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Educational Robotics
Educational Robotics is a collaboration of the Cascade STEAM Engineering Community Group and Bellingham Public Schools to support their VEX Robotics Program. With VEX Robotics, hundreds of students throughout the district participate in a range of casual to globally-competitive robotics development, including mechanical engineering, fabrication, assembly, software development, technical writing, and project management. We help students learn robotics and host local robotics events.
Volunteers
Volunteers are needed! Be a mentor volunteer to help students in learning robotics and/or an event volunteer to help us host robotics events.
Mentor Volunteers contribute their robotics-related experience to assist students during arranged after-school periods - commonly on Wednesdays from 3:30pm-5:30pm.
Event Volunteers support the execution of major robotics events. No experience is necessary for some roles. Engineering and technical experience is always a plus! Roles include: Check-in, Robot Inspecting, Competition Scoring, Team Queuing, Field Resetting, and Judging. Please see the BPS VEX Robotics 2025 Volunteers Needed document for more details.
Events in Whatcom County during the 2025-2026 school year are:
- Cross-Border Challenge on Saturday December 13th
- Bellingham Robo Bash on Saturday January 17th
Join the Cascade STEAM Engineering Community Group each month to help coordinate efforts and engage with fellow community group members. Scheduled events are arranged via the Cascade STEAM Meetup Page.
Note: All those interested to volunteer must complete the Bellingham Public Schools Volunteer Application.
Sponsors
Sponsors are needed! The cost of competition is expensive - particularly transportation costs for those students reaching the highest level of competition. Please see the BPS VEX Robotics 2025 Sponsor Letter for more details.
Organizers
Please contact Riley Liddle, Squalicum High School Robotics Lead and Cascade STEAM Engineering Community Group Co-Organizer, at riley.liddle@bellinghamschools.org for any questions or comments regarding Educational Robotics, including volunteering and sponsorship.
Contact Us
Interested to get involved? Volunteer? Collaborate? We would love to hear from you! Please contact Michael Gan, Cascade STEAM President, for any inquiries at michael.gan@cascadesteam.org, 360-499-2099, or @Michael Gan via the Cascade STEAM Community Hub.