As noted in emails and in meetings, the club will be changing our after school meeting days to accommodate myself and Joey taking classes necessary for our graduation from university at the end of next semester. New meeting days are: Tuesdays 6pm-8pm Wednesdays 6pm-8pm Thank you for your continued understanding and support, and please email the club account with any questions or concerns.
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We have information for our first competition for this year! The location: Francis Parker High School Field House (Main gym) Tentative Schedule: 7:00 Volunteers arrive and finalize setup 7:30 Check in opens 7:30 Inspections begin (visit one of the two tables as soon as you get settled) 8:30 Driver Meeting 9:00 Opening Ceremony: Welcome, Game Animation, and National Anthem 9:30 QT matches followed by finals (We will run 6 matches per team + an alliance selection and quick final elimination just for fun.) 1:30 Dismissal - Clean up Pit Area Anyone in the pit area will be be required to wear safety glasses. If there are too many infractions, the team may be disqualified from the event. We will have extra safety glasses for parents wishing to enter the pits. There will be no food or snack breaks. Please plan accordingly for your student, and know that they will likely be hungry when they return. Club members, please check your emails for further information!
There has been some confusion about registering at firstinspires.org, which is how consent and release information is signed for competitions. Please refer to the following steps for guidance, and let me know if you have any questions. Student Instructions: If you have not invited your parent, you need to: 1) Log in to your www.firstinspires.org account 2) Click on your name in the upper right hand corner, then click "Consent and Release" 3) If it asks you to complete your profile, do so 4) Click something to the effect of "invite parent" 5) Use the email and phone number that your parents want you to 6?) At some point, you have to click "Add to team" or something to that effect. Click on FIRST Tech Challenge, then type in your team number. You are either on 5135 or 11285. Parent Instructions: In order for your student to attend any competitions, FIRST requires that you sign a consent and release for your student. In order to do this, there are a number of steps: 1) Make an account on www.firstinspires.org if you do not already have one 2) Click on your name in the top right corner 3) Click "My Roles/Invitations." There should be an invite from your student to join their team as their parent. Click accept. Then click "Back to Dashboard" 4) Click on your name in the top right corner, then click "My Profile" and fill out the requested information, then save and click "Back to Dashboard" 5) Click on your name in the top right corner, then click "Consent and Release" and click accept, then "Back to Dashboard" 6) In the middle of the screen, click "Parent/Guardian - Youth" 7) On the right of the screen, click on "Youth Options" and "Youth's Consent and Release," then click accept and "Back to Dashboard" 8) That's it, you're done!
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