Registration for the 2024-2025 Season will close 09/30/2024

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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. 

2024-2025 VEX IQ Challenge - TBD at Worlds

 

Note: We do not support private teams. To get TMS support, teams must sign up under our team numbers (84 or 184). It is ok if teams have members from other LWSD schools that do not offer a robotics program. 

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/ 
  • At least 1 tournament at Timberline (other tournaments are available but optional)
  • 1 mandatory TMS League
  • Potential travel to state competition or world competition based on qualification and whether teams want to attend

Expenses:

  • Payment due to TMS:
    • School ASB Fee (One time per year school wide fee for joining any school clubs or activities)
    • $60 Robotics club fee (Added to student account after all teams are registered) 
      • This fee covers kits, replacement parts, and team registration
  • Payment due after teams are finalized:
    • $50 per team tournament registration fee for any TMS Tournaments (no fee for leagues)
    • There will 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:

  1. Form a team of 3-5 students
    1. Club advisors do not form teams and they do not force students on to other teams
    2. There will be a chance to form teams at the beginning of the year interest meeting
    3. If you are still having a hard time finding a team email the club advisors and they will add you to the free agent list
  2. Find a parent/guardian willing to be your coach
  3. Come up with a team name
  4. The Team Coach uses this link to enter the team's information.
  5. Each parent must complete this permission form (link)
  6. 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. This is a hard date, submissions after this date will not be accepted!

For more information please email our Club Advisors:

2024-2025 Important Dates

  • Interest/Info Meeting - September 13th 2024
  • Registration due date - September 30th 2024
  • First Official Meeting - TBD
  • Required Flex meetings - TBD (Once per month during Flex)
  • Optional Meetings - Every other Friday Flex
  • Timberline LWSD League - (Tentative) 10/02/2024, 10/16/2024, 11/06/2024, & 11/20/2024
    • League Events start at 3:00pm, try to end at 5:30.
    • Teams must be on time or risk not competing.  
  • Timberline January Tournament - (Tentative) 01/11/2025
  • Timberline February Tournament - (Tentative) 02/22/2025
  • WA State VEX IQ Championship- March 2025
  • VEX Worlds - Around May 1st 2025