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East Bay District News 12 years, 8 months ago
jill wrote a new post 9 years, 10 months ago
For the past several years, FIRST has organized the Global Innovation Award, presented by XPRIZE (GIA) and offers each FIRST LEGO League region an opportunity to nominate one or more Regional Nominees based on a […]
jill wrote a new post 9 years, 10 months ago
This is a common question from rookie coaches – particularly those from a non-technical background… How to help the kids learn basic building/programming skills?
As discussed on the FIRST forum under the […]
jill wrote a new post 9 years, 10 months ago
Playing at Learning has changes in progress on several fronts.
Refresh of all websites – including norcalfll.org, playingatlearning.org. Take a look and provide feedback!
Adding staff! We have 2 open p […]
jill wrote a new post 9 years, 10 months ago
We are recruiting for an AmeriCorps VISTA to work with Playing At Learning in San Jose / SF Bay Area.
Learn more at http://www.playingatlearning.org/vista/
FIRST HQ is recruiting VISTA Members to dedicate t […]
Theresa posted an update in the group
Sacramento area 10 years ago
I have an FLL table in Folsom. If anyone needs a table, please let me know. (theresa.holliday@gmail.com)
Theresa posted an update 10 years ago
I have an FLL table in Folsom that we no longer need. If there is a team out there that needs a table, please let me know.
Rathish Jayabharathi added the event Scrimmage in Roseville 10 years, 7 months ago
jill wrote a new post 10 years, 7 months ago
We have informal scrimmages today at The Play Space in San Jose – come on by. If your team wants to run a few practice matches on the FLL challenge field, you are welcome. We will be here between 9am and 3pm.

jill added the event Rookie Team Scrimmage 10 years, 7 months ago
jill wrote a new post 10 years, 7 months ago
If your team missed the deadlines and didn’t complete (or correct) the pre-reqs, I don’t know if your team is interested in competing or not if you don’t contact me. In addition, the situation is a bit dy […]
Rathish Jayabharathi added the event FLL Coaches Meetup in Folsom 10 years, 7 months ago
jill wrote a new post 10 years, 7 months ago
Since there were quite a few coaches that waited until nearly the 11th hour to review their team status and realize that they needed to fix something, I am still working through the backlog of emails and then […]
Devin Jackson posted an update 10 years, 7 months ago
Hello everyone,
My name is Devin Jackson. I am a 6th grade Science and Engineering Teacher at Foothill Middle School in Walnut Creek, CA. I am the Head Coach of three FIRST LEGO League teams. The teams are 5983: Mechanical Masters – Rookie year 2014; 20975: Mechanical Masters Robotics – Rookie year 2015; and 21610: Mechanical Masters Robo Stars -…[Read more]
jill wrote a new post 10 years, 7 months ago
Teams that completed their pre-reqs after September 30th are now my focus. I will review teams’ entries based on the latter of the payment or jotform submitted. I will update in the comment section of this a […]
jill wrote a new post 10 years, 8 months ago
NorCal teams,
Mark, using the FIRST TIMS system, sent every NorCal FLL team a very short, quick survey link to fill out a few weeks ago. The survey itself takes just a few minutes to fill out but does req […]
jill wrote a new post 10 years, 8 months ago
Coaches, Please understand a couple of things:
I am just one person managing all of FLL in Northern California as a volunteer
I work full time at a demanding job (I am a senior technical program manager) […]
Melanie Miner added the event FLL Scrimmage 10 years, 8 months ago
Ashley Crichton added the event Scrimmage for first year FLL teams 10 years, 8 months ago
jill wrote a new post 10 years, 8 months ago
The most common questions we received this week is why do we do a 2 step process for tournament registration and why is this so “complicated”.
First, I will address why we have a 2 step process (pre-reqs AND t […]
jill added the event FIRST Robotics Competition Off-Season event 10 years, 8 months ago
Vincent Valente posted an update 10 years, 8 months ago
Looking for a team!! I am a 6th grader at Arlene Hein Elementary in Elk Grove, Ca. I have been a part of a First Lego League about 3 years ago through a local church. It has since been disbanded and I am now looking for a team to be a part of in my area. I am in a wheelchair, so it needs to be a wheelchair accessible location. I love legos and I…[Read more]
