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ES/MS Blended Event
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Engage (Elementary/Middle School Robotics)
Location
Damien High School
2280 Damien Avenue, La Verne, California, 91750 United States
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Welcome to the Damien High School RECF Engage Robotics Showdown, a high-energy celebration of innovation, teamwork, and hands-on STEM engineering! Designed as a blended event, this competition brings together bright young minds from both elementary and middle school teams across our local community for an exciting day of non-stop robotics action. Hosted on the Damien campus, this event gives our regional talent a premier platform to showcase their problem-solving skills, refine their custom designs, and put their hard work to the test on the field. Whether you are stepping up to the driver station for the very first time or returning as a seasoned team, we are thrilled to welcome our local STEM community for an unforgettable day of competition!
Agenda
8:00 am . . . Door Open for Volunteers
8:30 am . . . Pits Open/Team Check-In and Registration - - - Practice Field Opens - - - Inspection Table Opens
9:00 am . . . Skills Challenge Field Opens
9:15 am . . . Opening Ceremony/Driver Meeting - Please stop work on robots at this time
9:30 am . . . Qualifying Matches Begin - - -
12:00 pm . . Lunch Begins- - - Skills Challenge Field Closed
12:30 pm . . Qualifying Matches Resume - - - Skills Challenge Field Opens
2:30 pm . . . Qualifying Ends/Skill Challenge Closed
2:40 pm . . . Final Matches Begin
3:00 pm . . . Finals Ceremony
3:15 pm . . . Team Load-Out - - - Clean-Up Begin
Judging format
All in-person judging. Notebooks must be physical.
Awards
Excellence Award (Elementary)
Excellence Award (Middle School)
Tournament Champion
Design Award
Innovate Award
Solo Match Champion
Judges Award
Travel information
The event will be in our smaller gymnasium. The building is located directly east of the entrance off of Damien Ave. It is behind the tennis courts and before you hit the track.
Emergency information
In the event of an emergency we will be communicating via email with the primary contact listed for the teams during registration. Please make sure that the person listed is either at the event with the team or in direct communication with whomever may be filling that role on the day of.
Refund policy
A partial refund of $125 will be issued to any team that drops from the event by December 18th. After that date there will be no refunds.
In the event of a emergency situation out of our control that causes the event to be cancelled, a partial refund of $125 will be issued to all paid teams.
In the event that the event is cancelled due to not enough sign-ups, teams will be issued a full refund minus the RECF $5 fee.
Registered teams 0 of 24
Contact
maricic@damien-hs.edu
- Dates Sat, Jan 30, 2027 PST
- Registration Nov 6, 2026 – Jan 25, 2027
- Entry fee $155.00
- Payment due Jan 8, 2027
- Capacity 0 / 24 teams
- Program Engage (Elementary/Middle School Robotics)
- Grade levels Elementary, Middle School
- Event type Tournament
- Region California - South
- Affiliation Open to all
- Season 2026-2027 Season