The VEX V5 Competitive Robotics team is where students learn to design, build, and program robots in a collaborative, high-stakes environment. Guided by their coach Duncan McDonald, students take on the official VEX V5 game challenge (currently Push Back for the 2025-26 season), exploring mechanical design, electronics, sensors, and both block-based and text-based coding. Through building, testing, iterating, and documenting their work, they develop creativity, resilience, and real engineering chops.

Our coaching philosophy mirrors VEX’s student-centered model; students drive their learning while the coach mentors by asking guiding questions rather than giving direct answers. Team members own their designs, learn to think critically, and build confidence as independent problem-solvers.

Teamwork is at the heart of every match. Students work together to strategy-plan, build, test, and refine their robots, communicate their ideas, and respect different perspectives. They practice professionalism through robot design, engineering notebooks, interviews with judges in the “pit” area, and by presenting their solutions.

Families should expect to attend official tournaments, with travel required to local and regional events throughout the year. These competitions are where students put their hard work to the test, and dedicated teams aim to advance from local tournaments to provincial championships and, for top performers, the international stage.

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