College Tech Prep in conjunction with Youngstown State University sponsors a robotics education program for middle school and high school students. The robotics education program called the Northeast Robotics Competition (NEORC) is a regional competition founded in 1998 to allow students from northeast Ohio, the opportunity to learn outside the classroom.

NEORC was created by a consortium of engineering technology programs who joined together to inspire and motivate students toward studies and careers in engineering, science, and technology by providing a sports-like technology contest. The Northeast Ohio Robotics Competition (NEORC) is an academic program that provides high school and middle school students with a "hands-on" applied learning experience for approximately 8 weeks and culminating in a competition in January (middle school) and March (high school) of each year.

• New “games” every year
• Restrict materials, time, cost, and size
• Multidisciplinary
• Engineers, technicians, scientists, and teachers working together

Goals

• Increase awareness of engineering, science, and technical careers
• Reinforce math, science, and technical concepts
• Foster teamwork
• Encourage critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Provide a contextual and applied learning experience
• Teach project management

All students in grade 9-12 are eligible to compete in the high school division and grades 5-8 in the middle school division. Schools and organizations from Ashtabula, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Geneva, Lake, Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, and Tuscarawas counties are eligible to participate.