Our championship, community team is open to any student. In the fall, we compete in Boosting Engineering Science and Technology (BEST) Robotics competition.

Team members do not have to be experts, simply have a willingness to learn.

Important dates include:
Saturday, August 19, 9am-2pm R4 bootcamp; parents drop in needed in order to get your student registered and complete paperwork. Students participate in the day of learning and skill building.

Monday, September 4, 10am-1pm STEM Festival Fundraiser (volunteers needed)

Saturday, November 17, Montezuma Ball volunteers needed

Saturday, September 9 Kickoff at NMSU in Las Cruces- we will organize carpool down and back for those wanting to attend

October 21, 9am-3pm, Las Cruces Practice Day

November 3, 4-6pm, Las Cruces Set up Day

November 4, 9am-5pm, Las Cruces Game Day

If we qualify for Regionals:

December 1-3, Dallas TX

-All-Team meetings held each Friday night during competition from 6-8pm

Award-Winning Robotics Program
Program Benefits
While the Fall membership fee does not cover the cost of travel to competitions, it does give you access to the robotics team in addition to other opportunities including:
-STEM entrepreneurial training
-Volunteer mentoring training
-Student Leadership training
-Additional presentations by professionals from STEM organizations as related to the theme of this years competition
-Letter certifying student volunteer hours upon request (with you providing number of volunteer hours)Student Leadership Opportunities

The team itself  is student-led. Therefore, students have the opportunity to apply for positions of leadership within the organization in addition to participating as committee members at their discretion.

If you are new to the team, consider the application a way to learn more and share with us what you like and what you might be interested in (check off what seems interesting). If you have been on the team for at least a year, we encourage you to apply for a leadership position based on your desires, interests and the time that you have to dedicate to the team in the fall.

We strive to Be Greater Than Average which means we work hard at learning more each day – sometimes that leads to trophies and wins while other times it leads to failing forward and complications. All of it builds strong character and that, in this humble coach’s opinion, is the most important real world outcome of this special program.

Please let us know if you have any questions!

Before you go any further, read through our organizational structure HERE and about the various positions within the team.

Apply for leadership here (returning students only): Apply Here

Financial Commitment for Fall Robotics program:

We don’t deny any student and provide custom payment options, scholarships for sweat equity for program fee.

Participant fees need to be paid or we will help you to find a sponsor for your student. We can set up a payment plan or you can pay online.

Family program fee (covers one student):             $300

Per student participant uniform fee:                       $ 30

second+ student participation fee:                                   $100

Scholarships – If you choose a sweat equity scholarship you are expected to support the team through volunteer activities including working at Montezuma Ball, STEM Fair, or helping to keep the facility clean. You can also help with fundraising by taking groups of students out to local businesses to ask for support.

Travel fees are on your own – we do cost share when needed/possible

Fundraising – every student is required to go on at least 2 sponsor outings or submit one team sponsorship

Feeding the crew – We try to provide meals and snacks, but that is up to our families and we ask your help with this if possible twice in the fall