FALL 2025: Local RM BEST Hub Events

• Critical Design Reviews - October 13 - 17
• 30 minute online mentoring sessions during Week 2 and Week 5 to help teams focus and improve their designs

• Practice Day - October 25, 2025 at Rangeview High School
• Online delivery of engineering notebook through the registry
• Provide team access to game field for practice, and judging of optional BEST Award Marketing Presentations



• Game Day - November 8, 2025 at Rangeview High School
• Head-to-head robot competition and judging, including optional BEST Award Team Exhibit & Interview, and Spirit & Sportsmanship

DECEMBER 2025: Denver BEST Regional Championship

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

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

Volunteers Needed for Practice Day - Preparation and Event Facilitation

Practice Day is just ONE MONTH AWAY!

Rocky Mountain BEST will host Practice Day at Rangeview High School in Aurora on Saturday, October 25.

No prior experience needed for many tasks!

PRACTICE DAY TRANSPORT & SET-UP

Friday, October 24

• Truck Loading at Lakewood Workshop 24, 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
• Compliance Robot Measuring and Weighing
• Referee*
• Marketing Judge*

• Team Staging *
• 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

NEW BRI CODE OF CONDUCT FOR ALL VOLUNTEERS & PARTICIPANTS

All BEST participants and volunteers must sign a new Code of Conduct in order to engage in any BEST events this season.

Please read through this document prior to volunteering. RM BEST will provide a digital form for you to complete to confirm you agree to the Code of Conduct.

Click on the image of the Code of Conduct to access the full document.

Interested in Volunteering for Practice Day Events on October 24-25?



Click the box below to learn more about volunteer opportunities

and to register as a volunteer

Coming in October: Volunteers Needed for Game Day Events

Stay tuned for more information about how you can help with Game Day Set-Up (Friday, November 7) and Game Day events (Saturday, November 8).

If interested, please use the link below to send an email and express your interest in helping with our 2025 Game Day.

On Saturday, September 13, Rocky Mountain BEST and Front Range BEST co-hosted Kickoff Day at STEM School Highlands Ranch. Leaders from each hub helped facilitate the Kickoff Assembly, welcoming coaches and students from 31 teams, presenting the FActoIds game animation, revealing the game field, and providing an overview of the game rules.

Teams also picked up kits, then participated in workshops that covered topics related to the game and deliverables, including programming with the new VEX V5 brain, navigating the new engineering notebook requirements and scoring guides, strategies for pursuing the BEST award, basics of building and robot assembly, and more!

Rocky Mountain BEST has 20 teams competing this season, including four rookie teams.

We are so excited to see what teams do with this year's game!

REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT

Change in Venue for 2025 Chamionship

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

Meet Lois Walton, Board Treasurer & Head Scorekeeper

Q: How did you get involved with BEST? What roles have you served in?

Way back at the 2010 beginning...a couple from the Denver area had participated in BEST in Wichita, Kansas and thought it would be worthwhile to bring it to Colorado. He presented to our retirees association and pled his case. Then someone from the national organization came and presented more formally and several of us were hooked!

I helped start RM BEST a few years after I retired. So, I have been with it from its beginnings here in Colorado.

I have been a member of the board, and board treasurer since that time. I am basically the BEST bookkeeper. I also head up the scorekeeping for the robot competition and enjoy doing that, although it can sometimes be stressful. Over the years, I have also had roles leading the volunteer newsletter and teacher/mentor presentations at Kickoff and help Lori with outreach when needed.

Q: What jobs did you previously have before retiring?

I began as a math teacher in a junior high in Denver Public Schools where I found that the discipline worried me too much. I quit, started a family (two girls) and returned to school for a masters in Applied math. Then I began working for Hughes Aircraft (later purchased by Raytheon) in software maintenance of Assembly Language programs (which I loved – solving puzzles where the software failed for some reason and making it work!). Over the years I worked on development projects and in the end was a System Engineer for a software system.

Q: What are some things you do for fun in your life beyond BEST?

I love to take long walks and hikes. I used to do a lot of knitting and crocheting, and expect to return to that when I ramp down my BEST participation. I love scuba diving and try to do that once per year, although that hasn’t worked out recently. I’d like to visit more national parks and do some more car travel.

Q: What do you love most about BEST?

I love to see the different robots and strategies that the teams come up with!  

Saturday Volunteer Day

On August 16, RMB had a work day to get supplies that were purchased with grant money from the Foresters ready for kits. We especially want to thank Cathy Auman and Tanis Humes for their support! Cathy wrote the grant to support RM BEST, and Tanis is a Branch Councilor for Foresters. Other volunteers were present and much was accomplished!

In early September, RM BEST supported Monarch High School (Team 1314) with an outreach event, lending our outreach robot so that team members could share their love of BEST with community members from both their high school and the neighboring K-8 school. We love getting to support local teams with their endeavors!

More than 37 students test-drove the outreach robot during the 1.5 hour event!

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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