I need everyone who recieves varsity jacket lettering to post here!

[Athleticgirl389]

The school does not give us letters or patches or anything. So last year, I got the team our own varisty patches, which the parents LOVED. I currently have mine on my varsity jacket. Most of the students don't have a jacket (cause they didn't do a sport) so they just have the patch, and it's pretty nice too. Hopefully seeing all these students who receive a robotics varsity patch and that they don't a jacket to put it on, will help the school see how much they should really see us as a sport. To get the patch, the parents have come with a citeria... ammount of hours you put in, competitions you go to, fundraising, etc.

[Fritztopher]

Our school only seems to give out letters to VHSL (Virginia High School League) sports, so robotics doesn't qualify. I don't really care, though, since my cross-country letter just collects dust anyway. I get the same experience whether I get a letter or not, and I have plenty of other things to worry about, so I find complaining about not getting a letter for my involvement in robotics is a waste of my time.

[billbo911]

I posted this up almost two years ago. It is in fact considered an academic letter. None the less, it is a letter worn proudly by every member of the team.

[savage301]

On my old team 301 we got the same letters as all the sports. After we merged teams, my new team 1250, at a different school, gives out letters that are different than athletic.

[Jaime65]

Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively is the definition of “sport“. According to that definition FIRST is completely a sport. Maybe your athletic director dont know exactly what the robotics team does. Maybe he/she needs to visit a competition to see what it’s really like to play the sport of robotics. This sport should really be recognized as a sport by all schools. As far as the varsity letters, out team has them. I attend Pontiac Northern our letter is white shaped as a N with Pontiac written in red on the inside out robotics letters are a red N with Robotics in white writing it is totally possible to have letters.

[Kelli Fultz]

234's Jackets are specifically designed for robotics. So, they aren't the same as the sports jackets..They are embroidered with the team logo on the back instead of actual "letters", too.

[Brad Voracek]

At our school you get one "letter" and then you can sew on everything you letter in onto that letter. So a typical letter for a robotics student may have a gear (our symbol we get to sew on) and two bars, then the academic symbol and two bars. =P

[MattLi]

Team 245 has had a recent breakthrough on the subject. On saturday febuary 3rd, a Michigan congressman decided to come to our machine shop and check us out. When the superintendent heard that a congressman was showing up, he decided to make an appearance (finally after 4-5 invitations, I don't know if the congressman had anything to do with it). The congressman told the superintendent that this was a great program and something should be done to expand it. He offered to give us a varsity letter for robotics. So team 245 will be reciving varsity letters soon.

[prettycolors91]

67 gets their varsity letters after one year on the team, and they're the same jackets/letters as all the other sports.

[clean399]

Multiple people on my team 399 have received there Varsity letters for putting in 2 years with at least 200 hours per year. I proudly wear my jacket at school with a little gear on the letter to signify robotics.

[Jared Russell]

When I was a high school student I got a varsity letter. I'm not sure if the kids still get them or not.

[Zoheb N]

We get to use the same jackets

[Schnabel]

We currently don't get anything, but I might look into it, so I might use your list for this too! Thanks!

[csi235]

Team 476 members get letters depending on the number of lab hours logged, number of years on the team, GPA, attendance, etc. I'm eligible for one this May.

BTW, a few weeks ago I had debates with people in several of my classes about whether robotics is a sport. According to their definition, no. According to the dictionary, yes.

[hallk]

We get the same letters as sports and other things like debate. Typically, most of the activities at my school share the same letter and jacket. Then if you were to letter again you get a pin, which are different for each activity. Our pin is the FIRST symbol. A lot of people that have letter jackets on the team also put the FIRST patch on it.