TUSD Robotics
2019-2020 Competition Season: Issue 1
Early Season Successes and Accomplishments

Four Beckman Teams Competing Together and Against One Another to Play Tower Takeover

Tustin Memorial and Arroyo Robotics Students Aligned Together to Play Squared Away
Five Tournaments Hosted in TUSD
Tustin High School and Columbus Tustin Middle School robotics programs are hosting snack bars and providing lunch for competitors to help raise funds for their programs. Please show your support and pre-order a pizza lunch the morning of the tournament.
We are in need of volunteers for the remaining five tournaments. Please go to the TUSD Robotics Website to learn more and sign up to volunteer by completing the Volunteer Interest Survey. Spread the word and thank you for your support! Or feel free to contact Cari Williams at cwilliams@tustin.k12.ca.us
Orchard Hills Robohawks Jr. Team W Interviews for Design Award | Tustin Memorial Robotics Team C Interviews for Design Award | Red Hill Robotics Teams queuing to play in the next match! |
Pioneer Macrochips Team A Wins Excellence Award | Orchard Hills Robohawks Team B Wins Think Award | Beckman Robopatties Teams R and J DoubleTournament Champions Plus an Excellence and a Robot Skills Award |
Early Season Awards
VEX IQ: Squared Away
Orchard Hills Elementary- Team W
- Design Award
Orchard Hills 6th Grade- Team B
- Excellence Award
Tustin Memorial Academy- Team B
- Judges Award
VEX EDR: Tower Takeover Middle School
Columbus Tustin Middle School- Team C
- Sportsmanship
Orchard Hills Middle School- Team A
- 2x Excellence
- Amaze Award
- Robot Skills Champion
Orchard Hills Middle School- Team B
- Tournament Champions
- Amaze Award
- Think Award
Orchard Hills Middle School- Team C
- Design Award
Orchard Hills Middle School- Team D
- Excellence Award
- Design Award
Orchard Hills Middle School- Team E
- Design Award
Pioneer Middle School- Team A
- Excellence
Pioneer Middle School- Team C
- Judges Award
VEX EDR: Tower Takeover High School
Beckman High School- Team J
- 2x Tournament Champions
- 2x Robot Skills Champions
- Excellence
Beckman High School- Team R
- Tournament Champions
- Robot Skills Champions
- Excellence
Beckman High School- Team W
- Tournament Champions
- Design Award
- 2x Amaze Award
Beckman High School- Team X
- Build Award
Beckman High School- Team Y
- 2x Tournament Champions
- 3x Think Award
- Robot Skills Champions
Foothill High School- Team X
- Tournament Champions
- 2x Robot Skills Champions
- Excellence
Tustin High School- Team A
- Design Award

Orchard Hills Robohawks Girl Powered-Event
Girls make up only 23% of VEX participants, and women represent 24% of the STEM workforce. It’s easy to shrug it off as “girls don’t like that stuff, ” but that’s simply not true. Studies have shown that girls and boys show equal interest in science and math in elementary school, and show that girls lose this interest in middle school for a variety of reasons. The VEX Robotics mission with Girl Powered is to work to change this reality and to re-define the face of STEM.
This year, the OH Robohawks teams consist of just over 50% female. Coach Megan Lund has been working hard to increase interest in STEM among the girls of Orchard Hills School. Coach Lund and her female VEX Robotics team members hosted 75 elementary students for a very special Girl-Powered Event where they built and drove robots among other STEM-related activities.
Great work Robohawks!

Thank You TPSF and Volunteers!
A special shout out to Mr. John Garrett for his photography skills. Please check out more pictures from the VEX IQ tournament at TPSF Smug Mug.
Mr. John Garrett Our official photographer! | TUSD IT Henry Ha and Hugo Campo making sure all technologies are working and running smoothly! | Volunteer Lunch Room Judges, Referees, and the many other volunteers eating lunch during the VEX IQ tournament. |
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