Dean's List Deadline & Palo Verde Live Stream

HAPPY NEW YEAR FTC TEAMS!!!

Dean's List - Interview Event

The deadline to submit is a week from today - Monday January 15!

The FIRST Dean's List honors student leaders on each team who exemplify the values of FIRST, have made a positive impact on their team and in the community, and show technical expertise. Each team many nominate up to two 10th or 11th grade students. Nominees become Dean's List Semifinalists. A panel of judges will interview each nominee and select our Finalists to be considered at World Championship. Our AZ Finalists will be announced at the AZ Championship.

This year, all Dean's List interviews will take place remotely via the FTC Scoring system on February 6, 7 and 8, 2024 in the afternoon/evening. Dean's List nominations are due by January 15, 2024 9:59 PM AZ time to be considered. No late nominations will be accepted.  For more information on the Dean's List criteria and how to nominate your sophomore and junior leaders for the FIRST Dean's List, click here. 

Gracious Professionalism - Always!

Just a reminder as the qualifier season continues to work with your teams on GP behavior both on and off the playing field. FIRST is defined by Gracious Professionalism and our Code of Conduct and Core Values. It's expected that all team members, coaches, mentors, volunteers, and spectators abide by this at all times. Here are some examples of what this looks like at a tournament: 

• Discovery: We explore new skills and ideas.
• DO: Ask other teams about their robot, outreach, team structure
• DO: Collaborate with other teams.
• DO: Share what your robot does with scouting teams.
• DON'T: Tell another team that their robot is no good or that it should perform at less than its best.
• Innovation: We use creativity and persistence to solve problems.
• DO: Ask other teams for help, and lend help to teams in need.
• DON'T: Give up when something goes wrong, or have a bad attitude when your robot isn't working well.
• Impact:  We apply what we learn to improve our world.
• DO: Take what you learn in FIRST to make your school, community, and team better.
• DON'T: Think that these core values are only for robotics - use them everywhere and see how your relationships with teachers, friends, and family improve!
• Inclusion: We respect each other and embrace our differences.
• DO: Welcome everyone!!! All races, colors, ages, abilities, backgrounds, religions, genders have a safe place to belong in FIRST! Be kind to all.
• DON'T: Sell any team or anyone short just because they are different than you are. 
• Teamwork: We are stronger when we work together.
• DO: Collaborate with your alliance partners to create the best strategy that highlights the strength both robots. 
• DON'T: Ask another team to perform less than their best. 
• Fun: We enjoy and celebrate what we do!
• DO: DANCE! CHEER! CELBRATE!
• DON'T: Think this is all about winning. Whether you finish first or last, celebrate what your team has learned, and leave with a smile and your head held high. 

Congrats to the teams moving on to the AZ Championship!

Congratulations to the teams that qualified for the AZFTC Championship at the December 16 Diamondback Qualifier! For full event results, visit the official FTC Event Results Page for a full list of match results, rankings, and award winners. 

• 15135 Venom
• 14584 Pioneer 327
• 15461 Nutz and Bolts
• 14624 Catastrophic Byte

Artemis ROADS II NASA National Student Challenge is Open!  Deadline to register is January 17th, 2024

Only a few days left to register!  Lead a student team to design their own NASA Mission! Sign up for NASA's National Student Challenge program & get access to hands-on activities like rocket building, robot programming, and cultivating moon plants! Qualified teams receive challenge supplies. Mission Objectives are scaffolded for grades 3-12.  Educators can also access the Culturally Responsive ROADS Robotics Curriculum.  It is usable in both formal and informal education and improves equity and access to robotics, computer science, and NASA science while learning academic standards. It was designed using mostly Diné epistemologies (ways of knowing and being) as a baseline but written to be responsive for all Indigenous cultures.

GOOD LUCK TO THE TEAMS COMPETING AT THIS WEEKEND'S PALO VERDE QUALIFIER IN GOODYEAR! 

You can watch the live stream here.