VEX Robotics
Welcome to SUHSD VEX Robotics League!
Over 6,000 students have been part of Sweetwater Union High School District (SUHSD) robotics since 2006.
What makes our SUHSD VEX Program different is its magnitude, outreach, continued growth, and sustainability. In the 2008-2009 school year, Hilltop High School started the first VEX robotics team in the district. In the 2010-2011 school year, Otay Ranch High School hosted its first VEX robotics tournament and in 2012-13 and based on the growth of VEX robotics teams across our district, SUHSD VEX Robotics League was born. High school and middle school students have joined and participated in our district league for 6 years. During the school year (2017-18), we separated high school teams from middle school teams. It was the inaugural year for the Sweetwater Middle Schools VEX Robotics League with the participation of every SUHSD middle school.
SUHSD VEX Robotics League Program aims to integrate the great potential of using robotics in STEM/STEAM education to build and expose students to 21st Century skills. Using VEX robotics, students learn to think critically, journal their problem-solving strategies, demonstrate solution progress, and collaborate as a team to compete across the district, State, and World Championships. In this program, middle and high school students collaborate in teams to build and design robots, use Python, Java, or Basic coding language to program it,and compete in the VEX Robotics League Program. As a STEAM program in our district, it integrates Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math objectives and standards, immediate feedback results, and applicable real-world solutions. Sweetwater VEX Robotics League Program focuses on providing opportunities by creating a welcoming environment that encourages underrepresented populations and young women to be involved in STEM Fields and be prepared for their college and career choices.