March 29, 2024

Jr. VEX IQ Challenge Seeks Volunteers

Junior VEX IQ Challenge

The Southern Maryland Junior VEX IQ Challenge is set for Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, in St. Mary’s County, and The Patuxent Partnership has issued a call for event volunteers. College of Southern Maryland and Great Mills High School are hosting the event at the Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center in Leonardtown.

The Forrest center is at 24005 Point Lookout Road (Route 5).

Elementary and middle school students will be competing for the chance to represent Southern Maryland at the VEX IQ State Championship. From there, winners will advance to the VEX IQ World Championship.

The event this year is VEX IQ CHALLENGE Crossover.

Elementary and middle school teams in Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary’s County schools are contacting the College of Southern Maryland for registration information. All other teams should register through Robotevents.

The January competition is affiliated with the VEX Robotics Competition (VRC).

Elementary and middle schools that want to compete can download the Consent Form here.

Volunteers are needed for many jobs at the event. CSM staff faculty and students will be volunteering at the event, but The Patuxent Partnership is still calling for more volunteers. Every team is also required to provide at least one volunteer for one of the CSM championship robotics events. Volunteers may sign up on the Volunteer Signup page. The access code is csmrobotics.

Volunteers spend most of the day at the competition, but can specify their available hours. At the event, they are needed as scorekeepers, referees, judges, judge assistants, registration desk help, robot inspectors, field attendants, first aid, and crowd control.

The CSM Senior Division Robotics will hold its league championship on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, at CSM.

To learn more about The Patuxent Partnership and its programs, visit its Leader member page.  

For more about the College of Southern Maryland, visit its Leader member page.

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