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HyVee Carwash

Posted on 20 August 2011

We had a another great fundraiser with this carwash! It was short but successful even though it was just a few hours with intermittent rain and pretty constant cloud cover. A special thanks goes to Mike and Bryant, Rhonda, Chandler and Caitlyn, Dan, Lisa, Trevor and Shea, Scott, Michelle and Brooke, Diane and Michael, Sean, Cameron [...] Continue Reading

Rummage Sale

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Curriculum and Rummage Sale

Posted on 04 August 2011

This summer one of the fundraisers that Metro Homeschool Robotics participated in was a curriculum and rummage sale. The curriculum consisted of several rooms at our “headquarters” that was filled with thousands and thousands of books! This was a very successful fundraiser! We increased our sales about 40% from last year. Continue Reading

KC Maker Faire at Union Station

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KC Maker Faire at Union Station

Posted on 24 June 2011

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Fundraisers

Good Search Fundraiser

Posted on 06 May 2011

Good Search is where YOU search, and WE receive!! That’s right. This is a fundraiser to help raise money towards another Robotic Season. It is very easy to do and it will not cost you anything!! All you do is to use this instead of using Google when you are searching for things or to [...] Continue Reading

2011 School Day at the K

Community Outreaches

2011 School Day at the K

Posted on 05 May 2011

The 2011 School Day at the K was held at the Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO.  The team was ready Continue Reading

Homeschool Robotics Team Claims World Championship

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Homeschool Robotics Team Claims World Championship

Posted on 25 April 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Free-Press-Release.com) April 25, 2011 — After receiving first place in the BEST Award last year at the inaugural BEST National Championship, Metro Homeschool Robotics (MHR) returned this year in hopes of a second victory. On April 16, 2011, they returned to the BEST World Championship and not only received first place in [...] Continue Reading

Metro Homeschool Robotics team wins national title in Florida

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Metro Homeschool Robotics team wins national title in Florida

Posted on 18 April 2011

BLUE SPRINGS, Missouri – A group of local students is celebrating a national championship. For the second year in a row, the Metro Homeschool Robotics team won the title in Orlando, Florida. This is only their third year to compete. While the group posed for pictures, there was one malfunction. One of the team members [...] Continue Reading

BEST World Championship

Competitions

BEST World Championship

Posted on 14 April 2011

The second annual World Championship for BEST Robotics was held on April 14-16, 2011 at Disney World in Orlando Florida. The championship game consisted of the 2010 game, “Total Recall”. The head-to-head competition will feature a seeding round robin tournament, a semi-final round robin tournament, and a final-four tournament. Also on display was the teams’ engineering [...] Continue Reading

FIRST Robotics Competition

Competitions

FIRST Robotics Competition

Posted on 12 April 2011

On March 12-13, Hale Arena was transformed into a festival for robots, even including a parade each morning of the event.  Spectators broke out into dancing flash mobs, giving the Macarena and the electric slide new passion. All of this was in celebration of the Kansas City Regional FIRST Robotics tournament. Metro Home School Team [...] Continue Reading

MPE Conference KCI Expo

Events

MPE Conference KCI Expo

Posted on 08 April 2011

At the Midwest Parent Educators (MPE) Conference, we set up our booth and a robot demonstration for the attendees, which included both experienced homeschoolers and those considering homeschooling.  Students of the attendees cover all age groups. http://metrohomeschoolrobotics.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_1298-Small-Copy.jpg Continue Reading

MHR at a Glance

Location: Blue Springs, Missouri
Team Size: 37 Students in 21 Families
Rookie Year: 2008
Team Scripture: Col. 3:23 ~ "Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men."
Mascot: Cyborg
Slogan: Think Outside the Cube

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About BEST Robotics Competition

BEST's mission is to inspire students to pursue careers in engineering, science, math, and technology through participation in a sports-like, science and engineering-based robotics competition. To learn more about BEST Inc., go to their website.


About Show-Me BEST Hub

Show-Me BEST is the hub for BEST Robotics where we compete. In fall 2011, State Fair Community College in coordination with BEST, will provide the only competition hub in the state of Missouri for middle-and high-school age students. To learn more about the Show-Me BEST Hub, go to the State Fair Community College website.

About Fronteir Trails Regionals

The Frontier Trails Championship is one of three regional championships for BEST. It is produced and hosted by the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. Frontier Trails Championship is a two-day event pitting the best teams from local competitions against one another. To learn more about Frontier Trails Regionals, go to their website.

About FIRST Robotics Competition

FIRST is an acronym “For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology” and is designed to inspire high school students to become engineers by giving them real world experience working with professional engineers to develop a robot. To learn more about FIRST Robotics, go to their website
"Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men." ~ Col. 3:23 (NASB) "