The Wichita Homeschool BEST robotics team participates in the BEST robotics program, brought to Wichita in 1999. BEST was founded in 1993 by two employees from Texas Instruments to encourage middle and high school students to aspire to have careers in engineering and scientific fields. The first year of the competition involved 14 schools with a total of only 221 students. Today, BEST has grown to involve over 550 schools and over 11,000 students.

The competition is divided into two parts: the robot side in where students design and build a robot to accomplish a certain task, and the BEST side. Students working in the BEST side work to document progress on the robot building process and to market their robot.

As a team, Wichita Homeschool, our main goal is to teach engineering and technology skills to highschool age students and to encourage them to pursue careers in engineering, science, and technology. As a Christian team we are also committed to building character and teamwork traits.