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6/1/18 - We've posteed a tentative schedule - note that game day is planned to be on a Sunday, so you get a bonus day to build your machine!

bESTology has started up for the summer. This is a fun way to learn some science related to this year's game through weekly exercises.

As of today, we have 41 teams signed up. If your school is not on the list of teams that show up on the schools page, then you might want to ask the sponsoring teacher about that. There are only a few slots left!

4/1/18 - Team sign up is now open. Please login and then visit the schools page to get your spot.

This year we plan to expand the number of teams to at least 44 to accommodate the increased interest in BEST in our area. However, we're going to do things a little differently this year by initially allocated 38 spots to teams within our designated "home" area, which is Bexar county and the adjacent counties (Guadalupe, Comal, Medina, Atascosa, Wilson, Kendall, and Bandera) and initially allocate 6 spot to teams outside the home area. On May 1, we will remove the area distinction.

Spots will be awarded on a first come basis, with initial preference to teams that participated on game day in 2017. Teams that dropped out after receiving a kit in 2017, will not be accepted until after May 1. Any team that did not participate in 2017 will need to provide an email from a school administrator indicating the school's support for the team's participation. We will maintain waiting lists for teams that sign up beyond the total that we can accept in case a team drops out prior to kickoff.

Please note that confirmation of your spot requires SA BEST to act on your online submission - registration is not immediate nor guaranteed. You will receive feedback that you team has a spot, and then your team will appear on the schools list.

The SA BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology) competition is a contest held annually to inspire and interest students in the fields of science and engineering. With guidance from adult mentors, local teams of students design and build a remote controlled machine to accomplish a specific task. The students are given a box of raw materials from which to build the machine and 6 weeks to design and construct it. The task of the robot is kept secret until Kick-off Day, when all the teams are told what the robot is required to do. On Competition Day, all schools will compete head-on with each other in a thrilling science-fair-turned-sports-event. Several teams advance to the regional Texas Best competition and compete with the BEST robots from other areas. More information on the BEST concept is available.