BCPS ONLY- VEX IQ Robotics Competition League

Agenda

*Season Kickoff Event- Friday, Oct. 10, 2026 (3:00 - 6:00 pm), Park Springs ES

AGENDA- 

• Meet your mentor group

• Get hands-on support with building, driving, coding, scoring, & design notebook. 

• Volunteer high school students to share expertise 

• Train adult volunteers

Ranking Session #1  
DATE:  Monday, Nov. 10, 2025
TIME:  4 - 7 pm 
HOST SCHOOL: Silver Palms Elementary
EVENT HOST:  Maritza Suarez

AGENDA:  

• (4:00 – 5:15 pm) Inspection/Check-in/Volunteer Training/Practice 

• (5:15 - 5:45 pm) League Orientation- Driver's meeting  

• (5:45 – 7:00 pm) 3 teamwork matches per team 

• Cleanup

Ranking Session #2  
DATE:   Friday, Dec. 5, 2025   
TIME:    4 - 7 pm  
HOST SCHOOL: Miramar Regional Park
EVENT PARTNER:  Kelly Thomas & Steven Gehalo

AGENDA: 

• (4:00 - 5:30 pm) Practice/Check-in (Skills & Team matches)

• (5:30 pm - 5:45 pm) Driver’s meeting  

• (5:45 - 7:00 pm) Qualification Matches (3 teamwork matches per team); Skills field open (up to 3 driver & 3 autonomous) 

• Cleanup

Ranking Session #3  
DATE:  Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026
TIME:  4 - 7 pm  
HOST SCHOOL: Parkside Elementary  
EVENT HOST:  Craig Lehrhaupt  

AGENDA:

• (4:00 - 5:30 pm) Practice/Check-in (Skills & Team matches)

• (5:30 pm - 5:45 pm) Driver’s meeting  

• (5:45 - 7:00 pm) Qualification Matches (3 teamwork matches per team); Skills field open (up to 3 driver & 3 autonomous) 

• Cleanup

 *Learning League Finals- Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026 (4:30 - 7:00 pm), Pines MS

AGENDA-

• Finals for Non-competitive League

• Awards & Recognition

Ranking Session #4
DATE:  Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026
TIME:  4 - 7 pm  
HOST SCHOOL: Manatee Bay Elementary School  
EVENT HOST:  Paula Fijalkowski

AGENDA:

• (4:00 - 5:30 pm) Inspection/Check-in/Skills  

• (5:30 - 6:00 pm) Finals Matches 

• (6:00 - 6:30 pm) Clean-up/Judging Deliberation 

• (6:30 - 7:00 pm) Awards

Volunteer

Volunteers are the heart of every VEX competition--without them the event simply cannot function. In a perfect world, every robot team would provide at least 2 adult volunteers at every event.  For this league, we require each team to provide 1 volunteer that can be trained on the initial ranking session and attend ALL SESSIONS.  Teams will be asked to submit a name and email (via form) for their volunteer.  Volunteers will be provided with information via email.  Anyone else interested in volunteering can contact Kelly Thomas ([email protected]).

There are lots of different roles that need to be filled, with varying degrees of expertise and physical activity. Check out the 'Volunteer Roles Overview.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

If conditions require (a hurricane, for instance), the ranking session will be CANCELLED.  We will attempt to reschedule any cancelled ranking sessions or add additional time to existing ranking session dates.  There will be NO REFUNDS.

Refund and Payment Policies

Refunds* will ONLY be issued in the cases of the entire League Event (ALL Ranking sessions) cancellation.

According to RECF policy, $5.00 of each registration is used by their organization for processing and is NOT REFUNDABLE.

Not paying the tournament fee by the payment deadline gives the Event Partner the right to move your team to the waitlist.

Judging Format

All Remote Judging - The Initial Team Interviews will be conducted remotely (via Microsoft Teams), and Engineering Notebooks will be submitted to judges digitally via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact.

• Engineering Notebooks must be submitted electronically to RobotEvents on January 30, 2026.
• Those teams in consideration for Judges awards may have another in-person interview at the final ranking session (Feb. 12, 2026) if determined necessary by the Judge Advisor.