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FIRST Mid-Atlantic’s priority is the safety and well-being of all students who attend our competitions.  FIRST requires that all volunteers be screened under its Youth Protection Policy (“YPP”).  In addition, and separate and apart from YPP screening, all volunteers must also comply with state laws governing volunteers who work with children.  In 2014, Pennsylvania changed its Child Protective Services Law, known as Act 153, to require volunteers working with children to complete specific screening requirements.

For more information on the new volunteer clearance requirements, please visit our Volunteer Clearances page.

Mid-Atlantic Robotics is seeking hosts for District Competitions in 2017 and beyond. If your team’s school or venue is interested in hosting a MAR District Competition, please fill out our Venue Evaluation Form and a member of the Venue Selection Committee will contact you to schedule a site visit.

Please contact Brian Sherman with any questions (bsherman @ midatlanticrobotics.org)

The guidelines for managing the 2015 Dean’s List interview process have been finalized and can be viewed here

All MAR members are cordially invited to attend a celebration of Donald Bowers’ career with FIRST and MAR as he retires as Regional Director.

MAR has scheduled seven District events for the 2015 season. The minimum capacity for each event is 31 teams, which will provide space for 108 teams. Each event also has a reserve capacity to accommodate team growth. With 8 rookies and nearly 88% of 2014 teams already confirmed to return, we expect to utilize much of the reserved capacity while still providing room for additional plays by MAR and non-MAR teams.

The Mid-Atlantic Robotics Competition Committee is pleased to announce the 2015 MAR District schedule as follows:

The MAR Outreach Committee has contacted the hotels within a 15 mile radius of Lehigh University. The following is a list of the hotels and their projected prices, before taxes. MAR is not using Steele Meetings or other travel agencies to hold rooms at various hotels because we wanted to keep the cost as low as possible.

The hotels along the MAR bus shuttle are marked. Schedule to follow. We expect to run a few shuttles in the morning and then in the evening. If there is a roboprom or other MAR event on Saturday night, we will run the shuttle to/from the event from all of the shuttle hotels.