Weekly Wrap-Up
Week 10 marked our final week before winter break! Starter students focused on the third RoboPalooza challenge, pushing objects with control and accuracy. Elementary teams continued building core competition skills through hands-on collaboration. Junior students will continue preparing for RoboPalooza with practice challenges when we return. Happy Holidays from the USEL Team!
Get Ready For Robopalooza!
📍 Toyota Arena Ontario
Mark your calendars! Robopalooza is officially happening on February 7th, and it's shaping up to be an event you won't want to miss.
Get ready for a day packed with innovation, creativity, and all things robotics. Attendance is REQUIRED in order for students to receive their awards and medals for robotics—sign up today!
A Look Behind the Scenes
Week 10 Highlights
🎬Video Recap
Watch our weekly recap featuring our programs in action! This week, students across all programs continued their RoboPalooza preparation with exciting challenges and hands-on learning experiences.
Starter Program
Week 10 Updates
👋Hello!
This week in the Starter Robotics Program, students continued preparing for the RoboPalooza competition with a strong focus on the third challenge: pushing an object. They practiced coding their robots to move with control and accuracy while problem-solving as they tested and refined their strategies.
It's been great to see students build confidence, teamwork, and persistence as they prepare for the competition!
🎉 Sign Up for RoboPalooza!
Robopalooza is a fun robotics event for students who love to build and explore. We encourage families to sign up early so they don't miss out!
The registration form was sent in the weekly newsletter—check your email to register!
✨Weekly Highlights
- Exploring Problem Solving: Many students overcame challenges this week—from connecting their robots to working together when they got stuck. They demonstrated creativity in their discussions and expanded their knowledge through hands-on problem-solving.
- Creative Building: Students had a great time customizing their robots and letting their creativity fly. Free building often gives students the time to demonstrate how great minds think alike!
- Building Team Skills: Students consistently worked within their teams to improve on the mini mock challenges of this week. They worked with their partners to discuss, solve problems, and demonstrate proper sportsmanship.
🏆 Best School of the Week
South Tamarind Elementary — These students are absolute CHAMPS!! Their hard work and progress truly shine bright! GO STARS!!!!!
🏋️ Extra Practice Opportunity at Our Office
We're offering an extra practice opportunity at our office in Rancho Cucamonga to help students prepare for RoboPalooza!
Students can practice memorizing the base robot build and work on the essential skills needed for the competition.
When: Every Wednesday and Friday, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Where: 9051 Rochester Ave, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
Note: There will be no extra practice days during winter break. Extra practice will resume the week of January 12.
📌 Important Dates
- December 22, 2025 – January 9, 2026: Winter Break (No Class)
- Week of January 12, 2026: Classes Resume
- January 12, 2026: No Class (Professional Development Day)
- January 19, 2026: No Class (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
- February 7, 2026: RoboPalooza
📸This Week in Pictures
Exploring Problem Solving
Creative Building
Building Team Skills
Elementary Program (RoboMission)
Week 10 Updates
🎄 Merry Christmas And Happy Holidays! 🎄
From The USEL Team! Classes will resume January 13th after the break.
📣 Robomission Elementary Robotics Academy Announcement
Take a look at what our students have been up to! Robomission teams are continuing to build core competition skills through hands-on building, programming, and collaboration.
🎉 Sign Up for RoboPalooza!
Robopalooza is officially happening on February 7th! Get ready for a day packed with innovation, creativity, and all things robotics.
Attendance is REQUIRED in order for students to receive their awards and medals for robotics—sign up today!
The registration form was sent in the weekly newsletter—check your email to register!
🏆 School of the Week
Redwood Elementary
Fantastic effort and collaboration as teams refined their builds and programs.
📸Photo Gallery
Maple Elementary
Sierra Lakes
Hemlock
📌 Important Dates
- December 22, 2025 – January 12, 2026: Winter Break (No Class)
- January 13, 2026: Classes Resume
- February 7, 2026: RoboPalooza
We hope to see your student continue to learn, grow, and have fun in our robotics classes!
Junior Program
Where Code Meets Creativity!
🤖 RoboPalooza Registration Is Now Open!
Attendance at the competition is mandatory to receive a certificate of completion and a medal.
The sign-up information can be found in the flyer sent in the weekly newsletter—check your email to register!
👋Hello Future Engineer!
Good Afternoon,
This week, students worked on challenges closely resembling the first RoboPalooza challenge. In mock competitions, they got to work on their own teams with little help from their instructors as they prepare for RoboPalooza.
This week was the students' chance to prove their movement and arm motor ability with their programming! It was exciting to see how much they've learned and how well they collaborated under competition-like conditions.
📌 Important Dates
- December 22, 2025 – January 9, 2026: Winter Break (No Class)
- Week of January 12, 2026: Classes Resume
- January 12, 2026: No Class
- January 19, 2026: No Class
- February 7, 2026: RoboPalooza
