With the completion of the new Brookside High School building, the Robotics Club is poised to soar to new heights.  We have a dedicated STEM room.  Besides our 3 High School VRC teams, we will be adding 6 Elementary School VEX-IQ teams, with the assistance of elementary teacher Mr. Rosso.

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We had 80 applicants we had to narrow down to 36 to make 6 VEX IQ teams.  We started building in late October and went to our first competition at North Union in December.  Team 6403Z was our top team, ranking #12 out of 32 in the Teamwork Rankings.  Meanwhile 6403U scored 26, losing the programming skills trophy on a tiebreaker.

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Our next VEX IQ tournament was our first home event.  This was a great success.  Team 6403Z ranked #2 in Teamwork, won the Excellence Award, and was a Teamwork champion.  Teams 6403X and 6403U excelled in the Skills, winning Programming & Robot skills, respectively.  All 3 teams qualified for State.

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On the high school side, our first event was December 19, at Mahoning Valley.  None of our teams could score a high goal, but team 6403C found their way onto the runner-up alliance!

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A month later we traveled to Hilliard Bradley.  Team 6403A was much improved, having a 5-1 record on the day and ranking #4 overall.  Team Captain Jacob Klein became our 1st ever Alliance Captain.  The team advanced to the semifinals before being eliminated.

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Brookside will also host our first ever tournaments this year:

• ​Jan 16, 2016 - Brookside VEX IQ Qualifier

• Feb 6, 2016 - Brookside VEX HS Qualifier​