[All] Everything you need to know about awards

[Jared Hasen-Klein]

Hi all,

Once again, hope you're healthy! Awards announcements have already begun and will continue this week! Here are all the details:

Ongoing (districts)

FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) district awards including Dean's List and Woodie Flowers are being announced periodically by districts directly. Here's the schedule:

FIRST Ontario: April 16 (and April 30) 7:00 PM ET, twitch.tv/firstcanada

Pacific Northwest FIRST: April 17 12:00 PM PT, firstwa.org/changetheworld

FIRST Mid-Atlantic: April 25 6:00 PM ET, youtube.com/channel/UCK54DWpkg27oSI_TWp8QNOQ/featured

FIRST North Carolina: April 27 7:00 PM ET, twitch.tv/first_north_carolina

New England: April 27 (through May 1), posted on Facebook facebook.com/nefirstorg/

FIRST in Michigan: April 28 7:00 PM ET, posted on Facebook facebook.com/firstinmichigan

FIRST Israel: April 29 5:00 PM IT, twitch.tv/firstisrael

FIRST Indiana: April 30 6:30 PM ET, twitch.tv/firstinrobotics

FIRST in Texas: April 30 7:00 PM CT, firstintexas.org/event/first-in-texas-virtual-showcase

FIRST Chesapeake: April 30 7:00 PM ET: twitch.tv/firstchesapeake

Peachtree: Ongoing, posted on Twitter twitter.com/georgiafirst

If you do not see your area listed above, that means your team is from a regional area, not a district. Read on the next section to see when you'll hear about your awards!

  

Wednesday, April 29

FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) awards show, split times based on Regional. All streaming at twitch.tv/firstinspires. Here's the schedule:

4:00 PM PT/7:00 PM ET: New York Tech Valley, Greater Pittsburgh, SBPLI Long Island 1 & 2, Southern Cross, Central New York, Hudson Valley, Smoky Mountains, Science Park Taichung, Orlando, New York City, South Pacific, Buckeye, Finger Lakes, Festival de Robotique a Montreal, & South Florida

5:00 PM PT/8:00 PM ET -10,000 Lakes, Central Missouri, Oklahoma, Canadian Rockies, Iowa, Minnesota North Star, Bayou, Central Illinois, Seven Rivers, Idaho, Memphis, St. Louis, Green Country, Wisconsin, Heartland, Colorado, & Rocket City

6:00 PM PT/9:00 PM ET Arizona North & West, Laguna, San Diego, Monterey Bay, Central Valley, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Hawaii, Silicon Valley, Ventura, Beijing Cultural Exchange 1 & 2, Sacramento, Aerospace Valley, & Orange County

Saturday, May 2

All FIRST Programs (FLL Jr., FLL, FTC, and FRC) will have a joint virtual showcase starting at 10:00 AM Eastern on Saturday, May 2. This will be the closest we get to "Championship" award winners this season. We will find out:

- FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Global Innovation Award seminfinalists

- FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Compass Award and Promote Award winners

- FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Woodie Flowers and Chairman's Award winners

- FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) and FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Dean's List winners (this is Championship level, not district or regional!)

- Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Awards

The show will also have speeches from Dean Kamen and others in the FIRST community. It will be streaming at twitch.tv/firstinspires.