November 20, 2017

Michigan FIRST LEGO League State Championship Advancement & Participation Pins (MI FLL Team Blast 2017.14)

Hello Teams!

It’s hard to believe there is one Qualifier competition week left in the 2017 Michigan FIRST LEGO League season!

To confirm your Qualifier event assignment, please check the 2017 Michigan Team List, which may be found on the Michigan FLL Teams page on the FIRST in Michigan website. 
To find details on the location of your event, please check out the Michigan FIRST LEGO League events list on the FIRST website.  The tournament directors will also be sending information directly to the teams scheduled to attend their events.

If the “Scheduled to Attend” column in the team list has ”0” or “Spring Event- TBD”, you will be invited later to participate in a spring event.  Participation in a spring event qualifies you to meet requirements for any grant you may have received from the MDE or through FIRST or FIRST in Michigan.  If your team completed (paid) team registration on or after November 1, you may not be on the posted team list yet, and you will be invited to participate in a spring event.  The team list will be updated with all paid and registered teams for the HYDRO DYNAMICS season, on Wednesday, November 22.


State Championships
For those of you who have completed your Qualifier event and are advancing to a State Championship, congratulations!

There will be 2 State Championship events in Michigan this season.  One of the 2 is scheduled and confirmed, and the other we are still working to confirm.  We are anticipating that the second event will take place sometime in January.  Once we have further details, we will let the teams advancing to that event know the specifics.

You may confirm which Qualifier is advancing to which State Championship here.  If the “Advances to” column indicates “Bloomfield Hills”, that Qualifier is advancing to the State Championship in Bloomfield Hills on December 16.  If the “Advances to” column indicates "TBD", that Qualifier is advancing to the second, later Championship.

Participation Pins
This season we will be providing participation pins, rather than medallions, for the student team members that participate in a Qualifier event.  I received notification that the pins shipped today.  The pins will be sent to the tournament directors for the December 2nd Qualifier events.  For the earlier Qualifier events, if the team is advancing to a State Championship, the pins will be distributed at the State Championship.  For all other teams that attended a fall Qualifier, the pins will be shipped to either the tournament director (if the teams are local), or directly to the coach.  Look for additional email to come on Wednesday, November 22, with further details regarding pin distribution to your team.

The participation pins are intended for the student team members.  The coach's pins are included in the Challenge Set, and are the white and grey LEGO pieces with “HYDRO DYNAMICS COACH” printed on them.

This Michigan FLL email blast, and all past email blasts, may be found on the FIRST in Michigan website, in the FLL section, under Announcements.

If you have questions on any of the above, please email me at the address below.  Please remember to always include your team number in your correspondence.

Best of Luck to all the teams!  Have fun!

Pamela Williamson
Michigan FIRST LEGO League Partner