Welcome to the 2025 VEX IQ Region 4 Elementary School Championship!!!

Code of Conduct

The REC Foundation considers the positive, respectful, and ethical conduct of teams to be an essential component of the competition. Participants are expected to behave in a respectful and professional manner, and to operate as student-centered teams with limited adult assistance. This includes all students, teachers, coaches, mentors, parents, and spectators associated with a team.

For more details, please refer to the REC Foundation Code of Conduct and Student-Centered Policy. If you have concerns about compliance with the Code of Conduct, please speak to the Event Partner during the event.

Agenda

***Notebooks are to be submitted DIGITALLY on or before Wednesday, February 26, 2025***

7:30 - Doors Open

8:00 - Inspection Begins

8:45 - Inspection Closes

9:00 - Skills Fields Open & Judging Begins

11:30 - Skills Fields Close / Lunch

12:15 - Teamwork Challenge Matches Begin & Judging Continues

3:30 - Announcement of Finals Matches

3:40 - Finals Matches and Awards

Team Pits Close immediately after awards.
Please keep your Pit area clean throughout the day to allow for easy clean up.

**This information is subject to change**

PIT will close immediately following awards
Please keep your PIT area clean throughout the day to make end-of-day clean-up easier.

**This information is subject to change**

Volunteer

Get Inspired and Have Fun! Be a part of the excitement by joining a team of volunteers who help in a variety of ways to make this event a success for the students involved.

Volunteer Coordinator contact: [email protected]

Experience level: No previous experience is needed for most volunteer positions, and you can even bring your kids for a family activity (for example, Field Resetter is an ideal position for young children). 

Time Commitment: You can register for an entire day, or just a portion of the day as your schedule permits for most positions. 

Meals: Lunch is included for volunteers.

Volunteer Positions Needed: 

• Judges (no previous experience required – all day commitment)
• Referee/Scorekeepers including Skills Referee (previous experience preferred)
• Field Resetters (no previous experience required)

Want to find out more about these volunteer roles and expectations? Visit the REC Foundation website at RoboticsEducation.org/volunteer to check out position descriptions and find volunteer training materials. 

Once you have an assigned volunteer role, please carefully review all guides and training materials posted on the Volunteer Resources page before the event at RoboticsEducation.org/volunteers/volunteer-resources/

Contact the Volunteer Coordinator to register for this event today!

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

The event partner will contact teams in the event of fire, flood, tornado, hurricane, road closures and other unforeseen events that may affect the health and safety of teams or the teams' ability to get to the venue.

The event will be rescheduled if it needs to be postponed.

Be sure your team contact information for the day of the event is up to date in Robotevents. 

Thank you. 

Refund and Payment Policies

Refunds will be issued up to 14-days prior to this event only if a replacement team is available to fill the vacated spot.  Refunds will not be issued after that time except in the case of very extenuating circumstances at the event partner's discression.  

Please be aware that event partners have fixed costs and rely on team registrations to meet these obligations.

All refunds regardless of the reason will be reduced by the REC Foundation fee imposed on the event partner.

Judging Format

Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In Person Team Interviews: Team interviews will be conducted in-person at the event. Engineering notebooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation  via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact on RobotEvents. A submission deadline that may be scheduled ahead of the event date.

Only digital Engineering Notebooks will be accepted.  Please make sure your notebook is uploaded to your team account by Wednesday, February 26, 2025. 

Teams do not need to bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges.

Waitlist

0 teams are on the waitlist for this event.