Day of Regionals:
You will typically check in your team with the roster and team sheets. They will always provide a current schedule as it can sometimes change as well as any other important venue information. You will be assigned a table in what is called "the pits." This is where your team will set up the project board, core values board, and basically where your team is until it is time for judging rooms or robot rounds. This is where parents hang out and it's always good to have those handy parents who will run errands or you can text to get things prepped for the next judging round. At one level, the times were so back to back it was imperative that the parents had the items lined up and ready to go for the next judging room in order for us to grab and go. Be prepared to arrive to your competition location around 7:45 and stay throughout the day until at the earliest 3:30 that afternoon. By the time all teams have finished judging rooms and robot rounds, the judges typically need additional time to deliberate. Once everything is wrapped up, there will be an awards ceremony. Throughout the day, I strive to be at either the judging rooms or robot tables a few minutes early. The last thing you want is to be that team called over the intercom for not arriving to a location on time. Regardless of earning an award or not, the rubrics for your team will be given out as well as a lego key chain for all team members. What's tough to grasp is who advances. There are years we have won awards and advanced. There are years we've won awards and not advanced. There are years where we have not won awards and advanced. It's all based on the rubrics and the overall scores given. The best advice I can give is to have fun. Enjoy the ride and to check back with your region's main website to see advancement notifications. You will receive an email after a competition but I can never wait and know where to check for our region.
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