News: Team Ducks Robotics won the Inspire award on 2/1/2026 in the Union Bridge event.
Team Full Throttle advanced to the world championship on 1/29/2026 in the Gateway to the West signature event with the excellence award.
Team ProjectX advanced to the state championship on 1/24/2026 in the Westminster event with the skills champion award.
Team Skylight won the Excellence Award on 1/24/2026 in the Blakefield Robotics Challenge V event.
Team Explosive Lightbulbs won the Create Award on 1/20/2026 in the Kalahari Classic signature event. It is the first IQ signature event award in the club’s history.
Team Octobots won both the Excellence Award and the Tournament Champion award on 1/10/2026 in the Skirmish in the Stacks event. Team Superposition won the Excellence Award in the same event for the high school division. Both teams advanced to the state championship.
Team Full Throttle triple crowned on 1/10/2026 in the Glen Allen High event.
Team Explosive Lightbulbs won both the Excellence Award and the Teamwork Champion award on 12/21/2025 in the West Grove Open Qualifier event.
Team PigeonBots advanced to Chesapeake Regional Championship on 12/14/2025.
Team Full Throttle won both the Excellence Award and the Tournament Champion award on 12/13/2025 in the Potomac School VEX V5 Robotics Competition FrostByte Tournament event. Team Octobots also won the Tournament Champion award in the same event
Team Luminex advanced to the state championship on 12/13/2025 in the AOE IQ Challenge event with the excellence award. Team Corrupted Pixels also advanced to the state championship in the same event with a highly ranked skill.
Team Ducks Robotics advanced to Chesapeake Regional Championship on 12/7/2025
Team Explosive Lightbulbs advanced to the state championship on 11/22/2025 in the HZR Mix and Match Stampede event with the skill champion and teamwork champion award
Team Tailwind won the excellence award on 11/22/2025 in the Capital Beltway Challenge event
Team Skylight advanced to the world championship on 11/13/2025 in the Smoky Mountain signature event with the Excellence Award
Team Skylight won both the Excellence Award and the Tournament Champion award on 11/08/2025 in AOE Robotics Challenge event. Team Accelerated Dragon won the high school division excellence award and Team Full Throttle won the Tournament Champion award in the same event
Team Full Throttle won both the Tournament Champion and the Skills Champion in the Hereford Zone Robotics event on 10/25/2025
Team Skylight won the Tournament Champion in the Capital Beltway Opener on 10/11/2025
Team Skylight won the Excellence Award in the Meta in the Making event on 10/4/2025
Seven teams were invited to the 2025 VEX V5 World Championship and one team was invited to the VEX AI World Championship.
Weestar is a non-profit organization focused on promoting STEM education among youth. Our mission is to ignite curiosity, foster creativity, and empower the next generation through STEM education. We are authorized to provide The President’s Volunteer Service Award to outstanding citizens (adults or youth) who contribute selflessly to STEM education in the club. We also offer SSL (Student Service Learning) hours to the youth if they volunteer in our programs.
We have year-round robotics club (AOE Robotics Club), chess club and computer programming club, summer camp and afterschool programs.
On September 27, 2024, the Parent Association organized an award ceremony to celebrate the achievement of the students who have volunteered in the year of 2024. Maryland delegate Lily Qi came to present gold, silver and bronze medal as well as the certificate bearing the president’s signature to the winners.
