TSA Individual Entries DUE Tomorrow 2/21!
ALL MRC Student TSA Regional Individual Entries are DUE TO McKamy Robotics Lab tomorrow, February 21, 2017 WITH a TSA Coversheet for EACH entry. Student TSA ID #s for 2016-2017 are located in Parent Access Area of our Website. Students are responsible for adhering to any TSA requirements. McKamy MS pays for the first (2) entries per student. For any additional entries a student brings the $3 per entry in cash or check payable to McKamy Robotics Booster Club.
Parents can bring them afterschool at 4pm or student can drop off that morning before the first bell in the Robotics lab for check-in, so student does not have to carry around school all day.
MRC will take all McKamy entries together to TSA Regional event for check-in on Friday, March 3rd. Students are not physically required to be present at the Saturday, March 4th Regional TSA event unless the entry specifically requires them to be onsite for interview/activity.
Please see the link on suggested dress for interviews at Regional and State level. For Regional all MRC students doing an interview or onsite event are to wear nice slacks, shirt and dress shoes. If attending the event to observe would wear their MRC T-Shirt and Jeans. The TSA dress is however required for all students advancing to State and National Qualifying entry advancing to national. TSA Dress: http://www.tsaweb.org/Dress-Code
All entries MUST begin at Regional level before eligible to advance to State and/or National.
Almost all entries the State level is the highest they compete. National Qualifying Events advance to National. Here is the link for full 2016-2017 TSA Rules and State Categories: http://www.texastsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/05_16-17-Rulebook_MS-12_10.pdf TSA
National Qualifying Entries: National qualifying entries are different from state entries. Please refer to the MRC website and posted links. All entries begin at Regional level before advancing to State and then National. Here is the link for 2016-2017 TSA National Qualifying Events Rules and National categories: http://www.texastsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/04_16-17-Rulebook_NQE-10_17.pdf
Unique to Texas are onsite events. Here is the link for rules and categories. http://www.texastsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/03_16-17-Rulebook_UTE-10_17.pdf
Any questions, please see/contact Mr. Blalack (blalackp@lisd.net) or contact Shveta Gupta from MRBC (mckamyrobotics@gmail.com).
Thanks,
Mrs. Shveta Gupta
