In this update, you will find:
- Team Financial Support is HAPPENING!
- Register for Coach, Mentor, or Parent Workshop - NEW DATES!
- Paid LEGO Coordinator at Catlin Gabel
- Guess the Missions with FIRST!
- OregonASK/IBM Camp for 7-8th Grade Girls
- Countdown to Kick-off
- ORTOP is HIRING!
I am happy to announce we have enough registered teams for nearly 2 events! Great job teams! If you are new to this email or blog this is the place where you will find all of the OREGON specific FIRST LEGO League information. If you are in the FIRST Dashboard as a team coach of a registered team for INTO ORBIT you will be added to this list every week for the rest of the competition season.
1) Team Financial Support is HAPPENING!
The first round of team support award applications have been reviewed by AMAZING ORTOP volunteer judges and referees! They are already so excited to see what these teams will do! Teams who submitted an application before July 9 should expect to be contacted NEXT WEEK - BEFORE KICKOFF! If your application is not in yet, reviewers will be receiving the next group of applications on MONDAY July 23rd! ORTOP will continue to have volunteers review applications and offer funding as long as sponsor and grant funds remain available!
To APPLY, please read this website and use the link on the page. It is not too late to get funding for your team!
2) Register for Coach, Mentor, or Parent Workshop - NEW DATES!
Our FIRST LEGO League Summer Workshop Series is fully up and running with workshops coming up quickly in:
None of our workshops are full! There is plenty of time to sign-up. Learn about the NEW Core Values, improve your EV3 skills, meet fellow coaches, and get fired up for next year!
Sign-up HERE
Looking for an online class - we have some of the most recommended listed on our workshop page!
3) Paid LEGO Coordinator at Catlin Gabel
Catlin Gabel School is looking for a LEGO Robotics Program coordinator to coach 3-4 FIRST LEGO League teams and run after-school open LEGO robotics lab. You’d have the help of TAs from the school’s well-known FIRST Robotics Competition program, the Flaming Chickens and work with Dale Yocum, the Engineering Program Director at the school.
The first round of team support award applications have been reviewed by AMAZING ORTOP volunteer judges and referees! They are already so excited to see what these teams will do! Teams who submitted an application before July 9 should expect to be contacted NEXT WEEK - BEFORE KICKOFF! If your application is not in yet, reviewers will be receiving the next group of applications on MONDAY July 23rd! ORTOP will continue to have volunteers review applications and offer funding as long as sponsor and grant funds remain available!
To APPLY, please read this website and use the link on the page. It is not too late to get funding for your team!
2) Register for Coach, Mentor, or Parent Workshop - NEW DATES!
Our FIRST LEGO League Summer Workshop Series is fully up and running with workshops coming up quickly in:
- NE Portland
- La Grande
- Medford
- Beaverton
- SW Portland
- Hillsboro
- Hood River
- Salem
- Ontario
- Oregon City
None of our workshops are full! There is plenty of time to sign-up. Learn about the NEW Core Values, improve your EV3 skills, meet fellow coaches, and get fired up for next year!
Sign-up HERE
Looking for an online class - we have some of the most recommended listed on our workshop page!
3) Paid LEGO Coordinator at Catlin Gabel
You’d be responsible for coaching FIRST LEGO League teams and alternating that with open Lego lab activities. This is a stipend position (like a sports coach.) $25/hr for the Sept-mid January timeframe (exclusive of school holidays.) You’d need to be on campus at Catlin Gabel from 3:00pm to 5:00pm Mon-Friday when school is in session and attend competitions.
They are looking for someone with previous experience coaching FIRST LEGO League teams through the state level and who is exceptionally good with middle schoolers. You need not have expert-level technical skills (the TAs and Dale can handle that) but would need to be very good at keeping diverse groups of students on track.
If this is of interest, contact Dale Yocum, Engineering Program Director, Catlin Gabel School. yocumd@catlin.edu and describe your background.
To help pass the time until the big reveal, we’re kicking off our annual Guess the Missions Contest. Gather your #STEMsquad, have some fun guessing what one of the missions may be, and have the chance to win a prize pack!
Here are the details:
Join the free workshop on August 1st! Small travel stipends may be available to help cover costs to make sure we can get girls involved from all around Oregon. Additionally, while the girls are participating in the workshop, there will be a hosted roundtable/forum about engaging girls in STEM. There will be programs from all over and several key partners from the region to share about how to increase quality opportunities for girls.
4) Guess the Missions with FIRST!
From FIRST Headquarters in Manchester New Hampshire:To help pass the time until the big reveal, we’re kicking off our annual Guess the Missions Contest. Gather your #STEMsquad, have some fun guessing what one of the missions may be, and have the chance to win a prize pack!
Here are the details:
- Make a 30-second or less video with your team, guessing a mission for the INTO ORBIT Challenge
- Add the video to this playlist
- Share with your followers on social media using #IOGuesstheMissions
- Submit your video by noon Eastern Time on July 27
- We’ll select a random winner on July 30!
- The lucky winner will receive a prize pack from FIRST® LEGO® League
5) OregonASK/IBM Camp for 7-8th Grade Girls
OregonASK is working with IBM to recruit 50 girls from programs in Oregon who are interested in attending a full day workshop of learning and games about Cybersecurity. The workshop is free, designed for 7th & 8th-grade girls and a great opportunity to spark some interest or help girls dive deeper.Join the free workshop on August 1st! Small travel stipends may be available to help cover costs to make sure we can get girls involved from all around Oregon. Additionally, while the girls are participating in the workshop, there will be a hosted roundtable/forum about engaging girls in STEM. There will be programs from all over and several key partners from the region to share about how to increase quality opportunities for girls.
6) Countdown to Kick-off
Just for you, all of my FIRST LEGO League friends and teams, I have been saving SPACE themed articles to share with you. I am going to start posting those to our Facebook Page as time allows (I will be on the road for some Eastern Oregon Workshops and meetups this coming week (including kick-off). But to get you ready for the launch on August 1, I highly recommend getting the supplies together for Black Hole Cakes!
Ingrediants: 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup cake flour, 1tbsp microencapsulated fumaric acid, 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/8 tsp salt, Water, Butterfly Pea Flower Powder, 3 Egg Whites
7) ORTOP is HIRING!
Are you are next Development and Communications Director?
ORTOP is looking to expand our ability to serve the students of Oregon. To help us accomplish that we are in need of an amazing Development and Communications Director. This is a full-time benefited position to join ORTOP at our offices, currently in Beaverton. Join our enthusiastic team as we LAUNCH to new heights! See all the details HERE
Are you ready to give back to the community and help the underserved? ORTOP is looking for 2 AMERICORP VISTAs!
As an alumna of the FIRST AmeriCorp VISTA program I can tell you that giving a year of my time changed the way I see the world and where I wanted to go in my life. ORTOP has 2 openings for 18+ year-old National Volunteer who is ready to learn all about poverty and how it shapes the communities of Oregon, then help us change that by growing sponsorship and FIRST programs to help kids learn skills to allow them to move their community beyond poverty! The chosen applicants will get a government stipend, completion education award, and the opportunity to work with ORTOP Staff on a daily basis! Learn all about it HERE
I will be in and out of the office for the remainder of the month. If you are in Eastern Oregon and would like to meet up, please contact me as I will be in the area! I'd love to have coffee or a chat while I'm there! Please understand that while I will have email access, my response may be slower than you are accustomed to.
Best Wishes,
Loridee
7) ORTOP is HIRING!
ORTOP is looking to expand our ability to serve the students of Oregon. To help us accomplish that we are in need of an amazing Development and Communications Director. This is a full-time benefited position to join ORTOP at our offices, currently in Beaverton. Join our enthusiastic team as we LAUNCH to new heights! See all the details HERE
Are you ready to give back to the community and help the underserved? ORTOP is looking for 2 AMERICORP VISTAs!
As an alumna of the FIRST AmeriCorp VISTA program I can tell you that giving a year of my time changed the way I see the world and where I wanted to go in my life. ORTOP has 2 openings for 18+ year-old National Volunteer who is ready to learn all about poverty and how it shapes the communities of Oregon, then help us change that by growing sponsorship and FIRST programs to help kids learn skills to allow them to move their community beyond poverty! The chosen applicants will get a government stipend, completion education award, and the opportunity to work with ORTOP Staff on a daily basis! Learn all about it HERE
I will be in and out of the office for the remainder of the month. If you are in Eastern Oregon and would like to meet up, please contact me as I will be in the area! I'd love to have coffee or a chat while I'm there! Please understand that while I will have email access, my response may be slower than you are accustomed to.
Best Wishes,
Loridee
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