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If you'd like to sign up to help with SA BEST, we'd love to have you participate.  Please take a moment to register at the BEST National Registry.  You should designate San Antonio as the "hub" and you can sign up as a volunteer, or mentor (or both!).  Mentors work directly with the students build the robot while Volunteers help to prepare and run the competition as well as judge certain aspects of the team's efforts.

We also still have a few spaces available for teams.  We expect those to vanish quickly with school starting, so if you're a teacher and would like to participate, you can sign up at the BEST National Registry for that as well.  Interested students or parents, should get with the school to get a teacher's participation (students cannot sign up a team).

Here are the SA BEST competition dates (updated 5/24/24)

  • Kickoff: September 15th (St Mary's University AACC Practice Gym) (updated)
  • Critical Design Reviews: October 8-9 (online) (added!)
  • Practice: November 3rd (St Mary's University AACC Practice Gym) 
  • Presentations: November 9th (St Mary's University AACC - rooms TBD)  
  • Machine Check In: November 9th (St Mary's University AACC - Main Gym Foyer)  
  • Competition: November 10th (St Mary's University AACC Main Gym) 
  • AFCEA ACE Demo: November 20th (LaCantera Resort)  (added!)
  • Texas BEST: December 4th through December 7th (Fair Park, Dallas) (added!)

A complete list of the 2023 Game Results and the 2023 BEST Award Results are available at the links and are summarized below.

San Antonio BEST Award Results

  1. Spring Branch Middle School
  2. Smithson Valley Middle School
  3. JB Alexander High School
  4. Hill Country College Preparatory High School
  5. United Engineering and Technology Magnet
  6. William Howard Taft High School
  7. Uvalde High School
  8. Smithson Valley High School

Competition Results

  1. William Howard Taft High School
  2. Canyon Lake High School
  3. Spring Branch Middle School
  4. Smithson Valley Middle School
  5. Sandra Day O'Connor High School
  6. Smithson Valley High School
  7. United Engineering and Technology Magnet
  8. JB Alexander High School

Other Awards

  • BEST T-Shirt Award - Smithson Valley Middle School
  • Founders Award - 
    1. Hill Country College Preparatory High School 
    2. William Howard Taft High School
  • Most Robust Award - William Howard Taft High School
  • Good Lookin' John Wigand Most Photogenic - Canyon Lake High School
  • Most Spirit Award - JB Alexander High School
  • Most Sportsmanship Award - Great Hearts Northern Oaks
  • Best Table Display and Interview - Spring Branch Middle School
  • Best Use of Game Theme - Spring Branch Middle School
  • Blood, Sweat, and Duct Tape - St Gregory the Great School
  • SAME Award - United Engineering and Technology Magnet

 

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