Greetings Florida FTC Teams, Coaches, Volunteers, and Sponsors:

All leagues have created an initial set of league meets, and some leagues have established the full season schedule. This also means that leagues are also looking for volunteers to help run the events. The focus of this newsletter is to help coaches learn about what league events are available and how to register for the events. This newsletter also includes information about how you can register to volunteer at an event.

The following are the topics covered in this Florida FTC newsletter:

1. League Event/Meet Schedules Published
2. Register to Participate in League Meets
3. Remote Event Scoring Software
4. Volunteer Registration Open

Read more: E-Mail: 2021-10-15

Greetings Florida FTC Teams, Coaches, Volunteers, and Sponsors:

Just a few more days until the FREIGHT FRENZY game reveal.  We have a full agenda for the online Florida FTC Season Kick-off Show that will start at noon EDT on September 18, 2021.This will be your first chance to learn about the FREIGHT FRENZY game rules and the Florida FTC season plans. We will also provide an opportunity for you to ask game rule questions through the YouTube chat window. 

The following are the topics covered in this Florida FTC newsletter:

1. Florida FTC Remote Kick-off – September 18, 2021 at 12:00 noon EDT
2. Grant Opportunities Available

Read more: E-Mail: 2021-09-12

Greetings Florida FTC Teams, Coaches, Volunteers, and Sponsors:

The FIRST Tech Challenge 2021-22 season has officially launched with the reveal of FREIGHT FRENZY game on Saturday, September 18, 2021.  The primary purpose of this newsletter is to provide information about the Florida FTC season and provide pointers to where you can find additional information.

The following are the topics covered in this Florida FTC newsletter:

1. Tentative Season Schedule
2. Florida FTC Event Available on YouTube
3. Game Manual and Animation Video Available on FIRST Website
4. Order Field Elements from Andy Mark
5. Programming Documentation

Read more: E-Mail: 2021-09-19

Greetings Florida FTC Teams, Coaches, Volunteers, and Sponsors:

Welcome to the fifteenth (15) Florida FTC season (2021-21) and this season game challenge called FREIGHT FRENZY. FIRST team registration is open and the Florida leagues have already started identifying locations for your league events.  The FREIGHT FRENZY game reveal will be on September 18, 2021. The theme for all of the FIRST programs this season is centered around transportation and you can see the overall season teaser by watching the following video: FIRST FORWARD presented by Qualcomm

The primary purpose for this email is to provide you more information about the upcoming Florida (online) kick-off event and help you prepare for the coming FIRST Tech Challenge season.  It is never too late to start your engineering notebook and adding team outreach events to build your first steps toward winning the Inspire Award at your League Championship and the Florida Championship.  A great place to start earning your Gracious Professionalism points is to attend a kick-off event and help mentor our Florida rookie team. It is also very helpful if our more experienced teams attend our virtual pit events and provide support for the Florida rookie team.  We do plan on continuing with some of our more successful remote/virtual activities from last season even if we are running physical events.  We plan on hosting a couple of cross-league virtual/online pits and we are also planning to host another cross-league celebration event to show off videos from our teams. Please stay tuned for more information in future newsletters.

The following are the topics covered in this Florida FTC newsletter:

1. Florida FTC Remote Kick-off – September 18, 2021 at 12:30pm EDT
2. Event Plans and Leagues
3. Game Manual Part 1 Available

Read more: E-Mail: 2021-08-30