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FRC Reefscape Blog: Volume 7

by | Oct 11, 2024 | FRC

Next FRC Coaches Chat, Thursday October 17 at 7:00 pm

Our next coaches chat is scheduled for Thursday, October 17 at 7:00 pm.  Coaches chats are an opportunity for use to share important information with all of you as well as help you connect with other coaches.  We recommend each team have one coach attend.

 

There are no upcoming events at this time.

Next Preferencing window opens next Thursday, October 17 at 9 am Pacific

Make sure you don’t change your lead contacts before the 2nd preferencing window closes unless you can get the new contact through YPP screening prior to preferencing.

You can find detailed information on preferencing below.

If you did not choose your home event during the first event preferencing window, you are no longer guaranteed space in that event. 

Preferencing

FRC Workshop: Hosted by SOTAbots 2557

FRC #2557 The SOTAbots is hosting a free FRC Workshop on November 9. We welcome your team to attend and learn along with other teams from the PNW. This will be an opportunity to learn about technical information, FRC strategy, public relations, and several aspects of FIRST Robotics. Please consider attending the workshop and inviting other FIRST team members and mentors. 

More detailed information about the workshop will be provided as the date approaches. Please reach out with any questions. 

Please fill out the form below to confirm your team’s interest. 

Join Us!

Questions?  email SOTA Bots at – sotabots@gmail.com

Important Dates

  • October 12 – 13:  WA Girls Gen Hosted by 2046 
  • October 17:  FRC Coaches Chat 
  • October 19:  Storm Surge hosted by 2811 & 9567 
  • October 17 – 24:  Second FRC preferencing window 
  • October 31:  Additional In District Registration opens 
  • November 12:  FRC Registration (Event & Kickoff) closes 
  • November 21:  FRC Coaches Chat 
  • November 22:  FRC Invoices sent to designated contact 
  • December 6:  FRC Invoices secured 
  • December 14:  Bunnybots Oregon & Washington 
  • December 19:  FRC Coaches Chat 
  • January 4:  FRC Kickoff!! (Remember, FIRST Washington registration must be secured to pick up your kit!) 

FTC Into the Deep Blog: Volume 9

by | Oct 10, 2024 | FTC

Final League Assignments are LIVE

League home assignments are posted on the firstwa website here.

Remember, you will need to be registered with both FIRST and FIRST Washington to participate in your league events.

League Info

Coaches Chat Tuesday, October 15th

Coaches chats are an opportunity for us to share important information with all of you as well as help you connect with other coaches.  We recommend each team have one coach attend.  Click here for meeting link 

There are no upcoming events at this time.

FTC Invoices will be Sent Soon! 

We are working to get invoices out by the end of the week or beginning of next week.  We have shifted the deadline to secure your FIRST Washington registration to October 25th since invoices are going out later than planned. 

Important Dates & Deadlines

  • February 1:  FTC State

FLL Submerged Blog: Volume 8

by | Oct 8, 2024 | FLL, FLL Challenge, FLL Explore

In this weeks Blog-

Coaches Chat this Thursday! 

Register with FIRST Washington! 

 

Make sure you read the entire blog!

Season Info

FLL Challenge Coaches Chat

Join us for this Thursday’s Coaches Chat!

We will be talking about-

  • Judging
  • Event registration

Additional Coaches Chat dates- November 14th, December 3rd, January 14th

 

For robot game questions- join us for next months Kevin’s Robot Corner on November 7th! You can also email Kevin at fllheadreferee@firstwa.org

There are no upcoming events at this time.

Get your team registered with FIRST and FIRST Washington ASAP!

  • We currently have 544 FLL Challenge teams registered with FIRST Inspires
  • We currently only have 418 teams registered with FIRST Washington- every team that wants to participate has to register with FIRST Washington! 
  • Last year we had 391 teams participate with FIRST Washington
  • This year, we are expecting 500-550 teams

What does this all mean?  We need you to register now!

List of Registered Teams
Challenge Registration
Explore Registration

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FLL Submerged Blog: Volume 7

by | Oct 1, 2024 | FLL, FLL Challenge, FLL Explore

In this weeks Blog-

Join us Thursday for Kevin’s Corner!

Next weeks Coaches Chat!

 

Make sure you read the entire blog!

Season Info

Kevin’s Corner!

This season our WA State Head Referee Kevin T will be hosting his own coaches meetings just for robot game questions!

His first meeting is this Thursday October 3rd at 7pm!

This meeting is only for robot game questions. If you have other questions, please join us for the Coaches Chat next week! 

FLL Challenge Coaches Chat

The next coaches chat will be October 10th at 7pm!

This month we will be talking about event registration and judging!

We will not be talking about the robot game.

Additional Coaches Chat dates- November 14th, December 3rd, January 14th

More Info

Get your team registered with FIRST and FIRST Washington ASAP!

  • We currently have 519 FLL Challenge teams registered with FIRST Inspires
  • We currently only have 393 teams registered with FIRST Washington- every team that wants to participate has to register with FIRST Washington! 
  • Last year we had 391 teams participate with FIRST Washington
  • This year, we are expecting 500-550 teams

What does this all mean?  We need you to register now!

List of Registered Teams
Explore Registration
Challenge Registration

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FTC Into the Deep Blog: Volume 8

by | Oct 1, 2024 | FTC

League Assignments are LIVE! 

League home assignments are posted on the FIRST Washington website here. Assignments were based on teams submitting both their FIRST Inspires AND FIRST Washington registration as of 9:00am on September 30th.

If you were not registered with FIRST Washington or FIRST Inspires as of September 30th, you were not placed in a home league. To be placed in a league, reigister with firstinspires and FIRST Washington.  We will updated the league list once a day in the morning based on the registration information from the night before.

New this year! Your team can preference into another league using this form.

  • This form is meant to only be used in cases where you want to opt out of your pre-assigned Home League. If you want to remain in your Home League, do not submit this form. 
  • All of our event dates are published on the FIRSTWA Calendar 
  • We will attempt to place teams into their top preferences, but that is subject to event capacity. 
  • Teams are limited to selecting leagues within 75 miles of your team. Any selections further away than that will be removed.  
  • The form does not enforce this, it will be handled manually before assigning leagues 
  • You must select at least two (2) leagues that you would like to move to, but may select up to five (5).  
  • If we are not able to place you into any of your preferences, you will be placed into your original home league. 
  • If you have multiple teams and want them to be kept together, we recommend you stay in your home league. We will not guarantee that your teams will be placed in the same league if you enter the preferencing system. 
  • Reach out to Adrienne Collins (acollins@firstwa.org) and/or Kevin Emery (kemery@firstwa.org) with any questions or concerns. 

The preferencing window will close on Wednesday, October 9. Final league assignments will be posted by the end of the day Friday, October 11. 

Register Here
League Assignments

OnShape with Kevin this Fall

Kevin is doing his onShape workshops a little differently this season.  Instead of having live workshops, he has pre-recorded a series to allow people to move at their own pace.

If you have students who would like to learn CAD for FTC, here is a playlist of a series of videos for learning how to use OnShape.

If you have questions, feel free to reach out to Kevin Ross at kevinro@firstwa.org. 

OnShape Playlist

Important Dates & Deadlines

  • February 1:  FTC State