2025-2026 Season
Our first season is a friendly pilot year to learn the flow of FIRST LEGO League.
Overview
This is our first season—a friendly pilot year to learn the flow of FIRST LEGO League. Throughout the season we will be learning the ropes of facilitating a FIRST LEGO League team. While in this first year we do not plan on going to the regional competition we will host an event once we have completed the course so students can present the robots they have built, and explain the process they went through to solve the challenge.
Team Composition
For the pilot year, we will aim to host a team of 8-12 5th Grade Students who are excited to learn about the engineering process. Within the LEGO League our team will be completing the Challenge curriculum which is designated for grades 4th-8th.
Future Goals & Vision
We’re excited about what’s ahead. Our vision is to expand this opportunity to upwards of 24 students—growing a welcoming, collaborative space where kids can learn, build, and cheer each other on. As we grow, we’ll keep strengthening community partnerships and creating new chances to learn and compete together.
How that scales: in FIRST LEGO League Challenge, each team competes with one robot. Programs that grow to ~24 students usually form 2–3 small teams (8–10 students each), each with its own robot, coach support, and event registration. Within each team, students often rotate through sub‑teams (strategy, build, code, testing) so everyone contributes.
- Option A (common): 2–3 official teams, each fields one competition robot.
- Option B: One registered team plus practice squads that scrimmage internally; add more official teams the following year.
- Shared community: hold joint practices and friendly scrimmages between teams.
The Challenge
Each season has a new theme that connects STEM learning to the real world. For 2025–2026, the FIRST LEGO League Challenge theme is UNEARTHED — inviting teams to dig into the stories, systems, and discoveries hidden beneath the surface. Students think like engineers and investigators as they explore how we uncover, interpret, and build on what came before us.
Guided by this theme, teams design, build, and program a LEGO robot to interact with a themed field model and complete missions that represent real challenges. Along the way, they practice creative problem‑solving, planning, and iteration — learning how to turn ideas into tested solutions with clear communication and teamwork.
Beyond the robot, students explore the UNEARTHED topic more broadly: they research a related question, consider simple solutions or prototypes, and share what they learned with others. Talking to teachers, families, or community members often sparks new insights and helps connect their work to everyday life.
The season typically begins with the theme reveal in late summer. Teams then meet regularly to build skills, make progress on their robot and research, and prepare for friendly scrimmages or qualifier events. At events, students present their thinking, demonstrate their robot, and are celebrated for Core Values like discovery, inclusion, and teamwork.
Costs & What’s Included
Participation fee: Free for the pilot season. Thanks to our generous sponsors, all core costs are covered including registration, shared kit access, and a team shirt.