Greetings
FIRST LEGO League Jr Oregon,
In this post you will find:
- National Registration for Creature Craze Closes
- Evergreen Aviation Expo Registration Open
- Aqua Adventure Registration Information
- Good Luck Oregon teams at the World Festival
- DonorsChoose.org and Newscorp Partner for FIRST
1) National Registration for Creature Craze Closes
FIRST LEGO League Jr National Registration for the 2016 season, Creature Craze closes on April 4. If your team would like to participate in the challenge, now is the time to finish your national registration.
- Go to www.firstinspires.org
- Login using the option in the upper right corner
- Select PAY THIS SEASON'S TEAM REGISTRATION from the Dashboard
- If there are any errors, please fix them before proceeding.
Your team must have two adult coaches who have completed the YPP background check with Verified Volunteers. Your team must also have a physical address listed for the Inspire kit to be shipped to. These are the two most common problems for teams this year.
Feel free to email with questions or concerns. If your question is about the background check, the web form may be faster than me.
2) Evergreen Aviation Expo Registration Open
All Nationally registered teams are welcome to register to attend the Evergreen Aviation FIRST LEGO League Jr expos on May 6.
On May 6, 2017 at the Evergreen Aviation Museum
From 9am-1pm the Eagle Expo
From 1:30pm-5:30pm the Falcon Expo
*Team animals do not need to correspond to the names Eagle and Falcon, these are just fun names used to tell the expos apart.
**While we will try to hold the expo in a free part of the museum, spectators will need admission to see the museum. Discounted rates are available for team family members and friends. Team members and their 2 adult coaches will receive free admission to the museum.
If your team already attended the OMSI expo, you may still attend the Evergreen expos if there is space. Your team needs to register again and will need to pay the expo registration fee if selected. Preference will be given to teams who have not attended an official expo.
3) Aqua Adventure Registration Information
Aqua Adventure registration will open in May with materials to ship on August 1. If you would like to stay ahead on your planning your team can prepare to register early! Registration costs are going up for the 2017 season, as each registration now comes with all the LEGO you need, except for the WeDo 2.0 kit.
An Individual team National Registration will be $99 for Aqua Adventure
A small season pass for up to 144 kindergarten through 4th-grade students will be $895
A large season pass for up to 288 kindergarten through 4th-grade students will be $1,750
Season passes may be shared by schools, libraries, museums, or across a school district. The season pass is designed to be used as a rotating program with 1/3 - 1/2 the teams operating in the fall and the other groups in the winter and/or spring, depending on if the program is run in trimesters or semesters. If you would like more information about using a season pass at your organization please feel free to contact Loridee-Wetzel@ortop.org.
Is your team closer to Hood River and The Dalles? One more expo is in the works, please watch for more communication soon!
4) Good Luck Oregon teams at the World Festival
The FIRST World Championships and World Festival for Oregon teams will be in Houston, Texas on April 19-22nd.
Representing Oregon will be:
FIRST LEGO League Jr team:
8286 Bumblebee Jr, Friends & Family, Portland - chosen by lottery in January
FIRST LEGO League our first place Champion's Award winners
11687, The Pandroids, Wy'east Middle School, Hood River
1833, The G.E.A.R.S. (Girls Engineering and Robotics Superstars), West Linn/Tualatin neighborhood team, Tualatin
FIRST Tech Challenge teams:
750, Gears in Motion, Tigard High School, Tigard - Lottery Winner
3525, Dynamite Robotics, Banks High School, Banks - Lottery Winner
4855, Batteries in Black, Washington County 4H, Portland - 3rd Place Connect Award & Winning Alliance
7013, Hot Wired, Westview High School, Portland - 2nd Place Innovate Award
7750, Mechanical Maniacs, 4H, Sutherlin - Highest Ranked Team from Cascade Winning Division
8045, Gromit’s Grommets, Pleasant Hill High School, Pleasant Hill - Control Award Winner & Finalist Alliance
8176, Steelhead, Hood River Valley High School, Hood River - Think Award Winner; 3rd Place Motivate Award
9769, Total Chaos, Total Chaos 4H Club, Portland - Connect Award Winner
10060, Klamath Coyotes, Eagle Ridge High School, Klamath - 3rd Place Innovate Award
We hope to add several FIRST Robotics Competition teams to this list and wish all Oregon FIRST Robotics Competition teams the best of luck in their District Championship this week in Cheney, WA.
5) DonorsChoose.org and Newscorp Partner for FIRST
Through a generous donation from NewsCorp in partnership with DonorsChoose.org, funding is available to help start or support a
FIRST® team. Funding is available to any educator in a public or public charter school located in the United States, employed full time by the school or school district and works directly with students at least 75 percent of the time. Funding can be used for registration fees, materials, reasonable and customary
FIRST team travel costs. Tell the educators in your area to visit
www.donorschoose.org/first to get started
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