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FRC Rebuilt Blog: Volume 26

by | Mar 10, 2026 | FRC, Newsletter

Our District Championship/Championship Briefing scheduled for next Tuesday, March 17 at 7:00 pm

We will be going over high level event information for our District Championship event as well as Championships in Houston.  More detailed information will be sent to registered teams after week 4 events have been completed and all teams have registered. 

If you believe you may qualify for District Championships, I strongly recommend you plan to attend this briefing. 

I know the registration window falls during spring break for some teams so please be prepared to register for the event and secure your registration even if your school is on spring break. 

Click here to attend this meeting.   

 

Site Specific Information 

Expect to receive an email from us with event specific information on Wednesday 2 weeks before your event loads in. 

 

We will also update the event page with information as we receive it from the site.  You can find a list of events on our website here:  https://firstwa.org/competitions/  

Important Dates

FLL UNEARTHED Blog: Volume 23

by | Feb 18, 2026 | FLL, FLL Challenge, FLL Explore

In this weeks Blog

Open Invitational Drawing Results!

Explore Events

Make sure you read the entire blog!

Season Info

Open Invitational Lottery Results!

  • Canada Cup of Robotics Niagara 2026
  • (1 spot) – 6438 Roarin’ Robotics Blue Team
  • FIRST® LEGO® League Open International Championship Greece 2026
  • (1 spot) – 68015 Ctrl Alt Defeat
  • FIRST LEGO League KOREA Open Invitational 
  • Korea (1 spot) – 68118 Unboxed
  • Georgia Ramblin’ Robots Invitationals (GR²Its)
  • (1 spot) – 72721 Team Unearthed Creativity
  • WAFFLE (WPI Annual FIRST LEGO League Open Invitational Event) Massachusetts
  • (2 spots) – 67229 R0b0raptors, 68554 Tech Queens
  • American Robotics Open Championship, New Jersey
  • (4 spots) – 40707 The Golden Dragons, 21392 Radioactive Cucuys, 36203 Ridge Robotics, 34915 Gizmo Girlz

Congratulations to those teams advancing to Open Invitationals! 

I will be submitting all teams tomorrow. If your situation has changed and you are no longer able to attend, please let me know asap! 

 

FLL Explore Events!

For teams attending our Spring FLL Explore events, or interested in attending- make sure you have registered your teams. Some of our events are full!

events-

Snohomish 3/14 12:00-3:00pm- FULL
Glacier Peak High School

Sammamish- 3/22 9:00am-11:00am– FULL
Sammamish High School

Bonney Lake 3/7 12:45-3:00pm
Bonney Lake High School

Cheney- 4/11
Eastern Washington University

FIRST Washington registration and Event Registration- https://firstwa.org/explore-registration/

Are you registered?- https://firstwa.org/explore-event-assignments/

Important Dates & Deadlines

 

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FRC REBUILT Blog: Volume 25

by | Feb 18, 2026 | FRC, Newsletter

Our District Event Briefing was last Thursday, Feb 12 at 7:00 pm

If you missed the briefing, you can find the slides and recording on our website here:  https://firstwa.org/webinars/  

Yes, much of this info is the same from year to year, but we will be going over some new information, so please take the time to look over the slide deck.   

Quiet rooms at events 

Right now, only 1 event has a quiet room:  Auburn High School.  While we send quiet room materials on the truck to each event, we rely on teams to staff and manage the quiet rooms at the events.  If we do not have teams volunteer to host the quiet room and coordinate the volunteers, we will not be having quiet rooms again this year.   

If you are interested in hosting the quiet room at an event, please fill out this form by this Friday, February 21.   

Accommodations at events

One last reminder for the season, if you need an event accommodation please fill out this form.  We will make every effort to accommodate your request.  The sooner we know about a need, the more likely we will be able to meet that need at our events.   

Site Specific Information 

Site specific information was emailed to the Lead and Alternate contacts for our week 1 events this morning.  Expect to receive an email from us with event specific information on Wednesday 2 weeks before your event loads in. 

 

We will also update the event page with information as we receive it from the site.  You can find a list of events on our website here:  https://firstwa.org/competitions/  

 

Important Dates

FRC REBUILT Blog: Volume 24

by | Feb 9, 2026 | FRC, Newsletter

Our District Event Briefing scheduled for next Thursday, Feb 12 at 7:00 pm 

We will be going over high level event information for our District events.  Site specific information will be sent for each event about 2 weeks prior to the event. 

It is important you have 1 coach attend this meeting.  Your team coaches, mentors, students & spectators are all expected to know this information.  

Yes, much of this info is the same from year to year but we will be going over some new information so it is important that one adult from each team attend 

Click here to attend this meeting.  (I have verified the link and know it is correct.  Sorry for the confusion at the last coaches chat, that is totally on me!) 

FIRST Force Scrimmage – 2026

 Once again, FIRST Force will hold an FRC scrimmage at Corvallis High School in Corvallis, Oregon on February 22, 2026.  This is a great opportunity for all teams to test and tune your robots, practice driving, and see what other teams are planning before the first competition. FIRST Force has even purchased a half-field of game pieces for this event. Registration is free for teams who were new to FIRST® in 2025 or 2026 and for FIRST Force member teams.  A $100.00 registration fee for all other teams helps provide materials to build game elements and game pieces.. Read more about the event in Scrimmage Nuts and Bolts.  Complete the registration form to make sure your space is reserved.  You can also contact denise@firstforceteams.org if you have any questions.  We look forward to seeing you at scrimmage in February. 

Important Dates

FLL UNEARTHED Blog: Volume 22

by | Feb 4, 2026 | FLL, FLL Challenge, FLL Explore

In this weeks Blog

Season Recap

Open Invitational 

Explore Events

Message from the Finance Department 

Make sure you read the entire blog!

Season Info

Congratulations Challenge teams!

Congratulations to all the teams that participated in FLL Challenge this season!

For perspective-

We held-

  • 22 Qualifiers
  • 4 Semifinals
  • 2 State Championships

There were 550 Challenge teams competing in events this season!

Your teams should be very proud of what they have accomplished this season!

I look forward to seeing what they come up with next season!

Open Invitational Lottery

The Champions award finalist teams (one from East and one from West) will get first choice out of the below FLL Open Events.

Once the finalists have chosen, the remaining open spots will be available for signups to the award winning teams from the 2 state championships.

Teams will be selected at random for each event going in the order of the list below, so make sure you only choose events you can/want to actually attend.

If there are remaining spots, the sign up will open to teams that attended the state events.

  • Canada Cup of Robotics Niagara 2026
  • (1 spot) June 17-20, 2026
  • FIRST® LEGO® League Open International Championship Greece 2026
  • (1 spot) May 8-10, 2026
  • FIRST LEGO League KOREA Open Invitational 
  • Korea (1 spot) July 3-5, 2026
  • Western Edge Invitational California
  • (1 spots) May 29-June 1, 2026
  • Georgia Ramblin’ Robots Invitationals (GR²Its)
  • (1 spot) June 5-7, 2026
  • WAFFLE (WPI Annual FIRST LEGO League Open Invitational Event) Massachusetts
  • (2 spots) June 12-14, 2026
  • American Robotics Open Championship, New Jersey
  • (3 or 4 spots) June 6-7, 2026

The form will be emailed directly to the award winning teams from the 2 state championships after 2/10

 

FIRST LEGO League Future Edition

FIRST will be livestreaming a demo of the new FIRST LEGO League experience at championships.  

To see a list of questions and answers by FIRST, you can go here

While we don’t know what events in Washington will look like yet (timing, location, event size, etc), we will be holding both Founders events and Future events (if needed) next season!

 

Huge Congratulations to the 4 teams moving on from the 2 Championship events!

Our 2 teams advancing to the World Festival in Houston, TX

  • 55142 Tomb Raiders, Royal City WA
  • 27820 The Unearthed Dinos, Sammamish WA

Our 2 teams advancing to Open Invitationals

 

  • 58650 Odyssey Dragons, Spokane WA
  • 24975 Tinkering Turtles, Snoqualmie WA

FLL Explore Events!

For teams attending our Spring FLL Explore events, or interested in attending- make sure you have registered your teams. Some of our events are full!

events-

Snohomish 3/14 12:00-3:00pm
Glacier Peak High School

Sammamish- 3/21 or 22
Sammamish High School

Bonney Lake 3/7 12:45-3:00pm
Bonney Lake High School

Cheney- 4/11
Eastern Washington University

FIRST Washington registration and Event Registration- https://firstwa.org/explore-registration/

Are you registered?- https://firstwa.org/explore-event-assignments/

An important message from our Finance Dept regarding booster deposits

Important note: All checks must be made payable to FIRST Washington. We are unable to deposit checks made out to teams or individuals. This will delay your team from receiving these funds as they will have to wait for a new check to be issued correctly.   

Important Dates & Deadlines

 

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