FSY

FSY Registration Information

Bishoprics can begin approving youth for FSY registration on September 10, 2024. Youth can then preregister for FSY from October 22, 2024, to January 14, 2025.  During preregistration, youth can indicate their session and group preferences. This significantly improves their chances of attending their preferred session with up to five other youth if desired. Some processes have changed from previous years, including no longer accommodating requests for stakes to attend together.

All youth participating in an FSY conference must meet the following requirements: 

• Youth must be no younger than 14 by December 31 of the year they attend and no older than 18 by the end of the FSY session they attend.

• Youth must strive to follow the principles taught in the following link: For the Strength of Youth: A Guide for Making Choices.

• Be willing to follow the behaviors outlined in the following links: FSY Conference Standards of Conduct and FSY Policies.

• Youth must not have committed or be suspected of committing a sexual offense or felony, whether convicted or not.

In addition to the requirements above, youth attending in-person sessions must meet the following requirements:

• Youth must stay with their group and be able to safely participate in person at an FSY conference.  Please see FSY Conference Accessibility for more information.

• Youth must be able to self-regulate behaviorally, socially, and emotionally and be capable of managing their personal safety and mental and physical health.

• Youth must be fully recovered from any hospitalization for mental health, inpatient treatment, self-harm, or suicidal-related behaviors. Youth who have attempted suicide or who have ongoing struggles with self-harm or suicidal ideation should likely attend a virtual FSY conference rather than an in-person FSY conference. The bishopric member submitting approvals must speak with his stake president and the youth’s parents or guardians before approving in-person FSY conference attendance for youth who have a history or ongoing struggles with these challenges.

•  Youth must not be on probation or parole for any crime. If a bishopric member would like to approve a youth on probation or parole to attend an FSY session, they must contact FSY conferences and receive permission to do so (1-800-453-3860, extension 2-1911).

• Youth must have a parent or guardian or a designated adult willing and available to pick them up from FSY at any time within 2.5 hours of notice.

Youth Participation Agreement 

All youth must sign a youth participation agreement during registration, which includes the FSY Conferences Standards of Conduct.  Youth agree to abide by these standards while at the conference. Breaking the FSY Conference Standards of Conduct will result in speaking with the youth’s parents or bishop and may result in the youth returning home immediately at the youth’s own expense with no refund.

Here is a link to: Frequently Asked Questions regarding FSY

IMPORTANT DATES:

October 22, 2024 - January 14, 2025 - On-cycle Pre-registration

• • Pre-registration is available to approved youth. There is no preference given to youth that pre-register first over those who pre-register last.

January 16 - January 29, 2025 - On-cycle Pre-registration Finalization

• • At the beginning of this phase, session assignments are announced to youth who have completed their pre-registration.

    • Session assignments can be viewed on their FSY Dashboard, and will also be emailed or texted to youth and parents (though this may take a few days).

  • Registration should be finalized for youth who were given a session assignment.

    • Youth may decline their assignment by not finalizing it during this phase.  If registration is not finalized in this phase, their reserved spot will be forfeited.

January 20 - February 12, 2025 - On-cycle Priority Registration 

• • Youth that pre-registered and didn't finalize their session assignment, or didn't receive an assigned session, may register for one of their stake's assigned sessions, and already registered youth may transfer.

February 13 - February 26, 2025 - On-cycle Standard Registration

• • All approved youth, including those who did not pre-register, may register for one of their stake's assigned sessions. Approved youth who have already registered may transfer.

Beginning February 27, 2025 - On-cycle Open Registration

• • Approved youth may register for any* available spot in their country of residence and already registered youth may transfer.

Beginning March 13, 2025 - Off-cycle Registration

• • When this phase begins, chances of on-cycle youth getting into their preferred session drop drastically. It is strongly recommended that on-cycle youth register before this date.

* Sessions in Hawaii are reserved for residents of Hawaii.