Dean's List & 3rd Round Registration

FIRST Tech Challenge Dean's List 
It's time to think about nominating your deserving students for the FIRST Tech Challenge Dean's List! The Dean's List Award recognizes the leaders and ambassadors from each FIRST Tech Challenge team. 10th and 11th grade students are eligible to be nominated by their team. Each team may nominate up to two students. 

The deadline for Dean's List submissions is 11:59 pm EASTERN TIME on the 15th of the month PRIOR to your qualifying tournament.

For Arizona Qualifiers, the deadlines are: 
October 15 - White Mountain and Gilbert
November 15 - Tucson, Downtown Phoenix, Central Phoenix, Glendale
December 15 - Queen Creek and Chandler
January 15 - West Valley

The students nominated from each team are Dean's List Semifinalists. Semifinalists will be interviewed at the chosen qualifying tournament by a panel of two judges. The Dean's List Finalists for Arizona will be chosen from the pool of Semifinalists from all qualifiers, and will be announced at the AZ Championship February 22. 

Visit the Dean's List website and read the Nomination Guide for more information on how to submit your nominations. 

3rd Round Registration
Teams may now register for a 3rd event for the Skystone season. We encourage every team to play at least twice...believe us, once you go to your first event, your team will be eager to play again! But, we can't guarantee there will be space available in any event once the season starts, so sign up for any events you want to compete at NOW! 

Starting on October 13, teams may register for any remaining spots at the qualifiers. Out-of-region teams may also register for any open spots to compete in Arizona. While teams are only eligible to advance to a Championship event from their first three qualifiers, you are welcome to compete as many times as you like. 

AS OF OCTOBER 3....

Full events

• Chandler
• Downtown Phoenix (Bioscience)
• West Valley

Events with 5 or fewer spots 

• White Mountain
• Gilbert
• Tucson
• Queen Creek

Events with plenty of space

• Glendale
• Central Phoenix (MetroTech)

Teams will receive invoices the week of October 13 with what your team owes and instructions for making your payment. Payment for ALL qualifying tournaments is due by November 20. Payments made after that date will be assessed a late payment fee. Teams can use the cost estimator along with the confirmation emails sent to you from ftc.arizona@gmail.com to start purchase orders now if required by your school. 

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