SLEO（Students Leading Educational Opportunities） 现面向学生或家长招募志愿者，参与即将在 St. Louis 举办的 VEX Robotics World Championship 。这项赛事是全球规模最大的机器人竞赛之一，每年吸引来自世界各地的数千支学生队伍参赛。 VEX 机器人世界锦标赛为期约十天，汇集来自全球多个国家和地区的学生团队。参赛队伍将展示他们设计和编程的机器人，在比赛中完成复杂任务，体现工程设计、创新能力和团队合作精神。对于志愿者来说，这不仅是一场科技盛会，也是近距离了解机器人技术和国际 STEM 教育的难得机会。 志愿者可以做什么？ SLEO 将组织志愿者团队，为赛事提供现场支持。根据赛事安排，志愿者可能参与以下工作： 比赛场地协助（Field Resetter） 在每场比赛结束后帮助恢复比赛场地，确保下一场比赛能够顺利开始。 队伍组织与引导（Queuer） 协助参赛队伍按顺序进入比赛区域，保证比赛流程顺畅。 练习场地协助（Practice Field Assistant）..

Students Leading Educational Opportunities (SLEO) is excited to invite volunteers to participate in one of the world’s largest robotics competitions — the VEX Robotics World Championship , which will be held in St. Louis this year. The VEX Robotics World Championship brings together more than 2,000 teams from around the world for ten days of exciting robotics competitions, innovation, and STEM learning. The event attracts thousands of students, educators, and robotics enthus

On February 14th, Linci, Jack, Cayla, Howard, and Charlotte fought hard at the 2026 Chess Carnival, with Forrest Yang as their brilliant coach. In the k-12 section, Jack won 3.5 games, Charlotte won 3 games, Linci won 2 games, and Howard won 1.5 games. In the k-6 section, Cayla won 3.5 games. The team got 2nd place, with individual awards for Cayla (k-6, 2nd) and Jack (k-12, 3rd). Charlotte won best female. Congratulations and thank you to everyone who helped SLEO dominat

On Saturday, January 17th, a miniature snowstorm snowed outside, while inside, a heated battle to prove the superior chess players raged on. Out of 79 players, the 12 SLEO players Cayla Cheng, Yuang Xie, Charlotte Wang, Ethan Cheng, Howard Miao, Lisa Cheng, Xingyu Li, Isaac Zhang, Chester Yung, Jennie Liang, Andrew, and Evan Zhang fought fiercely in a merciless battle for the crown. SLEO Chess coaches were also there to review games with players, an initiative that was star

On November 4, student leaders from SLEO visited the KidSmart warehouse in Saint Louis for a tour of the facility and a chat with their Manger of Corporate Giving, Megan Douglas. Before the start of the tour, SLEO leaders Sophie Zhang, Vera Ewing, Adam Jiang, and Roy Zhu presented a $2500 check to the organization, an initiative started by Sophie Zhang and Bohan Pan at the beginning of the year. “We hope that this will not be a one-time donation,” says Roy Zhu. “I hope that

This past Saturday, SLEO hosted its fall semester board meeting, which included SLEO’s executive board, leaders for its individual programs, and parents. During the meeting, each program leader presented how the start of the fall semester was going, ideas for future events, and budgets. Topics such as volunteer staffing issues, scheduling, and communications were discussed. In addition, Bryan Yang presented the Congressional Volunteer Award program and Sophie Zhang presented

This Sunday, SLEO reopened its classes at both the St. Louis Modern Chinese School, as well as the St. Louis Chinese Language School. Many of the classes, including debate, chess, and cubing, were long-time returning classes. Our newest program, Science Bowl, had its first two classes at SLMCS after having a successful summer camp turnout. In total, over 91 students showed up across our classes, taught by 16 instructors. We hope that these numbers continue to remain strong, a

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