2026 Annual STEM Skills Mississippi Competition – Pre-Register NOW !!!
2026 11th Annual STEM Skills
Mississippi Competition
3rd-12th grades
Final EVENT UPDATE!!! 3/22/2026
ALL THREE GRADE-LEVEL COMPETITIONS will be held at this year’s event on Saturday, March 28, 2026!
Students will still complete with their grade level, but we will be hosting all the events at the same time as we have done in years past. We will have 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in all three divisions. Please get your final roster in as soon as possible to secure your team’s spot!! Info Packets have been sent already. If you did not get one or need another please email me…
burellleach@gmail.com
Location: Nissan – Canton, MS
All students welcome. No experience required.
Main Event: SUMO Wrestling Robots
Pre-Register below now.
Video of previous competitions featuring SUMO Wrestling Robotics
Mississippi Robotics is a non-profit organization involved in training youth and teachers in science, technology, math, and engineering through practical hands-on activities. This STEM SKILLS Mississippi Competition is designed to exercise and measure the students’ ability in several important areas involving academic, skill, critical thinking, and strategy. STEM prize awards are earned.
Join our exciting individual and mystery events.
Our events this year will be: Math, Science, 
Small Engine Parts ID (think lawnmower), Trim Triangle, Vehicle Race Course. With every event the student can earn STEM points for prizes. Come and have fun with all the events!!!
Schedule for the Day
Check-in 7:30am-8:30am
Welcome 8:45am-9:00am
Events 9:00am-11:00am
Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm
SUMO Finals 12:00pm-2:00pm
Awards 2:00pm-3:00pm
We hope to accelerate the flow of the events by scripting the first two for everyone. At 9:00am all the 3-5 grades will participate in the MATH event while the 6-12 grades will participate in the SCIENCE event. After those are completed we will swap to let grades 3-5 participate in the SCIENCE event while grades 6-12 participate in the MATH event. By 9:25am everyone should have finished 2 stations and will have an hour and a half to complete the other 3. The SUMO event will begin after the scripted start at 9:30am. Students that are participating in the SUMO event should finish other events but must check in regularly to make sure they don’t miss their SUMO match times.
The main event for the competition will be SUMO Wrestling robots. As in the video at the top of this page, remote controlled vehicles (r/c cars, robots) attempt to overturn or push their opponents off the mat for points.
STEM Prizes. 1st-3rd place in each event is awarded STEM Points that can be spent in our STEM Store for very cool science & engineering kits, drones, robots, telescopes, Chemistry kits, etc. Over $3,000 of awards will be available.
Parents / Coaches / Teachers. Please email your rosters to reserve your team a spot in the STEM SKILLS Mississippi. Teams have been sent all the information to sign up each of your students. The roster is submitted on a spreadsheet. Please get this in as soon as you are able. The entry fee is $55 per student.
There are 3 ways to pay your $55 event fee for each student:
*Pay at the registration table with a check made out to Mississippi Robotics.
*Use the donation tab at the top right section of the home page to access the donation portal where you can pay with a credit card. Make sure you state in the comment section that the donation is for your team’s entree fees.
*Pay with a school money order. We will send an invoice to your school for payment.
REMEMBER that we will not be set up to receive cash payments. Thank you and hope to see you on Saturday!!!
