Letterman's Jacket Letter

[KeatonM]

Our school counts FIRST as a varsity "activity," therefore we all receive a letter at the end of our first year. I believe our district requires a certain amount of time dedicated to the team, which our members fulfill in one year.

Oh, I supposed I should mention that we are located in Michigan, if anyone is curious.

[Jon Stratis]

Here are our lettering requirements (we set them up after our second year):

1) Participate in 12 hours per week of scheduled team sessions during the build season. (out of ~16 build hours per week)
2) Participate for two years on the team.
3) Attend team competitions.

a. Two FRC competitions (3 days each) OR
b. One FRC competition and two mini competitions (1 day each)

4) Meet all expectations on the student list. (Outlined on pg. 6 of handbook)
5) Full attendance at all mandatory meetings.

a. Challenge Kickoff
b. Open House
c. Fall recruiting information meeting
d. Team service project

6) Distinguish yourself as a leader.

a. Captain(s)
b. Sub-team Captain
c. Secretary
d. Drive Team
e. Website Coordinator
f. Animation Director
g. Main Photographer / Video-photographer
h. AutoCAD Specialist

7) Participate in 1 from each section below:

a. Publicity Projects

• Participate in ‘spreading the word’ event (i.e. State Fair, STEM Day, SMM Science Day, Mentoring, News and Radio programs)
• Participate in a fund raising event.

b. Meeting Oriented Projects

• Attend summer meetings
• Complete special mentor directed project.
• Attend fall meetings.

The basic idea behind this is that we want to see dedication from the team members, and effort to help the team improve year over year. As a mentor, it's usually pretty obvious who should get letters and who shouldn't at the end of each season. There have only been a few students we've had to look at the rules to figure out if they actually earned a letter.