OSPI Informational Meeting is Tonight @ 7:00pm!
If you are a Washington State public school or Tribal Compact school, you are eligible for the OSPI grant!
The process will be very similar to last year. If you are new to this process or have questions, feel free attend our meeting on Tuesday, September 10 at 7:00 pm.
Keep in mind, this meeting is for questions on the OSPI grant only, we will not be answering program specific questions at that time. For program specific questions, be sure to attend your program specific Coaches Chat.
Register your Team with FIRST Inspires AND FIRST Washington
Get your team registered with FIRST and FIRST Washington ASAP!
There are several reasons you need to get your team registered with FIRST and FIRST Washington ASAP:
- To be sure you are on our mailing list and receiving our regular coach blasts.
- You MUST be registered with both FIRST Inspires and FIRST Washington to receive OSPI funding (public school teams only).
- We will be placing teams into leagues based on registration numbers on September 27. It is that time when we will will considering schools with multiple teams and keeping them together. If you are not registered, you won’t be part of that consideration and we can not guarantee your teams will be together.
- We work hard to place teams in leagues that are close to them, if you are not registered by September 27, you will have to enter the preferencing system when it opens up the following week and will have no guarantee of what league you will be in (other than that it will be within a 100 mile radius from your address.
- You must be registered with FIRST Inspires and FIRST Washington to participate in events
Not sure if your team has registered? check here!
Upcoming Workshop: Setting your Team Up for Financial Success
Join us on October 10th from 5:00pm to 6:15pm for a webinar from our very own Director of Development, Lila Mowatt, covering the basics of fundraising and how you can set your team up for financial success this season.
Please RSVP here!
Questions? Reach out to Jake Osborn at jakeo@firstwa.org
Important Dates & Deadlines
- October 9: League preferencing window closes
- October 11: FIRST Washington invoices sent to the designated team contact Date has changed
- October 11: Updated league assignments posted
- October 15: FTC Coaches Chat
- October 25: Deadline to secure FIRST Washington registration Date has changed
- October 26 – November 24: League Event Window
- November 19: FTC Coaches Chat
- December 7-22: Interleague event window
- January 11-12: Semi Final event window
- February 1: FTC State