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From Pam Meistrell of the Rancho Santa Fe FTC teams:
Hello Gauss, Descartes, Euclid & Turing Leagues! If any teams from our FTC Leagues this past season are interested in a final competition opportunity (Velocity Vortex) before everyone takes off for the summer, there is a low-key event at the Del Mar Fairgrounds Sat, June 10. Our school is bringing the field setup/components. $25 fee per team includes a pass for each team member into the Fair – what a deal! No stress – just FUN! So far there are eight FTC teams: Inspiration, Green.Griffins, RSF Intergalactic Dragons, RSF Logitechies, RSF Singularity, RSF NewBees, Correia Middle School, and Point Loma Senior High School. Did I forget anyone? Saturday, June 10 10:00am-4:00pm (might finish earlier) 4th Floor Grandstand at the Fairgrounds Registration deadline has been extended to this Friday 5/19. It might still say the 12th, but it’s been extended. https://sdfair.com/contests/summer-of-robotics/ The Robotics Division number is 5001, and the class number for FTC is 002. If you have any specific questions you can contact Samantha Hamilton at SouthWest Robotics in Science Education [email protected]
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FTC teams who want to learn Java programming or learn more hardware and electronics techniques may be interested in these summer camps being offered by a group of FTC and FLL teams: Furious Falcons FTC 9920, The Clueless FTC 11212, Inspiration FTC 11128, Abrick Cadabrick FLL July 5-14: JAVA PROGRAMMING for FTC Java language fundamentals Java objects and classes Basic object-oriented programming Hands-on Java Projects for FTC application August 7-10: FIRST TECH CHALLENGE (FTC) Standard hardware assembly Non-standard hardware machining Hand-on works with machining tools Electronic design and driving system "Team Clueless and Furious Falcon have taught Summer camps at All Star Academy last year successfully which some of your teams have helped out. They are expanding the program this year including Team Inspiration. I can vow how successful their programs are. Some of the Inspiration team members had taken the class last year, and it really helped Inspiration team to perform this season. Coach Olivia has multiple FLL Southern California championship teams in her coaching credit. Under her and Shilin's coaching team, they went to the FIRST World Championship twice by being the champions at Legoland and is also heading over to European championship this year. You already know that they are very competitive FTC teams also. Inspiration team had successfully guided six Meadowbrook Middle School FLL teams and their coaches. The six Meadowbrook FLL teams won four first places and two championship titles in their respective qualified tournaments during the 2016-2017 seasons. Two also placed in Southern California championships. We are pretty happy about our first FTC experience also and will share our journey. Please help to spread words of this Summer FIRST training program. It is also part of our FTC/FLL teams fundraising activities and spreading the news of FIRST. Thank you for the consideration." -- Alex Szeto, Coach Team Inspiration For further information, see the attached pdf, go to https://www.all-staracademy.com/robotics-and-more or call Coach Olivia 858-204-0170 for questions. 
SouthWest Robotics in Science Education (SWRiSE) is organizing FTC, FRC, FLL, SUMO, Botball, and Follow The Line contests in June at the San Diego County Fair. Register your team by Friday, May 12. https://sdfair.com/contests/summer-of-robotics/
Summer of Robotics schedule Saturday, June 3: FIRST® Robotics Contest Saturday, June 10: FIRST® Tech Challenge Contest Sunday, June 11: Follow The Line, SUMO matches, and FIRST® LEGO® League Contest Saturday, June 24: Botball® Robotics Contest From SWRiSE, $25/team includes Fair admission:
16 FTC teams can participate, and registration deadline is Fri May 12. Saturday, June 10: FIRST® Tech Challenge Contest I am excited to inform you that official registration is now OPEN! Here is the link directly to the registration page on the fair website: https://sdfair.com/contests/summer-of-robotics/ We look forward to seeing you register and seeing your team this summer at the San Diego County Fair! Please let me know if you have any questions! Thank you! Samantha Hamilton - Program Manager SouthWest Robotics in Science Education (SWRISE) PO Box 712077, Santee, CA 92072-2077 (619) 493-2268 www.swrise.org For updates on SWRiSE, like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/swrise ServoCity® / Actobotics® Scholarship ProgramServoCity is a proud supporter of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and encouraging young minds. By offering scholarships, we want to assist young engineers and innovators in reaching their educational and career goals.
As part of our ServoCity/Actobotics Scholarship Program we offer two annual scholarships ($500 each) to high school seniors involved in either FIRST® Organization or the Radio Control hobby! If you are an eligible student, be sure to submit your application by the April 16, 2017 deadline. https://www.servocity.com/scholarships Teams who would like to participate in an FTC invitational event in Reno, NV, check out their announcement. Out of state teams just have to pay $50 to enter, see link to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeTEvw0U1YmsmSNzf83n7TaC7i40BDArhZqq2bL_AAPKVBmHg/viewform Any questions - send to [email protected] 
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3848 Shockwave and 11128 Inspiration have both won a lottery spot for Worlds - congratulations! So now San Diego FTC has 5 teams heading to Houston for Worlds:
For anyone interested in going to see the World Championship, FIRST is seeking adult and student volunteers:
Student Ambassador Opportunities Are you a FIRST® participant attending the FIRST® Championship? Consider becoming a Student Ambassador! This is a great opportunity to spend quality time with Sponsors and other special guests of FIRST. As part of the FIRST Championship, we ask FIRST participants to assist us in providing fun and exciting tours to our generous Sponsors and other special guests. We know our students are our best tour guides, and our guests would love to meet you! Volunteer to be a Student Ambassador at the FIRST Championship this year and show our guests what FIRST is all about. This role will be one to two hours during the entire event. To volunteer as a Student Ambassador:
Volunteers Needed for FIRST® Tech Challenge World Championship If you’re interested in volunteering for the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship, sign up today! Just log into the Volunteer Information and Matching System (VIMS), fill out the required information, and request your preferred roles. We need judges, queuers, and load in and load out crew members. We have a role for everyone! For those interested in catching some our local teams' matches, here are the match schedules with our teams' matches highlighted for 10092 Green.Griffins, 9441 Syndicate, 8471 The Ducks, and 4216 Rise of Hephaestus. They've just taken a break for lunch up in Tacoma, but they will re-start at 1:00pm with match 31 on Olympic Division and match 29 on Cascade Division. The grayed out matches have already been played, and progress has been about 8 matches/hour. They'll be competing from 1-6:30pm Sat, and 8:30-11am Sun, and then Alliance Selection will occur with Semi-Finals and Finals from 1-4pm on Sunday. The links for schedule, videostreams, and match results are at FTCWest.org, or we have the links to videostreams in the our previous blog post.  |
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