General Info
General Info
Wasco Union Elementary School District is excited to host the first Wasco Winter Classic, a VEX V5 Robotics Competition middle school tournament for the 2026-27 season. The event will be open to 40 middle school teams. This event will be limited to three teams per organization. Once the event is full, a waiting list will be created for teams who were unable to register. This waiting list will also be available for you to sign up additional teams, but precedence will be given to schools/organizations that are not yet registered.
Food available on site in the snackbar ran by the Robotics Club.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email the Event Partner, Melissa Bradex ([email protected]) or Michael Polley ([email protected])
- Venue
- Palm Avenue Middle School
- Address
- 1017 Palm Avenue, Wasco, California 93280, United States
- Dates
- January 23, 2027
- Grade Level
- Middle School
- Skills Challenge
- Yes
- Judging Format
- All In-Person Judging
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 40
- Spots Open
- 14
- Event Region
- California - Region 3
- Max Registrations per Org
- 3
- Priority Registration Opens
- 21-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 28-Nov-2026 12:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 8-Jan-2027 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- January 8, 2027
- Price
- $200.00
Agenda
Subject to change:
7:30am Check-In Robot Inspections
8:30am All teams must be checked in and inspected
8:45am Team Meeting
8:55am Opening Ceremonies
9:00 am Robot Skills Challenges open & Qualification Matches begin | Judging
11:30- 12:00pm Lunch break
12:00 - 2:30 pm Qualification Ends / Judging Ends / Skills Challenge
2:45pm Alliance Selection
3:00pm Elimination Matches
5:00pm Awards
Judging Format
Judging Format All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person the day of the event. Teams should bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges.
Volunteer
Volunteer All volunteers are welcome! Please fill out the following Google Survey . Wasco Union Elementary School District thanks you for your help and we look forward to making this a great competition season. If you have any questions, please contact one of the Event Partner, Dr. Melissa Bradex (mebradex@wuesd.org) or Michael Polley (mipolley@wuesd.org)
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy Tournament will cancel only due to a natural disaster. The event partner will contact teams if the event must be postponed. Teams should make sure their contact information is up to date in their events.vex.com account, and includes both school and non-school phone numbers.