Onboarding: Student

Raptacon 3200 · 2026-27 season · 17 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.
Name:

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
Student sign-up form
Team dues
Your parent / guardian does this one
$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
Photo / media release answered
Yes or no are both fine - we just need an answer on file.
➤ Checks itself off from the team roster
Every seasonMentors only

FIRST Registration

Registered in the FIRST Dashboard
Create/renew your FIRST account and join team 3200's roster.
➤ Do it, then tell Lead Mentor (Chris Hirsch) - they confirm it
Every season
FIRST Dashboard
FIRST Consent & Release form signed
Your parent / guardian does this one
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

Safety

Safety test passed
Students and mentors take the same test.
➤ Do it, then tell Safety Mentor or Lead Mentor (Chris Hirsch) - they confirm it
Every season
Safety test (Schoology)
Shop safety orientation
Walkthrough with a mentor: PPE, e-stops, fire extinguisher, first aid, hair and loose clothing, shop rules.
➤ Signed off by Safety Mentor or Lead Mentor (Chris Hirsch)
Every seasonAfter: Safety test passed
Your safety glasses
The team gives you one pair of safety glasses. Label them clearly with your name and keep them in the safety glasses pocket. Grab them from the pocket at the start of every meeting and put them back when you leave.
➤ Signed off by any Mentor
Every season

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
GitHub account linked
Create a GitHub account with your first and last name as the username - firstnamelastname, e.g. janedoe (add a number if it's taken). It's easy for the team to find and looks good on a resume later. Then add it to your sign-up form (returning members: use the "Updated GitHub username" question). This is also the first step of the Kanban tree.
➤ Checks itself off from the team roster
Once

Get Started

First 10 hours at the shop
Check in and out at meetings - hours come straight from the check-in system.
➤ Checks itself off from the team roster
10 hoursEvery season
Choose your track
Shadow each subteam, then pick a primary tree and meet its lead. You can switch or add more later. This unlocks the Baseline tree.
➤ Signed off by Subteam Lead or Lead Mentor (Chris Hirsch)
Every seasonAfter: Shop safety orientation

Field Trips

Annual field trip form
Your parent / guardian does this one
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