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The 2nd Annual Mrs. Philosopher's Invitational (High Stakes)

VEX V5 Robotics Competition for Middle and High School Teams

Date
26-Jan-2025 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-V5RC-24-8345
Program
VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Event Type
Tournament
Event Format
Invitational
Field Control System
VEXNet Field Control
Capacity
32
Spots Open
-
Event Region
Florida - South
Max Registrations per Organization
5
Early-Bird Registration Opens
12-Nov-2024 12:00 EST
Standard Registration Opens
15-Dec-2024 12:00 EST
Registration Deadline
17-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline
7-Oct-2023 03:45 EDT
Price
$55.00

100% of total capacity is reserved for Florida - South.
32 remaining spots are reserved for Florida - South.

This event is closed to registration because:
  • Registration opens at a future date.

General Info

This is an invitational event, teams that have already qualified for their regional event will be placed on the waiting list.  Enter teams on the wait list.  Priority will be given to teams without any other events on their record for this season.  We hope to make this more of a rookie event for new teams.  If you still wish to register for this event place your team on the wait list and you will be contacted if your are registered.

This VRC Qualifier is a Blended event, so all middle and high school teams are welcome!  

All participants are expected to complete the participant release form . (also available in Spanish)  Once per season covers all events.


Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 26-Jan-2025

Venue/Location:
Don Estridge High Tech Middle School
1798 NW Spanish River Blvd
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
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

 

 

8:00 Doors open,

8:15 Registration, and Inspection Open

9:00 Opening Remarks and Drivers Meeting - Robot skills will run until the qualification matches are over. Get your rounds in early!

9:30 Qualification matches start.

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch 

1:00 - 2:30 Qualification Matches

2:40 - 2:50  Alliance Selection

3:00 - 4:00 Finals Matches, immediately followed by awards*

(Award ceremony will start right after Judges turn in results)

Volunteer

Volunteers are the most important things to have in order to run a great event.  If you are able to volunteer for this event contact Brian Rowland at [email protected].  In your email please include what job you are most interested in as well as any VEX certifications you currently possess.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

 

For event day information regarding weather delays or cancellations, please check the event page for updates.

Notification of any changes to this event will be made through the contacts provided with your registration through robotevents.com

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

Per the RobotEvents.com fee structure, $5.00 of each registration is used by their organization for processing and is not refundable.

Refunds will be issued in the cases of an event cancellation.

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:

No refunds will be issued to "no show" teams.

If payment is not received by deadline you risk the option of being put on the waitlist.

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.com by 11:59pm on January 17th.