VOLUNTEERS OPPORTUNITIES

We need YOUR help to make Practice Day and Game Day a success!

Help Needed for Practice Day

PRACTICE DAY: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25

Rocky Mountain BEST will host Practice Day at Rangeview High School in Aurora on Saturday, October 25. At Practice Day, teams get to test their robot on the field, while also getting support and ideas from other teams and volunteers. Teams that are competing for the BEST Award present their Marketing Presentations. Practice Day also serves as a "training day" for many of our volunteers to prepare for the official competition on Game Day!

No prior experience needed for many tasks!

PRACTICE DAY TRANSPORT & SET-UP

Friday, October 24

• Truck Loading at Lakewood Workshop, 3-4pm
• Event Set-Up at Rangeview HS, 6-9 pm

PRACTICE DAY EVENT

Saturday, October 25, 8am-3pm

Location: Rangeview High School, Aurora

A few of the volunteer tasks:

• Registration
• Hospitality
• Game Field Setting+
• Pit Monitoring

• Team Staging *
• Field Tear-Down, clean up
• Truck-Loading
• Workshop Truck Unloading
• Compliance Robot Measuring and Weighing
• Referee*
• Marketing Judge*

Note:

• Tasks with * require training with RM BEST prior to the event
• Tasks with + are open to anyone that is at least 10 years old

Help Needed for Game Day

GAME DAY: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8

Game Day is just around the corner--just two weeks after Practice Day, we host our big event! On Game Day, teams engage in head-to-head matches against other teams. Teams with the top game performance advance to the semi-finals and finals. Teams with the top Engineering Notebook scores compete for a wildcard slot to advance to semi-finals. Throughout the day, teams competing for the BEST Award present their exhibits. At the end of the day, we hold an awards ceremony to recognize the top teams in categories including robot performance, spirit and sportsmanship, BEST Award, and more.

GAME DAY TRANSPORT & SET-UP

Friday, November 7

• Truck Loading at Lakewood Workshop, 3-4pm
• Event Set-Up at Rangeview HS, 6-9 pm

GAME DAY EVENT

Saturday, November 8, 8am-5pm

Location: Rangeview High School, Aurora

A few of the volunteer tasks:

• Registration
• Hospitality
• Game Field Setting+
• Pit Monitoring
• Compliance Robot Measuring and Weighing
• Spirit & Sportsmanship Judge*
• Referee*
• Score Runner+
• Team Staging *
• Referee*
• Spirit & Sportsmanship Judge*

• Team Staging *
• Field Tear-Down, clean up
• Truck-Loading
• Workshop Truck Unloading
• Field Tear-Down, clean up
• Truck-Loading
• Workshop Truck Unloading

Note:

• Tasks with * require training with RM BEST prior to the event
• Tasks with + are open to anyone that is at least 10 years old

Help Needed to Judge Engineering Notebooks

Volunteer Opportunity with Flexible Hours/Location (Oct 25 - Nov 4)

Are you looking for a volunteer task that you can complete from home at your own pace?



* We are looking for 12 judges to each help score a section of 20 team notebooks

* Training and scoring guidelines will be provided

* Notebooks are available beginning October 25. All scoring needs to be completed by November 4.

* Estimated time commitment: 8 hours (includes scoring and providing feedback)

* If you are interested in helping with this important task, please email Gwynn.Moore@bestinc.org

PRELIMINARY DESIGN REVIEW HIGHLIGHTS

BEST Volunteers Share Insights from PDRs

During the week of September 22, Rocky Mountain BEST hosted Preliminary Design Reviews for teams to share their initial ideas with BEST leaders and get feedback and guidance for moving forward. This year, RM BEST made this a required component for all teams. Two of our BEST PDR mentors, Mike King and Kathy Brown, shared their insights about the PDRs.

• Mike: "More teams were prepared this year, most teams had done a great job assessing the game rules and identifying a good variety of scoring/robot design strategies".
• Kathy: "I was impressed by the valuable resources students identified for their notebooks".
• Gwynn Moore, RM BEST Teacher/Mentor Interface, also mentioned that one team had incorporated use of AI into their evaluation of the rules and their design process, and had correctly documented their work according to BEST's new rules for AI usage. The team failed to identify that the AI evaluation had 2 missing requirements highlighting the importance to make sure your facts are true.
• Team mentors and coaches reported that the PDR provides an early deadline to help team members organize their ideas and solidify plans for moving forward--and is valuable practice at communicating their thinking and assembling materials for their Engineering Notebooks.



A huge thank you to all of our volunteers who met with teams, listened to their ideas, and provided valuable guidance and mentoring.

AI is only as good as its fActoIds. Make sure yours are true.

2025 GAME OVERVIEW

REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP UPDATES

After hosting the Denver Regional Championship weekend in Denver over the last 7 years, we're going to have a change in venue for the 2025 Championship! This year, the event will be held at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas on December 6-7, 2025. Stay tuned for more information as we get closer to the event!

Will you be attending the Colorado Science Conference on Friday, November 7?

Our RM BEST Outreach and Volunteer Recruitment team members will be hosting a workshop to help teachers learn more about Rocky Mountain BEST, basic robot design, and how to get their own students involved. Participants will get hands-on with our demo robots and engage in a mini-competition.

We would LOVE to see YOU at our workshop!

SPREAD THE WORD:

VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT

YOU Can Help Us Empower the Next Generation of STEM Leaders!

Do you shop at King Soopers? If so, you can support Rocky Mountain BEST just by doing your normal grocery shopping!

King Soopers' Community Rewards Program will donate a portion of all your purchases to a nonprofit of your choice.

There are TWO easy ways to designate RM BEST as the nonprofit that your account is linked to:

Option 1: Send an Email

1) Email KingSoopersCommunityRewards@kingsoopers.com and request to have RM BEST (#GJ308) added to your King Soopers Card account.

Note: You will need to provide either your King Soopers card number or your phone number to link your account.

Option 2: Connect via King Soopers website

1) Go to http://www.kingsoopers.com

2) Sign in to your King Soopers Account.

3) Once signed in, locate the search bar and type "Community Rewards"

5) In the search tab, search for "GJ308". This should bring up RM BEST.

6) Select "Enroll

RM BEST COMMUNITY REWARDS: #GJ308

RM BEST is working to update our social media presence and reach a broader audience.

If you use Instagram, please consider following us! Over the years, several accounts have been created for our hub, but the official account that is facilitated by RM BEST is @RockyMtnBESTRobotics.

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