Turing League Meet 2 AND Spencer League Meet 2 are RESCHEDULED for December 8th
We appreciate all the teams in these Leagues for their patience as we work to reschedule events postponed by extreme weather.
Turnig League Meet 2 will take place on December 8th – All event details besides the date change (location, time. participating teams, etc.) remain the same.
Spencer League Meet 2 has also been rescehduled for December 8th – All event details besides the date change (location, time. participating teams, etc.) remain the same.
We understand notification of the Spencer LM2 reschedule is short notice, but the school district was out of power and unreachable (due to the holiday) until yesterday.
If you are a team participating in either of these events, please reach out to your League Host.
Next FTC Coaches Chat, Tuesday, December 17 at 7:00 pm
Our next coaches chat is scheduled for Tuesday, December 17th at 7:00 pm. Coaches chats are an opportunity for use to share important information with all of you as well as help you connect with other coaches. We recommend each team have one coach attend. Click here for meeting link.
Dean’s List Nominations are Due December 15th
We will once again be having remote Dean’s List Interviews in January (More info on the Interview window will be sent to coaches after nominations close in December)
Lead and Alternate Coaches can nominate their students from their firstinspires dashboard until December 15th.
Don’t wait until the last minute, get your nominations in today.
General Interleague Event Info
Coaches should be receiving emails with specifics on your Interleauge event, but I wanted to give some general reminders here:
- You must bring your team roster and signed consent forms to your Interleague. These are required by FIRST HQ for every event that your team attends. The events will not have the ability to print these for you so you must print them off ahead of time and turn them in when you check in your team.
- Please bring safety glasses for your students, mentors and spectators. Safety glasses should be worn around the field area as well as in the pits.
- Bring an extension cord and power strip so your team can tie into the power available in the pit area.
- Reminder, this is an all day event where judging happens in the morning. You may want to tell spectators come either when matches start or after lunchtime, there won’t be much for them to see in the morning.
Fundraising for Your Team
Many of you have booster accounts with us and either have fundraising links set up (through give lively, benevity, etc…) It is imperative that you make sure your team number gets put on any and all donations we receive whether by check or electronically. We support over 1000 teams and many of them have booster accounts. We have NO WAY of knowing a donation from James Smith should go to your team unless they tell us your team number (not your team name or school name or coach name or mentor name or student name or parent name – hopefully you are getting the point) We are a VERY small staff that must do many different tasks to support all teams in the PNW and Washington and when we have to take time to chase down donations, it prevents us from doing other things we need to do to support all of you!
If your team number is not listed on your donation, you are at risk of those funds not being deposited into your booster account because we just have no way of knowing how to contact the donor or who the funds are for. Please help us help you by making sure your instructions to your sponsors are clear when it comes to making donations to your FIRST Washington booster account.
We Want Your Feedback!
FIRST Washington strives to support coaches in building sustainable and supported teams. We’d love to hear from you how we’re doing. Please take time to fill out the survey below to let us know how this season is going and how you feel about your team’s sustainability.
The survey is anonymous and will not collect your name/email or team number. All questions are optional, and any that you complete will help. Thank you for supporting an improved experience for all teams!
Volunteer with FTC or FLL!
We have 27 FTC and FLL Challenge events in December alone, and we need over 1,400 volunteers to run them! Please organize your team to register today! Volunteering at FLL and FTC events is NUMBER ONE way your team can support FIRST growth in your community, and you’ll have a blast doing it!
For coaches and mentors, Judging (at events your team is NOT competing at) is a great way to learn about the judging process.
And for FTC students, volunteering in any role is a great way to work towards any service hour requirements for graduation.
If there is an FLL or FTC event in your school district and your team isn’t already supporting it, please consider mobilizing your team to help out! We understand this time of year is busy, but many of our FLL and FTC hosts depend on FRC teams to help fulfill volunteer roles.
You can always reach out to us if you want more guidence about how to help out. Email Mara Kealey at marak@firstwa.org.
Volunteer Roles Needed: (both programs)
- Referees
- Judges
- Queuers
- Field Resetters
- Scorekeepers
Important Dates & Deadlines
- January 11-12: Semi Final event window
- January 13-26: Dean’s List Interview window
- Jan 24: Compass Award Submission Deadline
- February 1: FTC State