Registration for the 2022-2023 Season will open 09/05/2022
Timberline Middle School runs a Robotics Club for all students grade 6-8. This is a competitive club that learns about robotics concepts and builds a robot to compete in the VEX IQ Global Challenge. Teams are composed of 3-5 students and at least one parent coach. We hold meetings at school and students may take their robotics kits home between meetings to work on their robots.
2022-2023 VEX IQ Challenge - Slapshot
Commitment:
- Attend meetings during Flex
- 1-2 hours of work outside of school per week
- 1 student nominated as team Robotics Club cabinet member
- 1 parent coach to manage the team
- Coach coordinates parents, students and communicates with club advisors
- Coach registers team online and manages tournament fees and travel
- Coach organizes and supervises outside of school meetings
- Coach registers team for events through https://www.robotevents.com/
- 1 mandatory tournament at Timberline (other tournaments are available but optional)
- 1 mandatory TMS League
- Potential travel to state competition or even world competition based on qualification and whether teams want to attend
Expenses:
- Payment due to TMS upon sign up per student:
- School ASB Fee (One time per year school wide fee for joining any school clubs or activities)
- $40 Robotics club fee
- Payment due after teams are finalized:
- Variable Fee per team, one time VEX registration fee to be eligible for any official competitions
- $45 per team tournament registration fee for the TMS Tournament
- There may be more expenses for state and world competitions if teams qualify and wish to attend
If you would like to join Robotics Club you must follow this process:
- Form a team of 3-5 students
- Club advisors do not form teams and they do not force students on to other teams
- There will be a chance to form teams at the interest meeting
- If you are still having a hard time finding a team email the club advisors and they will add you to the recruits list
- Find a parent/guardian willing to be your coach
- Come up with a team name
- The Team Coach uses this link to enter the team's information.
- Each parent must complete this permission form (link)
- Once the above is complete, you will be given a date and time to pick up your robotics kit!
All steps must be complete by the end of September. Because of the volume of students this will be a hard date, submissions after this date will not be accepted!
For more information please email our Club Advisors:
- Mr. Steele - jsteele@lwsd.org
- Ms. Hacievliyagil - mhacievliyagil@lwsd.org
2022-2023 Club Event Dates
- Interest/Info Meeting - TBD (first week of school)
- Registration due date - 09/30/2022
- First Official Meeting - TBD
- Regular meetings - Every other week, Calendar Link Coming Soon
- Timberline LWSD League - TBD Starting in Late October
- League Events start at 3:30pm, try to end at 5:30. Teams are allowed to come early.
- Timberline Tournament - TBD in February
- State VEX IQ Tournament - TBD
- VEX Worlds - TBD