Los Angeles Region FIRST® LEGO® League (LAR FLL)
2011 Events

How to Register for Events

Demonstrations and Expositions

 DAY DATE TIME LOCATION EVENT DESCRIPTION TEAMS
 Monday Jan. 25 6:30-7:30 PM Santa Monica Franklin Elementary Science Club 2776
 Monday Feb. 21 7:30-1:30 Raytheon, El Segundo Math Moves U Day, Engineers Week 2531, 2769, 3914
 Friday Mar. 25 10:00-3:00 Long Beach Arena Los Angeles Regional FIRST Robotics Competition 468, 1725
 Saturday Mar. 26 10:00-3:00 Long Beach Arena Los Angeles Regional FIRST Robotics Competition 2531, 2769, 2903
 Saturday April 30 10:00-12:30 El Camino College Space Science Day 10203, 10315

Other LEGO Robotics Events

 DAY DATE TIME LOCATION EVENT DESCRIPTION CONTACT
 Saturday Mar. 5 9:00-3:00 LEGOLAND California, CarlsbadSpring Showdown Paul Kass
 Saturday May 5 9:45-12:15CS Polytecnhic University PomonaSTEM Through Guided Discovery
5th Annual Robot Rally		 Dr. Jawa

Robotics Summer Camps

U.S. list compiled by Dr. Ken Berry for Robot Magazine

AstroCamp in Idlewild

Camp LEGObotics in Solvang

Destination Science camps in Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties

PlanetBravo: Vex Robotics camps in Beverly Hills, El Segundo, Santa Monica, Studio City

Coach and/or Teacher Training Workshops

U.S. and U.K. list compiled by Dr. Ken Berry  for Robot Magazine

 DAY DATE TIME LOCATION EVENT DESCRIPTION / LINK TO FLYER CONTACT
 Saturday Feb. 26 8:00-3:30 LEGOLAND California, Carlsbad Robotics Workshop Lynn Crockett
 Saturday June 4 9:30-3:00 Rancho Rosal Elementary, Camarillo FLL Introduction for Coaches* LeRoy Nelson
 Saturday July 23 9:00-2:00 Girl Scouts, Montrose FLL Introduction for Coaches* Tony Ayad**
 Sunday July 24 9:00-2:00 Girl Scouts, Montrose FLL Advanced Mindstorms NXT-G
 Programming for Coaches*		 Tony Ayad**
 Saturday Sept. 10 9:00-12:00 Orcutt Academy High School, Orcutt FLL Coach's Clinic by Nancy McIntyre Ty Fredriks
 Saturday Sept. 24 8:00-3:30 LEGOLAND California, Carlsbad Hands-On Robotics Workshop Lynn Crockett
 Sunday October 2 9:00-1:00 Girl Scouts,  Montrose Mid-Season Workshop for Coaches Tony Ayad**
 Saturday Feb. 25, 2012 8:00-3:30 LEGOLAND California, Carlsbad Hands-On Robotics Workshop Lynn Crockett

*  Copies of slides presented by LeRoy Nelson and Tony Ayad at Coach Training workshops are on Team Resources.
** Tony Ayad is the coach of the LOL Comets, the LAR FLL Champion's Award Winners in 2009 and 2010.

Challenge Release Workshops

Challenge Release Workshops (CRW) are intended to help new teams get off to a good start for the Challenge. These workshops will cover the game, the project, team organization, core values, and strategies for new teams. A full field setup will be available. Each team will receive a printed color copy of the Challenge documentation. Coaches, mentors, students and parents are welcome to attend.

Note: Coaches of teams that receive Rockwell Collins New FLL Team Grants are required to attend either a coach and/or teacher training workshop or a challenge release workshop.

 DAY              DATE        TIME LOCATION EVENT DESCRIPTION / LINK TO FLYER CONTACT 
 Friday Sept. 2 6:30-8:30 PM Manhattan Beach Middle School MPR Los Angeles FLL CRW LeRoy Nelson
 Saturday Sept. 3 10:00 AM-Noon Rancho Rosal School MPR, Camarillo Camarillo PVEF FLL CRW LeRoy Nelson
 Saturday Sept. 3 2:00 - 4:00 PM Roosevelt Middle School, Glendale Glendale FLL CRW LeRoy Nelson
 Monday Sept. 5 6:30-8:30 PM Manhattan Beach Manhattan Beach FLL CRW LeRoy Nelson
 Sunday Sept. 11 2:00 - 4:00 PM Manhattan Beach Manhattan Beach FLL CRW LeRoy Nelson
 Sunday Oct. 2 10:00 AM-Noon Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, 
 Lancaster		 Antelope Valley FLL CRW Adriane 
 Holmes
 Saturday Oct. 8 10:00 AM-Noon Manhattan Beach Manhattan Beach FLL CW LeRoy Nelson

Event Types

Community Events (also called Practice Events, formerly called Local Events)

Each team is encouraged to attend a Community Event prior to attending a Qualifying Event. A team may attend more than one Community Event if space is available at each event, i.e., no team that only applied for a single Community Event is on any of the Wait Lists. Registration for most fall Community Events will be open October 1-15, 2011. 

 DAY DATES TIME LOCATION EVENT DESCRIPTION CONTACT
 Saturday April 30 10:00-12:30 El Camino College, Torrance El Camino College FLL Tournament LeRoy Nelson
 Saturday Oct. 22 8:00-12:00 Eagle Rock Plaza, Eagle Rock Eagle Rock Plaza FLL Tournament LeRoy Nelson
 Sunday Oct. 23    
 Saturday Oct. 29 8:00-5:00 Lancaster High School, Lancaster High Desert LEGO Tournament FRC Team 399
 Saturday Oct. 29 8:00-5:00 La Canada High School, La Canada Blockhead Bash III Steve Zimmerman
 Saturday Oct. 29 8:30-2:30 Dos Caminos Elementary School,
 Camarillo		 Camarillo PVEF FLL Tournament Carey Smith
 Saturday Oct. 29 9:00-5:00 Olga Reed Elementary School, Los Alamos Los Alamos FLL Tournament Ty Fredriks
 Sunday Oct. 30 8:00-12:00 135th Street Elementary School, Gardena Gardena FLL Tournament Charles Cho
 Saturday Nov. 5 8:00-5:00 El Segundo Middle School, El Segundo El Segundo FLL Tournament Meredith Beachly
 Sunday Nov. 6 8:00-4:00 Mesa Union School, Somis Mesa Union School FLL Tournament Susan Nemets
 Sunday Dec. 4 8:00-5:00 LEGOLAND California, Carlsbad FLL Cup (Full) Lynn Crockett
 Saturday Feb. 11, 2012 9:00-5:00 LEGOLAND California, Carlsbad FLL Invitational Lynn Crockett


More information and events will be added as they become available.

Community Event Registration Fee

Payment instructions are available for each community event by clicking on the Event Description link above.

For the 10/22 Eagle Rock Plaza FLL Tournament and the 11/5 El Segundo FLL Tournament, the tournament registration fee may be made by check payable to "Los Angeles Robotics" or by Credit Card (via PayPal), due by 10/20/2011. Mail checks to:
Los Angeles Robotics
Attn: LeRoy Nelson, Treasurer
1457 3rd St
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266

You do not need a PayPal account to pay via PayPal. Here is the PayPal payment button:

Community Events
Team number(s)

Qualifying Events

Teams may only attend one Los Angeles Region FLL qualifying event. Teams that attend qualifying events or championship events in other regions are not eligible to attend Los Angeles Region FLL qualifying events. Registration for Qualifying Events will be open October 1-15, 2011. When you register for the California-Los Angeles FLL Qualifying Tournaments, you will be able to specify your first, second and third choice events from the following list. 

 DAY DATE TIME LOCATION EVENT DESCRIPTION CONTACT
 Saturday Nov. 12 8:00-5:00 Stevenson Ranch Stevenson Ranch FLL Qualifying Tournament Dennis Smalley
 Sunday Nov. 13 8:00-5:00 Canoga Park Canoga Park FLL Qualifying Tournament Fredrick Sayadian
 Saturday Nov. 19 8:00-5:00 La Canada La Canada FLL Qualifying Tournament Steve Zimmerman
 Saturday Nov. 19 9:00-5:00 Camarillo Camarillo PFEF FLL Qualifying Tournanent Darren Patnoe
 Sunday Nov. 20 8:00-5:00 Thousand Oaks Cal Lutheran FLL Qualifying Tournament Robert Rumer
 Saturday Dec. 3 8:00-5:00 Lancaster Antelope Valley FLL Qualifying Tournament Adriane Holmes
 Saturday Dec. 3 8:00-5:00 Manhattan Beach Manhattan Beach FLL Qualifying Tournament LeRoy Nelson
 Sunday Was Dec. 4;
 Rescheduled
 Dec. 11		 8:00-5:00 San Gabriel San Gabriel FLL Qualifying Tournament Jacqueline Avakian


More information will be added as it become available.

Qualifying Tournament Registration Fee

After registration closes on October 15, teams that have paid the tournament registration fee will be matched to events based on their event choices, with priority being given to teams hosting events but not attending their own events, teams that received grants, and teams with limited choices because of religious restrictions, etc. Travel distance, the order of payment and the order of registration will also be considered for events that are oversubscribed.

Teams that received FIRST Team Hardship or Rockwell Collins grants will have their qualifying tournament registration fees paid by another grant. Teams supported by Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles (GSGLA) and Pleasant Valley Education Foundation (PVEF) will have their fees paid directly by those organizations.

For other teams, payment of the $60 qualifying tournament registration fee may be made by check payable to "Los Angeles Robotics" or by Credit Card (via PayPal), due by 10/20/2011. Mail checks to:
Los Angeles Robotics
Attn: LeRoy Nelson, Treasurer
1457 3rd St
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266

You do not need a PayPal account to pay via PayPal. Here is the PayPal payment button:

Team number(s)

Qualifying Tournament Assignments

Los Angeles Region FLL 2011 Qualifying Tournament Assignments (4 pages, PDF)

Regional Championship Event

By invitation only. Approximately 25% of teams from each Qualifying Event will advance to the Championship Event.

 DAY DATE TIME LOCATION EVENT DESCRIPTION CONTACT
 Saturday Dec. 17 8:00-6:00 Chatsworth Los Angeles Region FLL Championship Tournament LeRoy Nelson

This event will be confirmed and additional details will be posted in September.

Open Championship Events

By invitation only. Only teams that do well at regional championship events can qualify.

 DAYS DATES TIME LOCATION  EVENT DESCRIPTION CONTACT
 Saturday-Sunday May 21-22, 2011 8:30-4:30 LEGOLAND California, Carlsbad FLL North American Open
 Tournament of Champions		 Lynn Crockett
 Friday-Sunday May 18-20, 2012 8:30-4:30 LEGOLAND California, Carlsbad FLL North American Open
 Tournament of Champions		 Lynn Crockett

FLL World Festival

By invitation only. Only teams that do well at regional championship events can qualify.

 DAYS DATES LOCATION EVENT DESCRIPTION
 Wednesday-Saturday April 27-30, 2011 Edward Jones Dome, America's Center Convention Complex,
 St. Louis, Missouri		 FLL World Festival and
 20th Anniversary of FIRST
 Wednesday-Saturday April 25-28, 2012 Edward Jones Dome, America's Center Convention Complex,
 St. Louis, Missouri		 FLL World Festival
 Wednesday-Saturday April 24-27, 2013 Edward Jones Dome, America's Center Convention Complex,
 St. Louis, Missouri		 FLL World Festival