WHAT?

The La Cañada Engineering Club is currently hosting 2 FTC teams. Team 5921, La Cañada Engineering Club, is for the beginners of FTC. Team 21525, Blockhead², is for the experienced.

WHEN?

Starting in September, FTC teams meet after school on Mondays and Wednesdays between 3:30-5:30 pm to work on a research project, robot construction, programming, and mission design. See schedule below.

WHERE?

La Cañada Engineering Club’s workshop at La Cañada High School, room 604, pass the North GYM.

PARTICIPANTS, REGISTRATION

EACH TEAM – Youth grades 7-12 with approximately 15 team members, at least 1 Parent Mentor, and at least 1 LCEC High School Student Mentor. Once the team is ready to compete, EACH member and Parent must create a FIRST INSPIRES Account and complete both the registration and Consent Forms (see below for link). Besides FIRST Registration that needs to be completed, complete the club registrations for the student (LCEC Enrollment-COMING SOON).

Register yourself on the Official FIRST Website (FIRST INSPIRES – CLICK HERE) for a new FIRST account, not your child. Enter your name, email address, and birthdate, not your child’s. You will be able to add your child and apply to a team under the Parent/Guardian – Youth tab on your dashboard after your account has been created. Once completed, please search the Team Number to join the roster, Either FTC 5921 or FTC 21525.  If you have any questions, please email [email protected] or text 818-208-0484.

COST

LCEC and its programs are NOT funded by LCUSD. However, donated lab fees and Family and Company Donations help support ALL Programs. For example, FTC Team robot parts and costs to compete up to regionals, not including any traveling expense, is $2300 per team ($4600). Please help and pay the lab fee (Click Here) if you would like to be a Sponsor and be recognized as part of our LCEC Family Support (Click Here).

COMPETITIONS?

The competitions begin in November and take place on the weekends at various locations around Southern California through January. The Los Angeles Regional Championship is in March. Each season concludes with regional championship events and an exciting FIRST Championship in April. See schedule below.