www.Vexrobotics.com
Middle School = VRC

• 7th and 8th grade meet during 6th or 7th hour Monday – Friday (4 teams per hour cap)
• 6th grade meets after school on Tuesday and Thursday from 3:15-4:15 studying Automation and Robotics for one semester, and Design and Modeling for one semester.
• The lab is open after school every day by request until 5:15. After school hours require a lab partner; team members with no partner must report to Late Stay. This is available for 7th and 8th grade only.
• Tuesdays and Thursdays after school will begin at 4:15 for 7th and 8th graders.
•  From time to time the lab will be open Saturday morning by email or text announcement. 
  
• Robotics is graded on: Engineering Notebooks, Design and Building, Collaboration, and Coding.
• Many grades in the School Management Software will reflect a collaborative team grade.
• The fee per semester is $150. This fee is added to your bill at the first of the semester.

Tournament Saturdays

• Beginning in October, teams will participate in required tournaments around the Upstate.
• Advance notice may be as short as 4-6 weeks. Because of our success we must give other teams first dibs on registration for tournaments.
• A “normal” tournament day is meet at the school at 6:30 am and return between 6-7 pm.
• Our goal is 2-3 Saturday tournaments per semester per team.
• 6th Grade teams only compete when their out-of-the box robot is functional and coded. Their goal is two tournament per semester plus the state.

**The following tournaments require qualification, fundraising, and administrative approval.
***Students must pay for their own food at all away tournaments.

• State Tournament: March, Qualification required. (Approximate cost $150-includes hotel, transportation only) (food not included)
• CREATE Nationals, Omaha: March, Qualification required. (Must raise or pay approximately $1250 per student-includes hotel, transportation, tournament registration) (food not included)
• Worlds VRC, Dallas: April, Qualification required. (Must raise or pay approximately $1800 per student-includes hotel, transportation, tournament registration) (food not included)
• All budgeted totals are approximations.

Bob Jones Academy MS Robotics Contract, 2024-25

Team Mission: To emphasize the place of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) in our culture for the glory and honor of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ

Team Goal: To collaborate as a team to design build, and program a robot to compete in VEX VRC competitions.

Biblical World View: “Let you [robots] so shine before men, that they may see your good [designs] and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16

Robotics team members are “ambassadors” for Christ and BJA. II Corinthians 5:20

Teamwork, collaboration, defined:

• Students will make changes to the robot only after all other teammates in attendance agree to the change using a matrix design evaluation.
• Students must record changes made to the robot in the Engineering Notebook.
• Changes made in the Engineering Notebook must reflect the standards expected at the competitive level.
• The skills driver and tournament driver will be awarded as the result of competitions between the team members.
• The robotics coach is the tiebreaking vote if necessary.
• Students cannot work alone on the robot at any time. One team member left, other goes to Late Stay.