[Ryan Simpson]

It's important to make your team visible. We visit the middle schools and are at 8th grade orientation at both of our team's two high schools.

My team has students visit all of the freshmen biology classes to explain what our team is, what we do, etc. The facts that FIRST looks great on college applications and that there are FIRST scholarships are major selling points.

I don't think an active member is defined by attendence, but by contributions. If someone comes 3 times a week, but is a huge help during those days, that person is still a valuable member of the team. It's possible that some freshmen could be scared off by such a large commitment. Myteam is fine with people not being able to come every single day, just as long as they are consistently there and are helpful. If they originally don't plan on attending every day, but find they love it, they'll make a point of being there very often.