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FLL Blog Volume 11

by | Nov 3, 2023 | FLL, FLL Challenge, FLL Explore

FLL Blog Volume 11

We are one month away from the first weekend of Qualifiers!

Is your team ready? Are you registered?

FLL Challenge and FLL Explore events are starting in one month! If you have not registered for an event or with FIRST Washington you need to do so ASAP!

Volunteers

We need volunteers for the Qualifiers! 

Teams should be providing one volunteer for an event they are not attending. This can be a parent, friend, coach or assistant coach! 

No experience required, we will train you! Judging at an event is rewarding, and you get to see the other side of the events! It will make you a better coach! 

If you have further questions, or need assistance, you can go to https://firstwa.org/volunteer-page/#volunteer-registration or email marak@firstwa.org 

Teams that have received event assignments-

Are you ready?

If you do not see your team on this list, that means you are missing something! Either a form has not been filled out, or you have not paid your FIRST Washington fee yet! Before you email me-

Click Here

This will show what you are missing 🙂

FLL Explore Invoices!

FLL Explore invoices go out next week! Watch your inboxes for them! 

FLL Blog Volume 10

by | Oct 25, 2023 | FLL, FLL Challenge, FLL Explore

FLL Blog Volume 10

FLL Challenge Invoice Information!

Four rounds of FLL invoices have gone out so far!

We are sending 1-2 per week to teams that have registered with FIRST and filled out their FIRST Washington registration!

If you have not received one, check here for your teams status. If only FIRSTWA Paid is red, check in with the person that should have received your invoice, check spam and junk folders. If you do not find it, please email accounting@firstwa.org

FLL Challenge Registration Update

We are chugging along, but still have a long way to go!

Registration numbers as of 10-25

Team registration with FIRST Inspires- 480

FIRST Washington registration- 365

Event registration- 334

Paid FIRST Washington- 196 🙁

If you have not yet

  • Paid FIRST Inspires
  • Registrered with FIRSTWA
  • Registered for an Event
  • Paid FIRSTWA

Please do so ASAP! I need to balance events and order awards!

FLL Explore Invoice Information

Invoices for FLL Explore have not yet gone out. They will go out at the end of October. These are only sent to the person you indicated on your FIRST Washington registration.

FLL Explore Registration Update

 

We are chugging along, but still have a long way to go!

Registration numbers as of 10-25

Team registration with FIRST Inspires- 88

FIRST Washington registration- 37

Event registration- 18

Paid FIRST Washington- N/A

FLL Blog Volume 9

by | Oct 17, 2023 | FLL, FLL Challenge, FLL Explore

FLL Blog Volume 9

First round of FLL Challenge Invoices went out this week!

The first round of FLL Challenge invoices for the FIRST Washington fee were emailed out yesterday. These went to teams that have registered with FIRST Inspires and have filled out the FIRST Washington registration. They were sent to the person you indicated on your FIRST Washington registration as the one that should receive your invoice. 

If you have not received an invoice, before you emeil me, STOP!

  • Have you checked with the person you indicated on your FIRST Washington registration?
  • Have you checked your SPAM/JUNK folder?
  • Have you completed your registration with FIRST Inspires?
  • Have you completed your FIRST Washington registration?

If you are unsure of the last 2, you can check here. 

If you have done all of these things, and all of your registrations are current and you still do not have one, you may email me on FRIDAY, 10/20. We will be sending out a second batch of FLL invoices soon, and then should be sending 1 batch per week until all have been sent out. 

 

Registration

Registration Information and Help

Registration still seems to be an issue for the programs, so I am going to share the same thing from last weeks coaches chat.

 

1. Your first step is to do your Team Registration with FIRST Inspires (firstinspires.org). You will need to log in on the website and go to your dashboard to register.

Then you are going to want to go complete the FIRST Washington registration and the Event Registration on firstwa.org.

FIRST Washington registration for both Challenge and Explore is similar, but for this I am only going to show Challenge.

Challenge registration is here- https://firstwa.org/challenge-registration/ 
Expolre registration is here- https://firstwa.org/explore-registration/ 

2. When you click the FIRST Washington registration button, it takes you to a page that looks like this-

3. When you click on the event registration button, it takes you to a page that looks like this- 

When you fill out the FIRST Washington registration and the event registration, you are going to want your team number from your FIRST Inspires dashboard. If you have not paid yet and are a rookie, this number will start with 2023.

Not sure if you have registered of filled out the registrations with FIRST Washington? 

4. Make sure you are checking the Team Status Sheet

Both Challenge and Explore have the same registrations forms, type of links and status sheets. Make sure you are checking them if you have questions. 

They are updated once a day manually, so keep that in mind when you are checking please 🙂

Event Assignments!

I have started to make tentative event assignments for the teams that have paid their FIRST Washington registration fee! Look for those to be posted by the end of the week!

Assignments are made on a first come first served basis, so don’t wait! Events will fill up!

FLL Blog Volume 8

by | Oct 10, 2023 | FLL, FLL Challenge, FLL Explore

FLL Blog Volume 8

Coaches Chat this Thursday!

Join us on Thursday October 12th at 7pm for our October Coaches Chat!

Join Meeting
Registration!

Many FLL Challenge and Explore Teams have not Filled out their Registrations!

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FLL Challenge

If you have not done so yet, teams are required to fill out both the FIRST Washington registration and the Event registration. 

Challenge Registration
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FLL Explore

If you have not done so yet, teams are required to fill out both the FIRST Washington registration and the Event registration. 

Explore Registration
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Team Status Reports

If you are unsure if you have filled out the required registrations- Status reports for both programs are posted online!

Challenge Status
Explore Status

FIRST Washington Invoices

For FLL Challenge– Invoices for the $350 FIRST Washington fee should go out the 3rd week of October. They will be sent to the person you indicated should receive your invoice on your FIRST Washington registration.

For FLL Explore– Invoices should go out the end of October. They will be sent to the person you indicated should receive your invoice on your FIRST Washington registration.

If you have not filled out the FIRST Washington registration, you will not receive an invoice, and will not be eligible to attend any events.

 

FLL Blog Volume 7

by | Oct 3, 2023 | FLL, FLL Challenge, FLL Explore

FLL Blog Volume 7

In this weeks blog, we talk all about registration for the FLL programs!

If you have not yet registered, please do so asap! 

FLL Challenge Registrations!

FIRST Washington Registration-

Every team must complete this registration in order to participate with FIRST Washington.. This is seperate from the Team Registration at firstinspires.org.

As of today, 421 teams have been registered with FIRST Inspires. Of those, 217 have registered with FIRST Washington.

Every Participating team must fill this out. If you have more than one team, please fill out a seperate form for each one!

 

FLL Challenge Event Registration-

Every team wanting to attend an event must fill out this form and give me their 3 event preferences.

Before a team is confirmed in their event, they must secure (by check, card, or PO) their FIRST Washington fee. Invoices for this fee will be emailed in mid October to the person you indicated should receive your invoice on your FIRST Washington registration.

Only 141 teams have filled out the event registration for FLL Challenge.

 

Challenge REgistrations
Explore!

FLL Explore Registrations!

FIRST Washington Registration-

Every team must complete this registration in order to participate with FIRST Washington.. This is seperate from the Team Registration at firstinspires.org.

As of today, 69 teams have been registered with FIRST Inspires. Of those, 34 have registered with FIRST Washington.

Every Participating team must fill this out. If you have more than one team, please fill out a seperate form for each one!

 

FLL Explore Event Registration-

Every team wanting to attend an event must fill out this form and give me their 2 event preferences.

Before a team is confirmed in their event, they must secure (by check, card, or PO) their FIRST Washington fee. Invoices for this fee will be emailed in mid October (for the first round of events) to the person you indicated should receive your invoice on your FIRST Washington registration.

This registration is open now!!

Explore Registrations

FIRST Washington Team Status Reports

Status reports have been posted on our website for both Challenge and Explore. 

Please check the report before you email me and ask if I have received your registrations. 

Understand that these are updated manually by me. I do my best to do it daily, but sometimes there just aren’t enough hours in the day 🙂

When FIRST Washington invoices go out, this will also reflect when you have secured your registration. 

If all goes well, event assignments should go out the begining of November!  

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FLL Challenge

Team Status Report

Challenge Status
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FLL Explore

Team Status Report

Explore Status

Coaches Chat!

Our next coaches chat is October 12th! We will be talking about registration and events, as well as answering your questions!

Hope you can join us!

Meeting Link

FLL Blog Volume 6

by | Sep 26, 2023 | FLL, FLL Challenge, FLL Explore

FLL Blog Volume 6

There are lots of deadlines this week, so be sure to read the entire blog! 

I don’t want anyone missing anything! 🙂

Event Registration is for FLL Challenge Open!

*FLL Explore Registration coming soon, by 10/2

That’s right, it is finally open! I appreciate everyone’s patience.

Teams will be asked to select three event preferences. Please do not select the same event for all 3, unless it is the only event in driving distance.

Teams will be confirmed in their events once they have-

  1. Registered their team with firstinspires.org
  2. Registered their team with firstwa.org
  3. Secured their FIRST Washington invoice (by credit card, check or P.O.) Invoices will be sent out in October

I will post Assignments in November on firstwa.org, not on your dashboard.

Registration

OSPI Grant Closes this Friday, September 29th!

If you are a Public or Tribal Compact School, make sure you submit your OSPI grant by 5:00pm on Friday, 9/29! 

 

OSPI Grant

Two Registrations Close on September 30th!

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FIRST Washington Registration

The FIRST Washington registration will close on September 30th, as well as the FIRST Washington grant! If you have not filled this out, do it now! All Explore and Challenge teams are required to submit to participate

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FIRST Team Registration

For FLL Challenge teams- Team registration with FIRST Inspires will close September 30th! Make sure your team is registered! (If you are waiting on funding from OSPI, email me 🙂 )

FIRST Registration
FIRSTWA Challenge Registration
FIRSTWA Explore Registration