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How to help inspire youth for a lifetime with BEST Robotics in 2017!
Our 8th Year of Hosting a Free Colorado Robotics Competition
Find FUN ways to help bring BEST robotics at no cost to schools
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SO MANY
WAYS YOU CAN VOLUNTEER!
No experience required, we hope you will join in the fun!
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Volunteer Position
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Position Details
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Rocky Mtn BEST Monday Kit Team - Currently finishing
refurbishment of tested 2016 kits and starting the consumable kits to prepare for 2017 kit distribution to schools in September. Preparing materials for July Teacher / Mentor Institute training.
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Most Mondays ~10 AM - 1 PM with a lunch break at a local restaurant.
781 Vallejo Street in Denver near I-25 and 8th Avenue. Helping occasionally is also great!
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| Rocky Mtn BEST Awards and Judging Lead - Coordinate all the Award and Judging activities including: training student teams and judging volunteers; arranging for judging leads and judging volunteers to fill the judging slots for Game Day; and procuring Student Team Awards. If you know someone to share this responsibility, co-leads permitted. |
Primary Activities are June - October.
Volunteer determines schedule with attendance at Game Day on 21 October required.
Effort is approximately 4 hrs/ wk.
Prior experience as a BEST volunteer is helpful - especially in judging -
but it is not required!
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Rocky Mtn BEST Leadership - Opportunities available to participate as a volunteer in leadership roles on our Board of Directors and Hub Steering Team.
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A variety of roles are available to fit volunteer schedules including fundraising, development, and fall event related responsibilities. If you, friends or family are interested in helping us bring robotics to more students, please c
ontact Carolyn at
[email protected]
for more information.
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Volunteer Position
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Position Details
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Rocky Mtn BEST Game
Field Builders
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Use BEST-provided drawings to construct and assemble game field components. Multiple separate components permit multiple independent helpers to separately construct components. Tools needed include the following depending on component: saws to cut plywood, lumber, foam, and PVC; wood sander; paint brushes; drill for screw holes; and screw drills / drivers.
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Primary Activities are July-August. We expect to have final drawings and material for Game Field components ready by mid-July. Full assembly of most components and testing to be completed by mid-August.
Time required is 4 to 40 hours depending on component.
Skills needed include: read drawings, construct using tools, assemble components with glue (PVC), screws, and hinges, and paint components.
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Front Range BEST Hub Volunteers - The Front Range BEST Hub needs volunteers to help with the competition in the southwestern portion of the Metro Denver
area.
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P
rimary Activities are July- October.
Contact Tami Kirkland at [email protected] if you, friends, or family are interested in joining the fun with this great group. No prior BEST robotics experience required.
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| Rocky Mtn BEST Exhibit and Interview Judging Lead - Coordinate BEST Award Award Exhibits and Interviews Judging activities including: training judging volunteers; arranging for Exhibit judging volunteers to fill the judging slots for Game Day; and coordinating with BEST Award school team judging schedules. If you know someone to share this responsibility, co-leads permitted. |
Primary Activities are September - October.
Volunteer is able to determine schedule with attendance at Game Day on 21 October required.
Effort is estimated as approximately 4 hours per week.
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Fall Event Volunteers
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RM BEST Kickoff
School to be announced
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RM BEST Practice Day
13 & 14 October
School to be announced
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- Move and setup volunteers Friday for 2-4 hours
- Setup volunteer Saturday for 2-4 hours
- Team Registration Saturday for 2-4 hours
- Volunteer Registration Saturday for 2-4 hours
- Cleanup and move Saturday for 2 hours
- Computer Set Up Saturday for 2 hours
- AV Set Up Friday for 2-4 hours
- Breakout presenters Saturday for 2-4 hours
- Referees Saturday for 4 hours *
- Kit distribution Saturday for 2-4 hours
- Runners Saturday for 2-4 hours
- Hospitality Saturday for 6 hours
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- Move and setup volunteers Friday for 2-4 hours
- Setup volunteers Saturday for 2-4 hours
- Compliance Check Saturday for 2-4 hours*
- Team Registration Saturday for 2-4 hours
- Volunteer Registration Saturday for 2-4 hours
- Pit Support Saturday for 6 hours
- Staging Support Saturday for 4 hours
- AV Set Up Friday for 2-4 hours
- Referees Saturday for 6 hours*
- Scorekeepers Saturday for 6 hours*
- Cleanup and move Saturday for 2-4 hours
- Runners Saturday for 6 hours
- Hospitality Saturday for 6 hours
- Announcer Saturday for 6 hours *
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MORE OPTIONS ON GAME DAY!
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RM BEST Game Day
20 & 21 October
Downtown Denver
Auraria Event Center
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Volunteer
Options
Descriptions
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- Move and setup volunteers Friday for 2-4 hours
- Setup volunteers Saturday for 2-4 hours
- Compliance Check Saturday for 3 hours*
- Team Registration Saturday for 2-4 hours
- Volunteer Registration Saturday for 2-5 hours
- Pit Support Saturday for 2-8 hours
- Staging Support Saturday for 8 hours
- AV Set Up Friday for 2-4 hours
- Referees Saturday for 8 hours*
- Scorekeepers Saturday for 8 hours*
- Cleanup and move Saturday for 2 hours
- Runners Saturday for 2-8 hours
- Hospitality Saturday for 6 hours
- Judges Saturday for 7 hours*
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- Jobs in GREEN need volunteers who are able to cover both 14 AND 21 October.
- Jobs with * require a few hours of advance training or reading.
- All other jobs receive directions the day of the event.
More information on fall RM BEST volunteer options will be available in future newsletters.
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2017 BEST Robotics Game - Crossfire
PLEASE save these dates for our Fall Events
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2017 EVENT
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Date and Location
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Teacher / Mentor Institute -
two-day teacher/ mentor training provided jointly with Front Range BEST and Pikes Peak BEST Hubs.
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Thursday - Friday 20-21 July
Metro State University of Denver, Student Success Building
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Kickoff - Start of Competition:
Game revealed + student, teacher and mentor training + protobot demo.
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Saturday
9 September
Location to be announced
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Practice Day - End of Week 5: Time for student teams to practice with their robot on 4 quadrant game field.
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Saturday
14 October
Location to be announced
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Game Day - End of Week 6: Student teams compete for awards on 4 quadrant game f
ield.
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Saturday
21 October
Auraria Event Center
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2017 SCHOOLS
We are raising funds for 29 Schools to participate in 2017.
We are thrilled to host schools from the Denver metro area and around Colorado. We are signing up teachers and mentors and have room for 1 more school plus a STANDBY School. We will also have a Wait List.
Please ask any interested schools to contact us at [email protected].
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Rocky Mtn BEST Signed Up School
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School District
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| Abraham Lincoln High School |
Denver |
| Aurora Frontier P-8 |
Aurora |
| Aurora Quest |
Aurora |
| Aurora West College Preparatory Academy |
Aurora
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Bishop Machebuef
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Denver |
| Broomfield |
Boulder Valley |
| Columbine Middle School |
Montrose |
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Denver School of Innovation and Sustainable Design
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Denver
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| DSST Byers |
Denver |
| DSST Cole |
Denver |
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DSST Stapleton
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Denver |
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East Middle School
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Aurora
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Edna & John P. Mosley P-8
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Aurora
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| Gateway High School |
Aurora |
| Heath Middle School |
Greeley |
| Innovation Center of the St. Vrain Valley Schools |
St. Vrain Valley |
| Monarch High School |
Boulder Valley |
| Mrachek MS |
Aurora |
| New Vista High School |
Boulder Valley |
| North Middle School |
Aurora |
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St. Mary's Academy Middle School
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Englewood |
| Skinner Middle School |
Denver |
| Skyline High School |
St. Vrain Valley |
| Thomas Jefferson High School |
Denver |
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Vista Peak Exploratory
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Aurora |
| Westgate Community School |
Adams 12 |
| West Middle School |
Cherry Creek |
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Colorado BEST STEM Outreach Events
SNOWED OUT: BEST at Mad Science Day at Elitch Gardens
Mother Nature threw a curve ball at Elitch Gardens on 18 & 19 May. Elitch Gardens had planned
Educational Events to turn the park into the most fun learning lab in town, but t
he park was closed due to weather. Consequently, our outreach event to recruit more students with Front Range BEST was canceled. Maybe next year. Our POC at the Gardens is moving on. Angela Wilson, we will miss you at events and wish you luck in your new adventures! We look forward to working with Lisa Miller.
BEST at 2017 GlobalMindED Conference
21-23 June at Sheraton Denver Downtown
BEST Robotics, Inc., (BRI), our parent organization, will participate in the GlobalMindED conference on 21-23 June at
Sheraton Denver Downtown.
GlobalMindED is an educational and research non-profit organization committed to creating a capable, diverse talent pipeline for first-generation-to-college, at-risk and low-income students and job seekers.
Collaboration is at the heart of the GlobalMindED conference - among educators, entrepreneurs and business leaders, policymakers in government and nonprofits, and first-generation college students themselves. On June 21- 23, 2017, hundreds of dedicated professionals and students will come together to learn from world famous keynote speakers and take part in breakout sessions that target educational change. They will share what has worked in classrooms throughout the country and come away with ways to craft innovative approaches in different settings.
Rosemary Mendel, BRI Executive Director, will bring materials to promote BEST at the conference supported by Front Range BEST and Rocky Mountain BEST volunteers.
Erie Air Fair: Saturday, 12 August
Have Fun While Learning and Enjoying the Day
Rocky Mountain BEST will participate in the Seventh Annual Erie Air Fair on Saturday, 12 August. This free, family-oriented event at the Erie Municipal Airport has lots of activities: Displays of Aircraft (historical/military/general aviation); Food and Craft Booths; Live Musical Entertainment; and An Adventure Zone for Kids in the Hangar with activities by Wings Over The Rockies and Rocky Mountain BEST and MORE. We are planning a kid activity involving building a balloon-powered car, car races, or making a pop-up card-depending on age.
Please mark the date on your calendar since it is always great fun!!
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Have Fun at Elitch Gardens AND Support Rocky Mountain BEST
Tell your friends! Spread the word!! Help us obtain a donation to support our efforts to bring a robotics competition that is FREE to schools AND enjoy Elitch Gardens at a great discount!!
Discounts for Rocky Mountain BEST
One Day Admission only
$25.99 in September & October
One Day Admission only
$29.99 in June, July, & August
(Regular main gate price is $49.99)
Season Passes only
$69.99 through June 11th
You make your plans, click on the link below to get your ticket(s), and we have a win-win for you and Rocky Mountain BEST.
Purchase, Print, and Play:
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ADDITIONAL WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE
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Benevity -
If
your company has gift matching through Benevity, Rocky Mountain BEST is one of the eligible non-profit organizations. Please check with your company about gift matching!
 Kroger Gift Card - If you have a Rocky Mountain BEST King Soopers Gift Card, Kroger donates 5% of EVERY gift card purchase -- including card refills -- to Rocky Mountain BEST... all at no cost to you -- FOREVER!
Contact Lois Walton at
[email protected]
to make arrangements to purchase a card.
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Amazon Smile -
Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to Rocky Mountain BEST whenever you shop on AmazonSmile.
AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service.
Donations - You can also
donate ANYTIME
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