Dear Coaches and Teams:                                         March 13, 2023

This newsletter contains several items of importance for you and your teams as the Greater Kansas City Regional taking place at Lee's Summit North High School approaches. Please take a close look at these items, forward this email to your student captains, mentors and parents, and act on the requests.

Greater Kansas City Regional Tournament Information

In this newsletter you will find important information for your team regarding the Greater Kansas City Regional, March 29 - April 1, 2023.

Please also check the kcfirst.org website event listings for posting of new information between now and the event. 

Schedule:

PUBLIC AGENDA for the GREATER KANSAS CITY REGIONAL TOURNAMENT (Competition Activities are on the left column and Special Activities are on the right column).

Note: 5 team representatives may come out Wednesday from 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm for robot load-in and pit setup as well as Thursday morning at 7:45 am if needed. No work may be done on your robot during this time. Batteries may be charged. Pits will not include a table so bring a table with you if needed.  

New for 2023! We will be doing Senior Photos for post-high school from 6:30-7:30pm on the field on Wednesday, and 11:00am-Noon on Thursday. Be sure to have your seniors fill out this Student Survey so we know to expect them.

Start making your bus plans now. The Public Agenda link above can help you determine bus timing. Please make plans in your bus schedule to stay late Thursday evening to attend the Team Social: 5:30pm - 8:00pm. 

Lodging for the event: Click Here to see the hotels available through FIRST for our Greater KC Regional.  

Food:

BOX LUNCHES

We highly recommend Firehouse Subs for your Box Lunch needs.  They have created a special FIRST deal for your teams of a box lunch with delivery to the tournament for $7.00 each. The lunch includes a sandwich and chips and free delivery. Please use this form to place your order.  Email completed order form by Monday March 27, 2023 to: summitspringsmo@FireHouseSubs.com  (ATTN: Jackie or Michell).  

• Teams wanting to order all three days should use one form and put all three dates on the form. If you want to order different subs each day, fill out a form for each day. 
• Payment can be made through credit card. Jackie or Michell will contact each team to confirm orders. Contact Jackie or Michell at the email above with any questions.

Be sure your teams dispose of their own trash at all times whether outside, in the stands, in the pits, or in other areas of Lee's Summit North High School. Thank you! 

CONCESSIONS
The Bronco Bots from Lee's Summit North High School, Team 1987, are providing concessions at the Greater Kansas City Regional.

View the menu & pricing.

Please Complete:

Each year dignitaries, sponsors and community members are given guided tours by Student Ambassadors (volunteer students from the participating FRC teams). Student Ambassadors also give tours to younger students on field trips and interact with the media at our event.  Please be sure to nominate two students from your team as soon as possible. Click Here to submit names. Deadline for submitting names for the Greater KC Regional is Monday, March 27, 2023.

ALL STUDENT SURVEY
This survey link should be sent to each student on your FRC Team to complete prior to the Regional. Survey completion status from each team will be checked at pit admin prior to taking the field on Thursday. 
Click Here for the Student Survey.

If your team is attending more than one of the 3 regionals in Kansas and Western Missouri, students need to only do the survey once (prior to the Heartland regional).

These surveys help inform us about our students’ participation and possible future interests in mathematics and science. Knowing more about participation in FRC and student future plans assists us in strategic planning and fundraising for FIRST in our Region. At no time will students be individually identified for purposes of this study nor will individual student information be reported. Rather, the goal is to examine the overall effect of participation in FIRST Robotics Competition. 

Please Pass On...

LOCAL PUBLIC INFORMATION about all 3 of our Regionals
Want an easy way to spread the word about our local tournament?  Pass on the link to this calendar of events or this flyer to spread the word about the three Regionals in our FIRST region. 

VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED:
Coaches: Do you have so many team members that you would welcome a job for them at the regional?
Students: Does your schedule permit you to perform a half day (or full day) volunteer role? 
Do you know someone who would be interested in helping out at FRC?

We need adult volunteers for:

• Field assembly & disassembly
• Field reset
• Pit admin support
• Practice field attendants
• Spare part attendants
• Team load in/out
• Team queuing
• Quiet room attendants

Fun Events:

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