BEST Events 2024
Kickoff - Sept 14
Practice Day - Oct 26
Game Day - Nov 9
Regional -Dec 7-8
Our Mission
Our Mission Statement
- To host an engaging robotic competition which will excite and inspire Colorado students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math while developing career skills for tomorrow's technical leaders.
Non-Discrimination Policy
- Front Range BEST is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming learning environment for all students, mentors and volunteers who participate in our organization. Consistent with this principle, it is therefore Front Range BEST's policy not to discriminate in offering access to its activities on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, school affiliation, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
Our Core Values
- Students are the sole participants and primary decision makers, designers and builders.
- Any student may participate.
- The program is Free to schools - no entry fee.
- Equipment and materials are provided to teams at no cost.
- Any school may participate, regardless of type, size, location or socio-economic status.
Our Goals
- To become a premier robotics competition for the Front Range Region.
- To build strong community-based support for our activities.
- To form alliances with organizations who serve youth locally and deliver the BEST product possible to schools and their students.
- To motivate students for studies and careers in engineering, science, and technology.
Our Objectives
- Prepare students to be technologically literate and thus better prepared to enter the workforce.
- Help Students develop leadership, project management, teamwork and organizational skills.
- Develop students’ confidence and competence through self-directed learning, decision-making, abstract thinking and problem-solving.
Competition
Front Range BEST is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization that hosts an annual robotics competition for middle and high school students. There are no entry fees for our competition. We provide an identical set of robot building materials to each participating school at no cost.
Build a robot in EIGHT weeks,
inspire a youth for a lifetime!