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Great Valley Middle School January Over Under Public School Invitational (MS Only)

(Canceled)
Date
20-Jan-2024 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-VRC-23-1568
Program
VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Event Type
Tournament
Event Format
In-Person Invitational
Field Control System
Smart Field Control
Capacity
24
Spots Open
24
Event Region
Pennsylvania - East
Max Registrations per Organization
8
Standard Registration Opens
1-Nov-2023 12:00 EDT
Registration Deadline
19-Jan-2024 14:33 EST
Payment Deadline
19-Jan-2024 19:28 EST
Price
$80.00
This event is closed to registration because:
  • This event has been canceled.
  • It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO THE IMPENDING SNOW STORM AND THE CLOSURE OF GVSD SCHOOLS ON FRIDAY 1/19/2024. THE EVENT WILL NOT BE RESCHEDULED.

 

This event will use V5 Smart Field Controllers. Teams must be sure to associate their team number with their brain, and updated to the latest V5 firmware using VEXCode.

This event will use Electronic Notebooks. Team mentors must be sure to have accurate and up to date electronic notebook links entered for each of their teams in RobotEvents.

This is an invitational in-person event for public school VRC programs only.  For an invitation to this event, please contact the Event Partner at [email protected] or add your public school team to the wait list. Private teams are welcome to add themselves to the wait list, and any open spots left after December 15 2023 may be filled from the wait list.

All teams participating in this event are expected to follow the RECF Student Centered Policy (https://vrc-kb.recf.org/hc/en-us/articles/9654578622487-Student-Centered-Policy) - NO adult designed, built, or programmed robots.  Teams found to be violating the student-centered policy will be submitted to RECF for review and the outcome of that review may impact ability to participate in future events.

This event has Early Bird Registration enabled. Please see this link for more information.

The GVMS VRC Qualifier is a middle school only event.  Parking is available in front of Great Valley Middle School.  

There will be a snack bar with pizza sold by the pie and by the slice available, along with beverages and snacks.

As a courtesy to the Event Partner, and to expedite registration on the day of the event, you are asked to make payment at the time of the event registration.  Those teams not paid one week prior to the event will be moved to the wait list and risk not having a spot in the competition.

Teams canceling prior to the registration closure date and notifying the event administrator ([email protected]) via email by the registration closure date will receive a full refund.  Registered teams that are a no-show for the event are still responsible for payment of event registration fees, and will be expected to pay event entry fees at the time of registration for any future events.


Grade Level: Middle School

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 20-Jan-2024

Venue/Location:
Great Valley Middle School
255 Phoenixville Pike
Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355
United States

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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

MASKING AND ALL OTHER COVID PRECAUTIONS APPLY. ANY TEAM FOUND TO NOT BE FOLLOWING THESE GUIDELINES WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.

7:15AM - Doors open

7:30AM - Check-in opens

8:00 - 9:15AM - Inspections

9:00AM - Skills field opens

9:30 - Noon - Qualification Matches

Noon - 1:00PM - Lunch

2:00PM - Skills field closes

1:15 - 1:45PM - Alliance Selection

2:00 - 3:30PM - Elimination Rounds

3:45PM - Awards

4:00PM - Event Close

All times after doors open are approximate.

Volunteer

VEX Robotics events can't run without volunteers.  If interested in volunteering, please email [email protected]

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the event of an emergency or bad weather, every effort will be made to reschedule this event.

Refund and Payment Policies

​No refunds will be given, but credit can be applied to another GVMS event in the current season.

Teams that have paid but are no-shows for an event and have not contacted the event organizer at least 24 hours prior to the event will not receive a credit.

Teams that have registered but not paid (i.e. their plan was to pay by check in person) and are no-shows will be waitlisted for future events.

Judging Format

 

  • In Person Judging
  • Online/electronic notebooks only.
    • Notebooks MUST be submitted by January 3, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waitlist

25 teams are on the waitlist for this event.

Please login to add or remove teams from the waiting list.