Five Star BEST

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Five Star BEST is now
North Houston BEST

The North Houston BEST Kick-Off Day is officially postponed due to hurricane Ike. We will post alternate plans next week after another venue is secured.

In 1999, Montgomery College (now Lone Star College - Montgomery) founded "Four-Star BEST" (which was called 5-Star BEST until spring of 2008) to support students in the North Harris/Montgomery County area. This year, Baker Hughes has answered the call to create the North Houston BEST corporate hub. However, we are doing so with full cooperation with Lone Star College and therefore, will not change venues. After our local event, we send two teams to the “Texas BEST” regional competition.

The dates have been set for the 2008 competition with Kickoff Day on 09/13, Demo Day on 10/18, and Game Day on 10/25.

We are in the process of creating a new site for North Houston BEST and once it is ready, the new link will be listed here as well as e-mailed out to all participating teams.

Any questions can be directed to our new Hub Director, Paul Lutes, at chairman@northhoustonbest.org.

BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology) is an organization dedicated to fostering science and engineering among high school and middle school students throughout the country. Each year, a competition is held where students construct a robot from a limited set of materials. The robot competes in a game against the other schools where the robots may be removing "dangerous" materials, rescuing aliens, or saving the world. Five Star Hub supports schools from the Montgomery County and North Harris County area.

If you have any questions, get in touch with us!

2007 Five Star BEST Winners

BEST Award Winners 1st: The Woodlands Homeschoolers* 2nd: St. Agnes Academy* 3rd: Magnolia and Tomball Homeschoolers Founders Award for Creative Design Cypress Springs High School Most Elegant Award Academy for Science and Health Professions Five Star Award TIE – Magnolia and Tomball Homeschoolers, Madisonville Homeschoolers	Robotics Competition Winners 1st: Academy of Science and Technology at College Park* 2nd: Academy for Science and Health Professions 3rd: Cypress Springs High School BEST Finalist: The Woodlands Preparatory School Most Robust Award Academy of Science and Technology at College Park Most Photogenic Award The Woodlands Homeschoolers
* - Advancing to the Texas BEST regional competition at Texas Tech University