Student lettering in FRC

[wonder-weasel]

I know that we do, although I'm not sure how they did it because we aren't associated with our school. We have strict criteria to get it, it accounts for number of team, volunteer, and fundraising hours you have.

[VexisDarksteele]

We started handing them out last year. Our requirements are based on task card hours, fundraising quotas, community service hours, and volunteering hours. It doesn't matter what grade level/participation year the student is in. We had a Freshman member earn her letter within one year of dedicated work on the team.

As for how we got the school district to approve varsity robotics? I'm not entirely certain on the specific process our coach had to undergo for that, but I do know that our team has left a very favorable impression on the administration. We did a presentation to the school board a couple of years ago, and our principal and superintendent frequently visit the team's competitions and events. I'm sure this kind of experience helped persuade them in deciding whether robotics should be a varsity activity...

[robomarcher]

Originally Posted by Hallry

I know numerous teams out have tried, but how many teams have successfully gotten varsity letter recognition from their school(s)? If you're one of the ones that has, how did you do it/what process did you have to go through?

my school gives us varsity letters for robotics

[Team 2016]

This year will be our first year getting a Varsity letter. It took four years to get it. Both our school and the Deaf School can get the letters. For four years we went through the principal waiting for a response. We waited year after year. Finally we made a formal request of the School Board. We had to send a written formal request to the principal and the athletic director on behalf of the team and the school board, then our request was finally granted.

Not everyone can get a letter just because they are on the team. Several requirements must be met.

[HaleyMortensen]

Our team has these. Our school was very inviting and didn't mind it all. We just went and got them made and we have had them for quite a long time.

[EricLeifermann]

I got a letter for robotics back when I was on 93.

[jalmos]

We are a second year team and the popularity of FRC is growing leaps and bounds throughout the school and community. We are a small town so this is a big deal...

Anyway I am the team leader/teacher and I am wondering what other teams are doing for their team members/students to "letter" in FRC within their school district. I know there was some information given last year about a possible FRC patch we could get for students' letterman jackets.

Does anyone out there know.....
- Is there a standard patch and if so where I can get those for my team members that qualified within my team to earn a letter?

- what are other teams doing for students that letter.. The requirements within their team etc.

- what is the cost for a patch.

Thanks everyone out there for all the advice on this forum and for the great 2013 season.

Jalmos
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[theawesome1730]

I can't speak for all teams, but Team Driven has had letters from either the first or second year. Our requirements are that you are actively involved with the team, contributed in a significant way to the team and have taken leadership in team projects. Since our school letters are "L"s we have an L with Robotics embroidered on it. I have not seen the "standard" patch in our local area so I'm not any help there. As for cost I have no idea since I didn't purchase mine, the team provides them if you earn them.

[cadandcookies]

As part of FIRST in Minnesota, Team 2220 had the pleasure of becoming a part of the Minnesota State High School League last year, bringing a higher recognition of FRC in our state. As a part of that, there was also a competition to design a new "standard" robotics letter (though this isn't technically a part of being a part of the MSHSL). I lack a file of the current patch, otherwise I'd link it here.

Our team has done letters for several years, though the actual patch may or may not have changed. We also do "bars" for continued participation. The year I lettered, the patch was a FIRST logo with "Robotics" written in the center with school colors.

On our team, the requirements are fairly minimal-- "regular" attendance, continued contribution to the team, and a lack of any behavioral issues. It requires two full years (measured in build seasons) of participation, as well as participating in outreach events during the offseason (these range from bagging groceries for a fundraiser to mentoring an FLL team). The majority of our students letter in their second year.

As for cost, I am not privy to how much ordering the patches costs, being a student on the team. I believe they come out of a student's participation fee, as I received my patch without charge.

Have a good rest of the season!

[MrJohnston]

Team 948 was permitted to letter as of last year.... We require a high level of attendance for meetings/builds sessions, the participation in most major events and active particpation kick-off weekend.

[weberr]

Got to our website > Resources > team management. We have our varsity letter policy there for download. Our school has since adopted that policy for all club letters.

http://www.theflyingtoasters.org/#!_...eam-management

[treffk]

First of all, search can be your friend. http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...hlight=letters

Secondly, since FIRST is not recognized by all High School Athletic Associations (currently only Minnesota's does) there is not a genaric and commonly used lettering method. It is up to each individual team on how they want to define the requirements.

For 1802 out of Piper High School the team sets standards at the begining of the year on what allows a student to letter and attend the regional. The regional standards have been adjusted after build season so we can actually take a medium sized team to the Regional because we do not make the students pick one activity over another.

They get the normal school letter the first year and a pin for every year they are apart of the team.