14.00 = $__________

Chick-fil-a Sandwich, chips, & dessert     $6.00 Note the number of meals desired:

Total number of Chick-fil-a Sandwich meals:   _______ X $6.00 = $__________

Chick-fil-a Nuggets, chips, & dessert     $6.00 Note the number of meals desired:

Total number of Chick-fil-a Nuggets meals:   _______ X $6.00 = $__________

Hot-Dog, chips, & dessert     $4.00 Note the number of meals desired:

Total number of Hot Dog meals:   _______ X $4.00 = $__________

Drinks    $1.00 Note the number of drinks desired:   

___ Bottled Water    ___ Coke        ___ Diet Coke

___ Dr. Pepper        ___ Sprite

Total number of drinks:   _______ X $1.00 = $__________

Grand Total $ _________