Onboarding: Parent / Guardian

Raptacon 3200 · 2026-27 season · 13 items
Everything you need to be a fully on-boarded member of Raptacon 3200 this season - what you need depends on your role. Most items check themselves off automatically from the team roster; the rest a mentor signs off.
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Join the Team

Sign up with Raptacon
Fill out this season's Raptacon sign-up form for your role (new or returning).
➤ Checks itself off from the team roster
Every season
Parent sign-up form
Team dues
You do this one for your student
$250/year if paid in full in the 1st quarter, or $270 over time - 3 payments of $90, due in October, December and March. Scholarships are available; ask the treasurer. Paid in full, on the payment plan, or on a scholarship all count as done. Nobody but you, your parents and the treasurer sees this.
➤ Checks itself off from the team roster - questions: Treasurer
Every seasonPrivate
Pay dues

Paperwork

Read and sign the team handbook
Read this season's Raptacon handbook and submit the acknowledgment form (no Google account needed). Students and their parent/guardian each submit one; a parent with two students submits once per student. Can't do it online? Sign the paper page and hand it to a mentor.
➤ Sign the form - checks itself off
Every season
Raptacon Handbook 2026-27 · Handbook acknowledgment form
Emergency contact and medical info on file
➤ Checks itself off from the team roster
Every seasonMentors only

FIRST Registration

FIRST Consent & Release form signed
You do this one for your student
Required by FIRST every season. A parent/guardian signs it for the student in the FIRST Dashboard - students, remind your parent; parents, this one's yours.
➤ Do it, then tell Lead Mentor (Chris Hirsch) - they confirm it
Every seasonAfter: Registered in the FIRST Dashboard

School District (CCSD)

CCSD volunteer forms
➤ Do it, then tell Lead Mentor (Chris Hirsch) - they confirm it
Only if: Registered as a CCSD school volunteerEvery seasonMentors only
CCSD fingerprinting
Becomes available after 150 volunteer hours.
➤ Do it, then tell Lead Mentor (Chris Hirsch) - they confirm it
Only if: Registered as a CCSD school volunteerOnceMentors onlyAfter: CCSD volunteer formsAfter: 150 volunteer hours
Background check complete
➤ Checks itself off from the team roster
Only if: Chaperones overnight tripsEvery seasonMentors only

Get Connected

Join the team Discord
➤ Check it off yourself
Once
Subscribe to the team calendar
➤ Check it off yourself
Once
Join Remind for team texts
Text @3200rapta to 81010.
➤ Check it off yourself
Every season

Help the Team

Sign up for Saturday food (2 minimum)
Bring food for at least two Saturday build sessions this season.
➤ Signed off by Food Coordinator
2 neededEvery season

Field Trips

Annual field trip form
You do this one for your student
One field trip form covers the whole season. Individual trips may still have their own forms and info - those are handled separately per trip.
➤ Do it, then tell Lead Mentor (Chris Hirsch) - they confirm it
Every seasonMentors only