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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

FLL Blog Volume 5

by | Sep 19, 2023 | FLL, FLL Challenge, FLL Explore

FLL Blog Volume 5

Check out the news this week! 

Event Registration!

My apologies for those that have been looking for event registration! I am still waiting on one last venue! 

Make sure you have filled out the FIRST Washington registration while you are waiting- both registrations will be at the same link! 

challenge Registration
Explore Registration
OSPI

OSPI Grants are open!

They will close September 29th!

If you are a Washington State Public or Tribal Compact School, and have either active FLL Challenge teams or are registering or starting FLL Challenge teams-

Make sure you apply by SEPTEMBER 29TH!

OSPI Grant
Coaches Chat

Last Weeks Coaches Chat!

Recording is posted!

You can find the slides and the recording on the webinars page!

Webinars

FLL Blog Volume 4

by | Sep 12, 2023 | FLL, FLL Challenge, FLL Explore

Coaches Meeting Thursday, September 14th, 7pm

Tune in this Thursday for our first coaches meeting of the season!

This one is on Zoom, but meetings after this will be on Teams. You do not need an account to join a Teams meeting, so don’t worry!

This months link 

As always, they will be recorded and posted on our website here

Event Registration Coming Soon!

I know you are all patiently waiting for the event registration to open! I am hopeful that it will be open by the end of the week! 

My goal for this season was to have one FIRST Washington registration for FLL that included event registration, but that was not able to happen this season. Fingers crossed for next season! 

Event registration will be found on the same page as the FIRST Washington registration. 

Click Here

OSPI Meeting Tonight at 7pm

Washington State Public and Tribal Compact schools, make sure to join us tonight for our OSPI information meeting at 7pm! 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87552498043?pwd=akl2ZmRrQ2taUDdraXVUSjM4ckFrQT09 

The OSPI grant will open Friday September 15th!

FLL Blog Volume 3

by | Sep 6, 2023 | FLL, FLL Challenge, FLL Explore

FLL Blog Volume 3

Alright, we are switching to Blog form for FLL Challenge and FLL Explore!

From now on you will get your info from the Blog instead of the coach blasts! The coach blast will be to notify you of a new Blog post and what it contains.

Hopefully this format works well! I am also going to try and consistantly post on Tuesdays so you know what day to check!

*If you have team photos  (at competitions or working in meetings) and would like to see your teams photos in the Blog (make sure you have parents permission!), you can email them to info@firstwa.org

Boeing Grant is open!

If you have a Boeing mentor, make sure they fill out the application for your team.

Breaking news, OSPI & FIRST Washington Agreement!

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What's different?

FIRST Washington is now the administrator of the OSPI grant and funds

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Who can apply?

Any public or tribal compact school in Washington State can apply

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Why should you apply?

It will give you access to funding to support your team!

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When does the grant open?

The grant will open on Sept 15 and close on Sept 29.

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We will be holding a meeting on Sept 12 from 7-8:30 pm

to talk more about the changes and how they affect you**.

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Who should attend this meeting?

Any one who currently coaches a public school FLL Challenge team or wants to start an FLL Challenge team at a Washington State Public or Tribal Compact School

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How do I join this meeting?

By clicking this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87552498043?pwd=akl2ZmRrQ2taUDdraXVUSjM4ckFrQT09

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**Please note:

This is not a typical coaches meeting, the only people that should attend this meeting are the lead/alternate coaches or school faculty that fills out the Washington State OSPI grant.

FIRST Washington Registration!

 

Registration is now open! You can find the links here-

FLL Challenge

FLL Explore

Event registration is not yet open. When it opens it will be posted on the website and announced on the Blog!