Hello everyone,
As we close out the Food Factor season of FLL with last week's World
Festival in St. Louis, we are immediately looking to FLL registration
opening again on Monday, May 7th at 12 p.m for the 2012 Sr. Solutions'
Season!
It's very exciting to note that this will be FLL Ontario's 10-year
anniversary and is an exciting time to join the movement of changing our
culture to one in which Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
(STEM) is celebrated and where becoming a technology hero is something
to which our kids will aspire!
To join the movement and register your team, on May 7th go to:
https://gofll.usfirst.org/. Keep in mind that sometimes the
registration system is overloaded with registrations right at noon and
persistence and/or patience may be required. :)
I am very excited to let you know that once again, FIRST Robotics Canada
will be offering grants to support the growth of new teams. If you are
interested in starting an FLL team at your school or organizations,
please review "How to start an FLL team". There are additional links on that page which outlines time commitments and costs.
To receive the grant money to support your new team, please review these instructions.
The actual document you need to submit to receive the funding can be downloaded from here. Grants will be administered in a first-come first served manner and it is anticipated that they will go fast.
There will also be limited (30) grants for existing FLL and/or FRC teams
to mentor a new FLL team so if you're an existing FLL team from one of
our previous years and want to get a neighbouring school or community
group involved and would like some money for your own team, FIRST
Robotics Canada has set aside thirty $250 grants for FLL or FRC teams
who would like to receive this grant (expectations of you as a mentor
are outlined in the FLL Mentor Application and the FRC Mentor Application).
There will also be grants for Jr. FLL (for kids 6-9 years old) which
will open for registration in August - for more information on Jr. FLL,
please see www.jrfirstlegoleague.org. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and/or FLL Ontario's Blog in order to receive immediate updates on the FLL and Jr. FLL funding as it becomes available.
Go FIRST!
Dave
Dave Ellis
Director, FLL Ontario
FIRST Robotics Canada
www.firstroboticscanada.org
Thursday, May 3, 2012
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