To extend opportunities for our students 1) to focus on a developing interest, 2) to experience the resilience building of competition in an area other than athletics, and 3) to spend more time with others who share their abilities and their interests, The Super Saturday Program has begun offering teams. Team spots are for children who have met our admission criteria and have taken classes. If after reading through the information on this page, your child is interested in a team, then fill out this form and we will share more info when we have it.
App Development
This team opportunity was pursued due to the popularity of our Scratch and Python classes. Team members are in 7th grade or above. https://www.congressionalappchallenge.us/students/rules/
Chess
Each spring at the Queen City Classic Chess Tournament our Super Saturday Knights compete under the leadership of teacher Kevin Coleman. Some of our students have formed a loosely organized social club to communicate chess playing opportunities and plan to travel together or meet up at tournaments and represent TSSP. Among the events social club members are going to are the Cincinnati Scholastic Chess Series tournaments. CSC Series tournaments with locations, times, and registration links have been added to our calendar.
Math
We are exploring the possibility of forming a team to compete in the MathWorks Modeling Challenge and/or other math competitions. We are seeking someone to coach and offer an associated class or classes – not necessarily the same someone. The class(es) would be designed to prepare students with some of the math, computing, and analytical skills needed for competitions. If your child would be interested in the class(es), email marketing@supersaturday.org to be contacted when we have more information to share. Include in the email your child’s age to help us match our planning to community interest. If your child would be interested in the team, please fill out the Team Interest Form linked at the top of this page. To be among the five TSSP alumni to participate in the M3 Challenge, the student must be a high school junior or senior and at least 13 years old or, if homeschooled, 16 to 18 years old. Registration for the M3 Challenge is 11/3/25-2/20/26, but a TSSP team will need to register early and apply for recognition of the organization. The competition is held in late February or early March.
Robotics
Starting this 2025-26 season, Super Saturday students are participating in seven robotics teams! To kick off recruitment for the 2026-27 season, these teams will be presenting during lunchtimes on four of the six winter term Saturdays. See supersaturday.org/gifted-community-enrichment for which teams are scheduled for which dates.
Due to the popularity of our LEGO® Mindstorms Robotics class, in 2023 TSSP volunteers began surveying interest in robotics teams, developing a sponsorship plan, and collecting contact info of potential team members. Our dynamo rocketry teacher has now been successful in recruiting coaches. We held an information meeting during GCE sessions on 1/25/25 and emailed those who previously expressed an interest in participating. Important information shared at the meeting was posted to our private Facebook group, The Super Saturday Program Community.
FIRST® LEGO® League
TSSP is sponsoring three new FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL) Challenge level teams for our Super Saturday students.
Preseason activities began 2/23/25. Team selections were completed in May and registrations filed in early August. Tournaments for Challenge level teams begin in November. The length of the season depends on how far teams progress through regional, state, and championship levels. The State competition is held in March and the FIRST® Championship is in April.
Many teams attended the iSpace FLL Challenge Kickoff on 9/10/25.
On 10/26/25, a robot mission scrimmage was held with eight area teams getting to experience a competition setting and scoring. The tournament was sponsored by the Ohio Recreation and Education Foundation.
On 11/2/25, an event was held where teams could present their progress on their project to a panel of experts and ask questions to help improve.
VEX Robotics Competitions
TSSP is sponsoring one new VEX IQ elementary school team. Team #99265B, Brain Batteries, received the design award at their first tournament on 11/8/25, and their overall score qualified them for the national competition. They received the design award again at their second tournament on 11/15/25. Their goal is to qualify for the world competition and have great success there!
Thanks to a grant from Google through the Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation and the organizational efforts of Mason area parents, we have been able to help start three V5 teams for middle school age students.
To express an interest in coaching, teaching a skill building class, or contributing in some way, email us at marketing@supersaturday.org. We are also welcoming into mentorship roles any teens who have previously participated in FLL or VEX. See supersaturday.org/teens for more information.
Rocketry
Beginning with the 2025 season, we had two teams competing in the American Rocketry Challenge (TARC). Teams were composed of dedicated 6th graders and up from our classes It Is Rocket Science, Advanced Rocketry, and Master Rocketry and are coached by our teachers Shirley Lee and Ryan Cheng. Teams scored 2nd and 3rd place at the Ohio Regional Cup. For the 2026 season, we will have two Super Saturday student teams and are connected with teams competing through 4H.
Quiz
We are in the early exploratory phase for a possible quiz team. The team might participate in tournaments with Ohio Academic Competition and/or National Academic Quiz Tournaments.