TOPICS FOR TODAY

• YEAR END COACH SURVEY  
• Financial Report for Team Support Award
• FIRST LEGO League Junior EXPOS!!! 
• FTC West Super-Regional Report 
• Well wishes for Quentin and Christy
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YEAR END COACH SURVEY  
Financial Report for Team Support Award

LINK TO SEASON END COACH SURVEY  (and financial report) 

Your opinions count.  All Mentors/ Coaches are encouraged to complete a short season end survey to provide us feedback on your perspectives of the program 

IF YOUR TEAM(s) RECEIVED ORTOP TEAM SUPPORT AWARD FUNDS FROM ANY OF THESE SOURCES, you are required to complete the survey/report form:

• Oregon Department of Education
• Rockwell Collins
• Google Data Center Funds
• MJ Murdock Charitable Trust
• Qorvo 
• Garmin
• Maxim Integrated

FIRST LEGO League Junior REVIEWERS NEEDED FOR THIS WEEKEND  - Please help! 

• Team members are needed to serve as Reviewers for FIRST LEGO League Jr on March 17 & 18 at OMSI in Portland .  
• Several FIRST Tech Challenge team members are needed for each expo. 
• Volunteers can sign up for one 4-hour shift or all day! 
• Team members will be trained as reviewers on site just prior to the expo, so it is very important to be on time. This is a great way to inspire future engineers!  
• This year's theme is AQUA ADVENTURE, so reviewers will get to see lots of creative ideas about human water use. 
• To sign up, please use this form .  Please sign up by Friday morning. 

Teens are needed for events at Umpqua Community College on May 19, and The Dalles Readiness Center on May 19th as well.
Also, seeking FIRST Tech Challenge young women team members and adult women mentors to volunteer for Girl Scout Girl Fest on Saturday, March 24.
Contact Loridee at loridee-wetzel@ortop.org

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FIRST Tech Challenge West Super-Regional Championship

The fifth and final FIRST Tech Challenge West Super-Regional Championship is over!  Our fourteen FTC Oregon teams representing us did so with gracious professionalism and determination to compete. 
6590 Ratchet Robotics /  Aumsville
7750 Mechanical Maniacs / Sutherlin
7776 Loose Screws / Portland
8045 Gromit's Grommets / Pleasant Hill
8132 Kraxberger Gear Heads/ Gladstone
8176 Steelhead / Hood River
8372 TNT (Trial N Terror) / Medford
8610 ToborTech / Lake Oswego
8949 The Gifted Gears / Portland
10925 Spartacles / Beaverton
11089 Bytes of Kitkats / Portland
11441 Chronobreak / McMinnville
12599 Overcharged / Portland

12808 RevAmped Robotics / Portland

The cryptoboxes filled with Ciphers, jewels were flying, glyphs disappeared quickly and high scores achieved!  Six Oregon Teams were doing the picking or being picked for the elimination round.
In the end 9 of our 14 teams advanced to the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship.  Solid Engineering Notebooks supporting their work helped several teams win awards that led to their advancement.

Moving on to the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship in  Houston - April 18 - 21 is: 12599 Overcharged / Portland - Rockwell Collins Innovate 3rd Place8949 The Gifted Gears / Portland - Motivate - 1st Place
8372 TNT (Trial N Terror) / Medford - Motivate - 2nd Place8176 Steelhead / Hood River - Motivate 3rd Place7776 Loose Screws / Portland - Control - 2nd Place8610 ToborTech / Lake Oswego - Control - 3rd Place7750 Mechanical Maniacs / Sutherlin - Highest Ranked Team 11089 Bytes of Kitkats / Portland - Highest Ranked Team 12808 RevAmped Robotics / Portland - Highest Ranked Team

Compass Award 
Congratulations to Paul Hanau, Mentor for receiving the FTC West Super-Regional Compass Award for being an outstanding Mentor.  He was nominated by 9231, 7776, and 10565 at Wilson High School Robotics.  Watch their nomination video here. 

Congratulations and Best Wishes for Quentin and Christy!
Our ORTOP DJ Quentin Pierce is getting married on Saturday! Congratulations to the happy couple.