FRC Blog Volume 8 – Everyone needs to pick a 2nd preference

by Adrienne Collins | Oct 11, 2023 | FRC

FRC Blog Volume 8 – Everyone needs to pick a 2nd preference

Every team needs to pick a 2nd preference before 9 am tomorrow

There seems to be some confusion, it doesn’t matter how many events you listed for your first preference, you were only placed into one event.

Every team needs to go in and preference for their 2nd event before 9 am tomorrow morning (If for some reason you are not doing a 2nd event, there is a choice that says “I’m not doing a 2nd event” Remember, that does not change the cost to participate, however.)

Some teams will end up on the waitlist for the event they have chosen. We have 12 rookies this year so my first priority will be to get those teams into their 2nd event. Because of this, if you are a veteran coach, you may not hear from me until Monday.

Our next FRC Coaches Chat will be next Thursday, October 19th at 7:00 pm.

We will be switching over to Teams for the meetings from now on.

During this meeting we will be going over:

Invoicing
- Timing
- Payment Deadlines
Booster Accounts

Along with several other things. It is also an opportunity for you all to connect and chat about what is going on in your shop.

Click the button below to join the meeting.

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FLL Blog Volume 8

by Jacque Grimm | 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!

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

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

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.

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FTC Blog Volume 8 – FTC Build day Oct 14th

by Adrienne Collins | Oct 5, 2023 | FTC

FTC Blog Volume 8 – FTC Build day Oct 14th

Washing State Public & Tribal Compact Schools

Be sure to log onto your dashboard and fill out your team and payment information. It is important that this information be filled out by Friday, October 6.

Teams Form:
This is asking you for information related to the team(s) at your school. We are considering additional funding for schools with more than one team registered with FIRST Washington. As a result, we need you to enter the teams you have registered with FIRST Washington and commit to having those teams compete to receive that additional funding. If you are waiting to complete your payment with firstinspires, and are a rookie team, please enter the temporary number you received when starting your registration.

Payment Information:
This form is asking 3 things:

Who your check should made out to (School District or School Building, ASB School Cashier)
Address the check should be mailed to
Whose Attention the email should be sent to

*** It is your responsibility to know what your district’s policies are regarding receiving grant funds. If you are unsure how to fill out this information, please contact your administration to find out what you should do. WE CANNOT ADVISE YOU ON WHO CHECKS SHOULD ME MADE OUT TO BECAUSE EVERY DISTRICT HAS A DIFFERENT POLICY. ***

To access these forms, the profile user must login and you must click on the square with the school’s name inside of the link that was sent to you. The additional forms will appear there. Please take notice of the fact that it no longer says IN REVIEW and is now blue and says PRE-AWARD INTAKE.

We recognize these are some extra steps but ask for your patience as we work through the process. This is new for us as well as you and we are learning as we go.

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League Assignments should be posted by October 13

It looks like we may have 171 FTC teams participating with us this season which is amazing!!!!

Kevin Emery and I will be working to put all teams into existing leagues (and create some new ones) and we plan to have that info posted on firstwa.org by October 13

FTC Build Day, October 14

As mentioned on our coaches chat, we will be having an FTC build day at our fieldhouse in Kent on Saturday, October 14. This is an opportunity for teams to bring their robot (or robot parts) and collaborate with other teams while working on their robot. Additionally, we will have a copmetition field set up for teams to practice on (if they are to that point) The build day is really an open house format but we are asking teams to register. Out of respect for our volunteers time, if we don’t have enough interest, we will cancel the build day.

Details and sign up is below:

Who: Any rookie or veteran FTC team
What: FTC Build Day
When: October 14, 10 am – 3:00 pm
Where: FIRST Washington Fieldhouse – 22426 72nd Ave. S. Kent, WA 98032

Teams are required to register. It is important for you to put your arrival time, an estimate for the number of students is just fine.

FTC Build Day Registration

FRC Blog Volume 7 – 2nd event preferencing starts this today at 9 am

by Adrienne Collins | Oct 5, 2023 | FRC

FRC Blog Volume 7 – 2nd event preferencing starts this today at 9 am

Washington State Public & Tribal Compact Schools

Be sure to log onto your dashboard and fill out your team and payment information. It is important that this information be filled out by Friday, October 6.

Payment Information:
This form is asking 3 things:

Who your check should made out to (School District or School Building, ASB School Cashier)
Address the check should be mailed to
Whose Attention the email should be sent to

We recognize these are some extra steps but ask for your patience as we work through the process. This is new for us as well as you and we are learning as we go.

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2nd round of Event preferencing opens at 9 am Today, Oct 5

Log into your dash board on firstinspires.org to select your preferences for your first event

Remember:

You are no longer guaranteed a spot in your home event.
We currently have 127 teams registered this year (which is SO exciting!) and are expecting a few more so space will be tight. Many of you will end up on the waitlist for your events after this round of preferencing. I will be prioritizing moving our rookie teams into their events first so if you are a veteran team, you may not hear from me until Monday, October 16 about your event options. Thanks for being patient and letting me take care of our new teams!

2023 FRC Workshops – hosted by 2557 SOTAbots

Location : Science and Math Institiute Environmental Learning Center, Point Defiance Zoo, Tacoma

Date: November 18, 2023

Time: 9:00 – 3:30

Lunch: $5 – sign up onsite

Call for Presenters :

It is always great to see new faces presenting on topics of interest to all.
Please send your presentation Title, a short description and time needed ( 1 or 2 hours) to the following email sotabots@gmail.com
Please have your proposals in by October 31 at the latest.

FLL Blog Volume 7

by Jacque Grimm | 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