2020 California VEX IQ Middle School State Championship - LOS ANGELES (La Verne)

Date: 14-Mar-2020 Add to Calendar
Event Code: RE-VIQC-19-1130
Program: VEX IQ Robotics Competition™
Event Type: Open Tournament
Capacity: 40
Spots Open: 5
Event Region: California - South
Standard Registration Opens: 23-Oct-2019 23:01 EDT
Registration Deadline: 6-Mar-2020 23:02 EST
Price: $250.00

This event is closed to registration because:

It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

***UPDATE: 11am Thursday, March 12, 2020***

Dear VEX Teams

We have continued to review the ever-changing guidance from county health departments across the state, focusing on guidance from each respective county health department where a state championship event is being held. We have also continued to monitor, CDC and state-wide guidance from health officials. The REC Foundation will follow the guidance of public health officials for the safety of our students and the communities we serve.

As you may know, late last night, the California Department of Public Health issued new guidance to cancel events over 250 people and events where a distance of at least 6 feet between each participant is not possible; this guidance all but makes our remaining 11 CA state championship events impossible even if we close them to spectators:

https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/CDPH%20Document%20Library/Gathering_Guidance_03.11.20.pdf

Realizing the necessity of following the guidance of health officials, the REC Foundation has decided to cancel all remaining California State Championship events.

We know this decision will disappoint many, and ask that you realize the REC Foundation and impacted state Event Partners share the disappointment. We also know that this decision will have significant impact on many teams that have made great sacrifices this season to get to the state championships. We are working to resolve the outstanding issues caused by these cancellations and kindly ask that teams refrain from contacting the Event Partners at this time as they will have no further information to share other than what is contained in this message:

Refunds: Refunds will be provided to teams. All impacted teams will be contacted next week by their respective state Event Partners with information on the refund process and procedures. We would kindly ask for your patience with this process.

CA Worlds Spots: The Worlds 2020 spots allocated to the cancelled California events will be filled from California teams by platform and grade level from the World Skills list. We do not yet have a timeline on when this will happen, but anticipate it will be in the next two weeks.

VEX Worlds 2020: VEX Worlds 2020 is still on and will proceed as scheduled. The updates for Worlds can be found at: https://www.roboticseducation.org/vex-robotics-world-championship-2020-plan-your-visit/

We sincerely apologize to the impacted teams, but remain committed to putting health and safety first.

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***UPDATE: Monday, March 9, 2020***

Out of an abundance of caution we have decided to limit the event to team members and one adult mentor per team. The event is closed to the public, and we will not be having any spectators at the event.

We have been in communication with the County of Los Angeles Health officials and we will continue to monitor the situation closely. They have not recommended any cancelation at this time, we have made the decision as a school hosting the event and doing what we can to reduce the number of people at the event.

We are doing everything possible that we can to ensure that the students get the opportunity to compete, and hope that everyone understands that the safety of everyone is our utmost priority.

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Congratulations on earning a spot at the 2020 VEX Robotics CA State Championship Event.

***You may register at any site that has space available for the state championship event you qualified for - please read the entire event posting before registering.***

Choose wisely if this is the event you are selecting. Once you register you will NOT be able to move to a different city. You will NOT be refunded your fee and teams will be moved to the wait list if they have not completed the payment by February 28, 2020. It is your responsibility to make sure that the payments have been processed in time. We will use the visible record of payment on events.vex.com to make the determination.

Grade Level: Middle School

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 14-Mar-2020

Venue/Location:

Damien High School
2280 Damien Avenue
La Verne, California 91750
United States

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Agenda

Saturday, March 14, 2020

Tenative Schedule of Event

7:00 AM Volunteer Check In

7:30 AM Team Check in, Pit set up, robot inspection begins.

8:30 AM ALL TEAMS PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT NEED TO BE CHECKED IN OR WILL BE DROPPED FROM THE MATCH SCHEDULE.

8:45 AM Event/Driver Meeting, Pits CLOSED

9:00 AM Opening Ceremony, Pits CLOSED

9:15 AM Matches and Judging begins

12:00 PM Lunch break

12:45 PM Matches and Judging continues

3:15 PM Qualification Matches Conclude

3:30 PM Finals Matches and Awards

4:30 PM Pits/event closes

Volunteer

Volunteers are welcome and appreciated.

Please use the following form to sign up: http://bit.ly/2020StateChampionshipsLA

Technical Positions Non Technical Positions

Robot Inspectors Team Check In

Referees Volunteer Check In

Judges Team Queuing

Tournament Manager Operators Skills Field Assistant

Skills Field Referee Field Reset

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the case of bad weather conditions or possible cancellations, please visit the event on events.vex.com where updates about the event status will be posted as needed. Event Partners will also make every effort to reach teams directly in case of an emergency. Make sure your team contact information is up to date in your events.vex.com account, as this is the information that will be used to contact your team. Teams should make sure their contact information in events.vex.com includes both school and non-school phone numbers.

Refund and Payment Policies

Congratulations on earning a spot at the 2020 VEX Robotics CA State Championship Event.

Webcast

The event will be live streamed at http://youtube.damien-hs.edu/

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:

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
Record the STEM Presentation as a video following the instructions in the STEM Research Project and Presentation document.
Upload the video to one of the online video resources following the instructions in the STEM Research Project and Presentation document.
Have the coach or another adult submit the link to the video no later than ONE WEEK BEFORE the tournament date using this Google Form:
https://forms.gle/78TsSwNv1yUM3iGD8
The top five (5) contenders for the STEM Research Project Award as judged from the video submissions, will deliver their 4-minute presentations in-person to a panel of two (2) judges at the event. Additionally, judges will have up to 4 minutes for questions and answers. The winning team will be selected from the in-person presentations as judged using the STEM Research Project rubric.
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.
The winner of the STEM Research Project Award will be announced with the other judged awards at the event.

IIf you have questions about this process, please contact LeRoy Nelson: [email protected]

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