In this weeks Blog

Volunteers Needed for Seminfinals and State!

Second Weekend of Qualifiers!

Event Reminders

Coaches Chat 12/17 7pm

Award and Advancement info!

Make sure you read the entire blog!

Season Info

Please talk with your students about Gracious Professionalism and appropriate behavior at events

Coaches we need your help. We had instances at both FLL and FTC events this past weekend where students were very disrespectful toward the venue, hosts and volunteers.

In an effort to be more proactive, we would appreciate it if you all have a conversation with your students prior to their event where you go over what it means to be Gracious and Professional and how to behave when you are a guest in someone else’s space.

Most of our participants are outstanding and are not problematic at all but after the incidents this weekend, we thought a reminder would be helpful.

Volunteers needed for Semifinal and State Events!

We ask that all teams supply at least 1 volunteer for an event your team is not attending.

We are still in need of volunteers for our FLL Semifinals and State Championships! We are especially in need of adults to fill judging roles. If you are a coach or mentor, judging at an event other than where your students are competing is an amazing way to learn about the process and how to coach your students on exactly what they need to do in their presentation to judges.

We also need students in various roles – referee, scorekeeper, queuer, and field reset. This is a great way for students to meet their volunteer hour requirement! Here are the events with the greatest need:

January 17-18

Covington Semifinals- Cedar Heights Middle School, Covington

January 24-25

Seattle Semifinals- Lincoln High School, Seattle

January 24th

Eastern Washington State Championship- St. Georges School, Spokane

February 1st

Western Washington State Championship- Amazon Meeting Center, Seattle

If you are able to help, click here to find an event near you: Search Event

Thank you for your support in making this program sucessful for your team and others as well! We could not do it without you!

Second Qualifier Weekend!

This weekend is our second set of Qualifiers! I hope everyone is excited! The first weekend went great!

A few things to keep in mind-

Please make sure you bring your teams printed roster. Many teams forgot this was a requirement! This is printed from your teams FIRST Inspires dashboard. You can find instructions on how in last months coaches chat slides here- https://firstwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/November-18-25-coaches-chat.pdf

Please remember that everyone at your event is a volunteer! They are donating their time to help with your teams event! If you have any issues at your event, please email me- jacqueg@firstwa.org

This is about the kids! This is their time to shine and to celebrate all they have learned and acomplished!

Kids do the work! That means NO coaches or parents should be working on or programing the robot.

The most important thing to keep in mind- Have Fun!!

December