Schedule

Parts of the year

Our team generally breaks the year up into blocks

• Preseason
  The preseason usually starts 1 week after school starts and runs until build season starts.

• Build Season
  The Build Season start date is announced by FIRST and is generally the first or second Saturday in January.

• Competition Season The competition season follows build season and generally starts with the “week 0” event and runs until the end of the world championships.

• Off-season
  Following the world championships, the off-season starts and runs until school gets out.

• Summer
  Usually the team does not meet.

Events

A rough list of events and happenings in each of the blocks.

Preseason

• Parent Meeting
  • Mandatory meeting for new and returning members
  • Discuss Friends of 4909 fundraiser
  • Corporate Sponsorships
• Yankee Doodle parade
• Trainings
  • Tool Training
  • CAD Training
  • Design Challenges
  • Safety Training
• Off-season Events
  • Battle of the Bay (Usually in November)
  • River Rage
  • Beantown Blitz
  • Mainely Spirit (Usually in September)

Build Season

• Kickoff

Competition Season

• Week 0 (off-season event, usually the weekend before competition season starts)
• 2 district events
• District Championship (for teams that qualify)
• World Championship (for teams that qualify)

Off-season

• Battle Cry @ WPI (Usually in May)
• Student Leadership Elections/Selection for the following season

Summer

• No scheduled events