Week 6 Event Results
Results from our Week 6 Pine Tree event are available. All event results are available here. Match videos from Granite State, WPI, North Shore, UMass Dartmouth, UNH, Boston, Hartford and Pine Tree are available on the NE FIRST YouTube page.
Congratulations to our New England District Chairman's Award, Engineering Inspiration Award, and Rookie All-Star Award winners who will be eligible to compete for their respective awards this week at District Championship!
- Chairman's Award: 125, 166, 230, 467, 558, 1519, 2648, 4176, 4761, 4905
- Engineering Inspiration Award: 172, 190, 246, 1058, 2067, 2648, 4557, 4909, 5422
- Rookie All-Star: 5813, 5846, 5902, 5962, 6153
District rankings for New England are located here and will be updated with teams that qualify for FIRST Championship after the conclusion of District Championship this weekend.
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District Championship Reminders & Updates
Congratulations to all of our teams that will be competing this weekend at District Championship! Below is some information for teams and spectators that will be attending the event this week:
- The updated Team Info Packet is available on the NE FIRST website.
- On Wednesday (Day 0/Load-In Day), only one of the XL Center concession stands will be open, so teams may bring in any food or beverages they would like on Wednesday evening. For the rest of the weekend, no outside food will be allowed.
- Be sure to check out the Public Agenda for information on important times, workshops and special events throughout the weekend.
- All New England teams can submit VIPs they would like to invite for Invited Guest tours here.
- Follow @NEScavengerHunt on Twitter to tackle some fun tasks and win prizes. We have over 100 NE FIRST prizes to give out to participants!
- All teams are welcome to stay for the team social screening of How to Train Your Dragon but will only receive food tickets if they registered in advance.
If your team is competing at District Championship, you NEED to bring:
- Your FIRST Consent & Release forms or TIMS Team Roster in hard copy. These need to be brought to every official FIRST competition.
- Your robot lock-up form
- Driver, Coach and Safety Captain Buttons - while we will have a limited number of spares, new buttons will not be distributed to teams
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Qualification for FIRST Championship
New England will send 34 teams on to the FIRST Championship Event in St. Louis at the end of April. This includes:
- Four (4) New England District Championship Chairman's Award Winners
- Two (2) New England District Championship Engineering Inspiration Award Winners
- One (1) New England District Championship Rookie All-Star Winners
- Three (3) New England District Championship Winning Alliance
- The next top 24 teams from the FRC Leaderboard in New England
- Team 125, the NUtrons, has already earned one of these spots by winning the Arizona North regional.
Teams that qualify for Championship by waitlist, through the Hall of Fame, by being Pre-qualified, or by being an Original/Sustaining team are not included in the 34 team spots for New England. Additional information can be found in Section 7 of the Administrative Manual.
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FIRST Championship Information
FIRST Championship invitations for teams that qualify from District Championship will be sent out starting this Monday. Over half of the teams attending District Championship will be offered a spot at FIRST Championship. Here is some information to keep in mind if your team earns a spot:
- The FIRST Championship website is the main hub for information about the event, including the FIRST Robotics Competition Public Schedule.
- All teams attending FIRST Championship need to register each team member, mentor, parent/chaperone, etc. through the Experient housing and badging website. Team hotel blocks can also be booked through the website.
- The schedule for the FIRST Championship Conferences is available on the Championship website, as are the session & workshop descriptions and presenter bios.
- All teams competing at the FIRST Championship event must have a crate to ship their robot in and must ship their robot to the FIRST Championship via FedEx. Teams that qualify for FIRST Championship at District Championship should pick up their FedEx shipping forms at Pit Administration before they leave.
- Information for shipping crate construction can be found here and in Section 5 of the Administrative Manual. Please do not crate and ship your robot without prior confirmation from FIRST.
- NE FIRST has reserved 4 buses (total of 200 seats) to help teams that qualify for Championship and need transportation.The cost will be $325/seat. Please email info@nefirst.org if your team might be interested and include your St. Louis hotel reservation if possible.
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Off-Season Event Updates
Connecticut State Championship (restricted to CT teams)
The Connecticut State Championship, hosted by NE FIRST and the Connecticut Student Activity Conference (CSAC), will be held on Saturday, May 14 at Pomperaug High School in Southbury, CT. Registration is $200/team and can be completed here.
Mayhem in Merrimack
The Twelfth Annual Mayhem In Merrimack, hosted by FRC 166, will take place on Saturday, June 4 at Merrimack High School in Merrimack NH. Registration goes live on Monday, April 18 at 5 p.m. and will be $175/team. More information can be found on the website.
Where is Wolcott Invitational 2016
The Where is Wolcott Invitational (WIWI) post-season event, hosted by FRC 1071, will be held on Saturday, June 11 at Wolcott High School in Wolcott, CT. Registration is $250/team. To register, email the registration form to Rob Cormier at rcormier@wolcottps.org. This event is limited to 24 teams and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Tufts Online K-12 Engineering Education Program for Teachers
The Online K-12 Engineering Education (OKEE) Certificate Program empowers teachers to bring hands-on engineering to their students through courses that give teachers the chance to learn engineering content and innovative teaching practices.
Offered completely online and asynchronously, the graduate-level program (4 courses over 18 months) provides teachers with a kit of materials to engage in open-ended design projects at their kitchen table to build their engineering knowledge. Designed for working professionals, the courses leverage classroom experience and tasks participants with assignments to try with their own students.
The OKEE has sectioned 3 rounds of admissions for Fall 2016:
- Round 1 & 2 (Concluded)
- Round 3: May 6, 2016 for May 27, 2016 decision
- Round 4: June 3, 2016 for June 17, 2016 decision
After July 1st, there will be rolling admissions through August 15th. Visit the website for more information, application instructions and upcoming webinars. Contact okee@tufts.edu with any questions.
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District Event Lost & Found
Lose something at an event? We will be bringing the lost and found for all events to District Championship. Check Pit Administration at the event for the location. After District Championship, lost and found items will end up back at NE FIRST HQ.
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Upcoming Events
New England District Championship
April 13-16
XL Center
1 Civic Center Plaza, Hartford, CT 06120
Cambridge Science Festival
April 15-24
FIRST Championship
April 27-30
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