Hi ,

In this week's blast:

⚙️ Deadline Extended: Inspire the Future
⚙️ Express Enrollment
⚙️ Blog Updates
⚙️ Build Season Timeline Resource

Program Updates, Deadlines, & Reminders

DEADLINE EXTENDED! Nominations for the 2025 Inspire the Future: FIRST^® Recognition Program: The deadline to submit a nomination has been extended to Friday, December 20 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Make sure to submit a nomination for an outstanding FIRST educator or school in your community before time runs out. Submit your nomination.

Express Enrollment: Mentors in the United States and Canada with completed FIRST Youth Protection Screenings can take advantage of Express Enrollment, which provides a simplified experience on mobile and desktop to register and accept youth to FIRST teams. View Express Enrollment Coach/Mentor Instructions and the Express Enrollment Parent/Guardian Instructions.

FIRST Robotics Competition Blog Updates:

✏️ 2025 KitBot Shopping List

✏️ 2025 AprilTag Information

Resource of the Week: This week’s resource is our Build Season Timeline which is a very high-level schedule for how to approach the Build Season. Many factors affect this schedule including years of experience, number of students/mentors, machining resources, actual time between kickoff and your first event, etc. Teams should feel free to modify this timeline to what works best for each team as there is no single right way to how a team should approach Build Season. (excel file – automatically downloads)

Upcoming Deadlines:  

⚙️ Saturday, January 4 at 12:00 p.m. noon ET - Kickoff
⚙️ Saturday, January 4 at 1:00 p.m. ET – Virtual Kit Kickoff Release, Kickoff Kit Replacement Parts System Opens, and FIRST Choice: Round 2 Opens