Hello Coaches!
In today's email you will receive information about the following three topics
- Badges - Time Sensitive!! Place your order!!
- Tournament Registration Update
- Training - SWATPosium!
Badges - Time Sensitive!! Place your order!!
Last year we piloted an idea of having FLL badges for team members who have competed in 1, 2, or 3+ years of FLL represented by a Bronze, Silver, or Gold FLL badge respectively. This idea was piloted only at the Provincial Championships and was a HUGE success with 98% uptake by participants. The badges are iron on and of very good quality. It was great to see many children walking around at provincials with their badge on their sweater/shirt (we had a heat press at provincials. NOTE: you probably WON'T have that at your qualifier - you'll need to iron it at home).
Because of that resounding success we wanted to bring this opportunity to ALL FLL participants, not just those teams who made it to Provincials so we have come up with the following plan.
- Coach orders online for his/her whole team
- If you have a child on your team in their third+ year with FLL you may order that child a Bronze, Silver, AND Gold badge so they have all three.
- We will sell these next year as well so please only order what you need for your team for this year.
- Orders are processed and mailed to the Tournament Directors based on your Tournament Assignment
- You receive your order at your qualifier
You may place your order here: http://first-robotics-
NOTE: You MUST put your TEAM NUMBER in the "Company" field in the billing address or we will not know where to ship your order.
Tournament Registration Update
NOTE: the following information does NOT apply to TDSB teams.
We are all eager to get Tournament Registration finalized and I had originally told you (all non-TDSB teams) that we would release that information this week; however, last Thursday the public education sector announced that teachers would be ceasing extra-curricular activities starting today and then Kathleen Wynne announced on Friday that she has set a deadline of November 1st for a settlement. In light of this I will be waiting to send out tournament assignments until that deadline has passed and we have more solid information from the union as this decision could have an impact on whether some events run or not.
I will send an email Monday (hopefully morning) with details about event registration.
I know this is not an ideal situation and I wish I had better news at this time but I appreciate your patience and understanding as we navigate this situation in which we find ourselves.
Training - SWATPosium!
A reminder of the sign up for the Training Symposium at St. Mildred's Lightbourne School on Saturday, October 31. Many of the workshops offered at the kickoff in Toronto earlier in the year will be repeated so if you couldn't make that session, this would be a GREAT way to learn more!
Sessions include: Programming, Building, Fun Presentation Ideas for the Research Project, and What To Expect At/How to Prepare for a Tournament!
Dave
