June 6, 2025 | firstalberta.ca

Hello and Bonjour Teams!

It has been a while since our last communication. Here is a bit of information before we start the last stretch of the school year.

1. FIRST HQ training session in Calgary
2. Next Mentor Meeting
3. Field Order Form
4. Ten Peaks Robotics Summer Camp 
5. Grants Opportunity
6. Spring Barrel Challenge

FIRST HQ training session in Calgary

Click below to learn more about the different training options available!

• FIRST LEGO League Challenge (14 hours): Grades 4-8 July 7 – 8, 2025
• FIRST Tech Challenge (14 hours): Grades 7-12 July 9 – 10, 2025
• FIRST Robotics Competition (8 hours) : Grades 10-12 Introduction July 11, 2025
• FIRST Tech Challenge Academy (40 hours): July 21 – 25, 2025

Mentor Meetings

Don’t miss the next Mentor Meeting next week on June 11th at 7:30 PM! We will go over next season's schedule and over the joint Alberta field order process.

You can join the mentor meetings on Google Meet! Missed a Mentor Meeting? A list of all meetings and links to recordings and slides can be found on our website!

Field Order Form

Do you want to pick up your game element for the season at kickoff? Please complete this form before July 15! Your order will be available for pickup at your local kickoff! In addition, you can also purchase a field perimeter and tiles set. This is the best way to get game elements and fields as we cover shipping costs!

2025-2026 Registration Form!

Are you excited to join the FIRST Age Season? You can register NOW for your FIRST Alberta Season. We are requesting that all teams register and pay their registration with HQ (through the FIRSTInspires.org dashboard) and FIRST Alberta by November 1st. Invoice will only be sent starting after Kickoff on September 6, 2025 but your registration helps us confirm numbers for next season.

Ten Peaks Robotics Summer Camp

Sign up to learn STEM skills related to sustainability this summer! Ten Peaks Innovation's highly anticipated Summer Camp - Bot Basics and Beyond.  

This unique opportunity allows Alberta's youth to gain valuable knowledge and experience in the energy, environment, and climate sectors. Through various engaging and dynamic activities, participants will learn to program their robot and channel their ideas and creativity into solutions for the future. Steve Schultz, an award-winning science and robotics teacher, will lead the robotic camps.

Students ages 12-15 years old will have fun in five, full-day robotics camp. Through the robot's SMART world add-on, the campers will learn about sustainable technologies and possible solutions for a real-world problem: food scarcity and insecurity.  

Guest speakers from organizations that use SMART farming concepts and ag-tech will inspire and engage campers. With a focus on inspiring the future innovators of our province, our summer camps provide an unparalleled opportunity for young people to get their "tech on".

Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to learn, grow, and be a part of the solution to our planet's most pressing challenges. Join the movement towards a more sustainable future.

Register Here

Grants Opportunity

Are you starting a new team at your school or within your organization? Do you know someone starting a new team? If you know anyone, please let them know that a rookie grant may be available to them! Once the rookie grant is available, the details will be listed on this page. As summer progresses, other grants may become available and will be listed on the same page.

For a team with a DOW mentor, you can apply for the DOW registration grant now using this link. For community teams supported by DOW that do not have a DOW mentor, but are within a DOW supported community, you can start applying on June 17 at 3PM using the same link.

Please note that grants can only be used in your team portal, meaning that you can only pay your FIRST HQ registration fee and storefront equipment with the grant money. Do not pay your registration fee with FIRST HQ until you have either received or been denied grants. You have until November 1st to be able to pay your registration fees and be able to take part in the Alberta League Season.

Spring Barrel Challenge 

Congratulations to all the teams that successfully completed the FIRST Alberta Spring Barrel Challenge! Your hard work, innovation, and commitment to refining autonomous navigation were clearly demonstrated in your creative solutions and engaging submissions. From persisting through crashes and failures to precise cloverleaf pathing, each of you showed what it means to learn, grow, and compete with excellence. We applaud your efforts and can’t wait to see what you do next!

Congratulations to:

• Team 10015
• Team 23277
• North Trail High School Girls Team

Questions?

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us! We are here to help. Unless you have a specific question for one of us, please feel free to use the generic FIRST Tech Challenge leadership team email (firsttechchallenge@firstalberta.ca) so you can get a faster response from one of our dedicated members.

Your FIRST Tech Challenge Alberta Leadership Team