8-14-19 FTC Team Blast
Hello FTC Coaches, Mentors & Supporters:
Greeting Coaches, I hope you are all enjoying your summer.
I have 2 items for you today.
1. Kickoff
2. Grants
1. Kickoff:
We have 3 kickoff locations again this season
1. Auburn High School 711 E. Main St. Auburn, WA 98002
Doors open at 8:30 am
Program starts at 9:00 am
Field unveiling and Q & A 9:30 am – 10:00 am
Workshop sessions 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Workshop sessions 11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Venue closed 12:30 pm
2. Gonzaga Prep 1224 E. Euclid Ave. Spokane, WA 99207
Doors open at 8:30 am
Program starts at 9:00 am
Field unveiling and Q & A 9:30 am
Team strategy session immediately following for interested teams
3. Covington Middle School 11200 NE Rosewood Ave. Vancouver, WA 98662
Doors open 8:30 am
Program starts at 9:00 am
Field unveiling and Q & A 9:30 am
Game rule discussion following Q & A
If you plan to attend a kickoff, please take a moment to register here
2. Grant Information
FIRST Washington has a number of competitive grant opportunities for teams and we encourage your team to apply! All of these grants are made possible by generous donors, with emphasis going toward assisting disadvantaged teams in need. With FIRST Washington’s commitment to bringing FIRST programs to more communities and schools, it is our goal to help teams to be self-sustaining within three years. If you need help in building out your team sustainability plan and fundraising training, please let us know. We want to see you be successful in not only programming and building a robot, but building strong business and team collaboration skills!
1. FIRST Washington grant: Open Now. Deadlines are: FIRST LEGO League September 19, FIRST Tech Challenge September 19, and FIRST Robotics Competition October 3, 2019. To apply: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/8e944e032ad74f98864853f98fa03a44.
2. OSPI, iGrants: Open Now. Deadlines September 19 for FIRST LEGO League and FIRST Tech Challenge Teams and October 10 for FIRST Robotics Competition. This generous grant is a building grant for Washington teams only who must compete in FIRST Washington competitions during the 2019-2020 school year. Teams must be public school-based or sponsored by the school. To complete the grant, please work with your school finance office or CTE to complete this grant and they must log in under the school, not the district for these are building level grants. FIRST LEGO League: form 605, FIRST Tech Challenge: form 606, FIRST Robotics Competition: form 424.
3. Boeing Grant: Opening mid-July-August. Teams who have a Boeing employee are eligible to have their employee to apply for a grant through Boeing. This grant is managed by Boeing and it is a very generous grant to help offset FIRST registration fees for teams. Boeing Grant applications are now open.. Active Boeing employees are encouraged to join the Boeing FIRST Enterprise inSite group (FIRST @ Boeing – Enterprise). Any and all relevant updates will be communicated through the Boeing FIRST Enterprise inSite in the future.
4. SPEEA: Open Now. Deadline: August 15th. If your team has a SPEEA mentor, encourage them to complete the grant application. If you need assistance, FIRST Washington has developed a grant template.
Other opportunities:
5. Microsoft: Teams who have a Microsoft employee involved as a coach/mentor not only will benefit tremendously in building their programming, computer science and engineering skills.
Upcoming Events/Dates:
· September 7: Challenge Released
· September 19: FIRST Washington Grant closes
· September 19: iGrant closes
· November 1, 2 & 3: First round of league events
· December 6, 7 & 8: Second round of league events
· January 22 & 12: Interleague Championships (Note date change)
Adrienne Rime
Event & Logistics Manager
FIRST Washington
p: (253) 656-0700