The annual FRC Workshop Sponsored by FRC 1418 Vae Victis is now open for registration. Click here for Team sign up sheet. Deadline to sign up December 6th.
Cost: now FREE!!!
- 8:00-8:30 Check-In
- Sessions 8:30am- 4:00pm
- Lunch provided
Due to low attendance, we have canceled this Saturday's FIRST Chesapeake Mentoring Workshop in Richmond.
We are still offering another Mentoring Workshop January 25th in Arlington VA. Please click here to sign up for this session.
Starting on November 4th, students can apply for a $40,000 college scholarship plus guaranteed paid software engineering internship at Amazon. We will be granting 100 new winners to high school students who graduate in 2020. All high school students who have taken or are currently enrolled in AP computer science in under-resourced schools and intend to study computer science in college are eligible.
Students can follow this link to apply starting on November 4th: https://learnmore.scholarsapply.org/amazonfutureengineer/
The application will open on November 4th, 2019 and will close on January 17, 2020.
Learn more about Amazon Future Engineer: https://www.amazonfutureengineer.com/
The deadline for submissions for the Dean's List is the 15th of the month prior to the event where the student will be interviewed. If you are planning on submitting nominations for the Dean's List for any of the following December Qualifiers, the deadline for the submission is November 15 at 11:59 pm EST:
- 12/07 FTC Richmond Qualifier
- 12/07 FTC Christiansburg Qualifier
- 12/14 FTC Newport News Qualifier
- 12/15 FTC Centreville Qualifier
Who is Eligible? Any team member who is in 10th or 11th grade may be nominated for the Dean's List Award. However, each team may only submit two nominations. Students who are in 10th and 11th grade that mentor the team (and do not actively participate as members of the team) are not eligible.
Other important items to note:
- A mentor of the team who is unrelated to the student being nominated should submit the nomination for the Dean's List Award.
- It is required that the coach/mentor making the nomination choose an event within their own state/region AND an event where they will be competing for the Semi-finalist to be interviewed.
- The second student nomination must be for the same event chosen for the first student nomination. If you choose to submit only one student to an event, you will not be able to go back and add another student to a later event once the deadline has passed.
Here is a link to the Dean's List Nomination Guide for instructions on how to submit your nomination(s):
| Month of competing events | Nomination deadline |
| December | Friday, November 15, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. ET |
| January | Sunday, December 15, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. ET |
| February | Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 11:59 P.M. ET |
The VHSL will feature Robotics for the first time as a League-sanctioned Academic Activity for the 2019-20 school year. (Click here for VHSL letter) This is another way that teams can compete, in addition to FIRST Chesapeake events. Participation in this is not mandatory for FIRST teams.
A "friendly" FIRST Tech Challenge scrimmage event is being planned at Hines Middle School (Newport News, VA) on Nov 15th from 6:00-8:00 PM.
If your team is interested in participating or you have other questions, please contact David Lawrence at .
Below are the FIRST Robotics Competition kickoff locations in our districts this year. Teams need to select what kickoff they plan on attending and if they want to receive their kit of parts at the kickoff in the team's dashboard. These are the same locations at which kickoffs were hosted last season.
Laurel, MD - Capitol Technology University
Washington, DC - Woodrow Wilson High School
Haymarket, VA - Battlefield High School
Richmond, VA - VCU West Hall Engineering
Richmond satellite site for kit pickup - Newport News,VA - Peninsula STEM Gym
FIRST Chesapeake Mentoring Workshops Presented by MENTOR Virginia
Free for all FIRST Chesapeake mentors and volunteers.
Space is limited. Registration required.
Participants will gain a solid understanding of: a mentor’s role, relationship-building techniques, stages of relationship development, reporting requirements, communication, setting boundaries, and the positive youth development framework.
We welcome current and potential mentors and event volunteers, and anyone interested in improving their FIRST Chesapeake mentoring or youth development skills.
We are offering two sessions:
- Saturday, November 16th, 9am-noon, UTurn Sports Complex, 2101 Maywill St, Richmond, VA. Advance registration required.
- Saturday, January 25th, 9am-noon. Arlington Career Center 816 S. Walter Reed, Arlington, VA. Advance registration required.
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In case of Inclement Weather the day of
a FIRST Chesapeake Event,
Please call 804.464.8945
after 5am for updates
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