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Mount Everett Regional State Championship Winning Alliance March 16 2013
Congratulations on a Fantastic season


Robotic possibilities---Start with FIRST  
Founded 1989
  • Headquartered in Manchester, NH
  • 501(c)(3) public charity
  • FIRST News and Notes-latest info!
Leadership 
Dean Kamen, Founder
  • Walt Havenstein, Chairman of the Board
  • Jon Dudas, President
  • Board of Directors & Senior Management
Supporters
More than 90,000 volunteers make FIRST happen 
  • FIRST is supported by a network of more than 3,500 corporations, educational and professional institutions, and individuals 
Programs 
Overview of all FIRST programs-great place to start
FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) for Grades 9-12 (ages 14-18)
  • FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) for Grades 7-12 (ages 12-18) 
  • FIRST LEGO League (FLL) for Grades 4-8 (ages 9-16; 9-14 in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico)
  • Junior FIRST LEGO League (Jr FLL) for Grades K-3 (ages 6-9)
  • FIRST Place for ages 6 to adult
2014 FIRST Scholarship Program 

  • Nearly $15 million in college scholarships
  • 925+ individual offerings
  • 145+ scholarship providers 
Overall Reach - All Programs Combined 
294,000+ students
  • 26,900 teams
  • 24,300+ robots
  • 65,000 Mentors/adult supporters
  • 35,000 event Volunteers 

  FIRST Robotics Competition
2,400 teams
  • 60,000 high-school students (Grades 9-12)
  • 100+ Qualifying and Championship Tournaments

  • FIRST Robotics Competition 
  • Robots are built in 6 weeks from a common kit of parts provided by FIRST, and weigh up to 120 lbs. (excluding battery and bumpers) 

FIRST Tech Challenge 
2,100 teams
  • 21,000 high-school students (Grades 9-12)
  • Robots are built using a re-usable, modular robotics platform 

FIRST LEGO League
19,800 teams
  • 198,000 children, ages 9 to 16* (Grades 4-8)
  • From 50+ countries
  • 560 Qualifying Tournaments; 117 Championship Tournaments; 3 Open Championships
  • Autonomous robots are built using LEGO MINDSTORMS technologies 
*Ages 9 to 14 in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico


 Junior FIRST LEGO League
2,600 teams
  • 15,600 kids, ages 6 to 9 (Grades K-3)
  • 80+ Jr.FLL Expos
  • Participants design and construct a model using LEGO bricks and moving parts and present their research journey on a poster