Overview: Coaches camp is a 3.5 hour in-person training that will kick off our 2026-27 First Lego League season. We will go over logistics for the season and break off into groups to learn about each component of Lego League (core values, robot design and coding, and the innovation project). There will be sessions geared toward new coaches and veteran coaches.
All participants will have a continental breakfast during the training.
Coaches who are paid on the teacher schedule will have coaches camp count toward their overall stipend.
Date: Saturday, August 22, 2026
Overview: The purpose of the virtual coaches meetings is to provide regular updates and support for our Lego League coaches. Attending the meetings are optional, though encouraged, and they will always be recorded and put on our website.
Dates: Mondays (or Tuesdays in case of TCDs) from 4 -4:45 p.m. on Microsoft Teams (on calendar invites)
August 24
September 8 (Tuesday)
September 21
October 5
October 20 (Tuesday)
November 2
November 16
December 1 (Tuesday)
December 14
January 11
January 26
February 1 (office hours before qualifier)
TBD (state teams only)
Overview: Scrimmages are a fun, optional, and informal way for teams to get together in-person before the GSD qualifier to share out what their teams have worked on for their innovation project and for their robot coding and design.
We host our scrimmages on a Saturday at a local library, with a location for teams on the east side and on the west side.
Dates: Saturday, January 9 and January 23 at the Kearns library and the Granite library
Overview: The Granite School District Qualifier is an all-day event that is the culmination and celebration of your team’s work this season! All teams in the Granite School District are invited to attend. At the qualifier, teams will present their robot design and innovation project to judges, and will be scored on their robot games. Teams that receive an ACE certificate will go on to the state tournament.
Date: February 27, 2027 at Granger High School
Overview: Teams that qualify from Granite School District’s Qualifier will go on to the state tournament, which will be hosted by a new group this year (previously Weber State). There, they will present their robot design and innovation project to judges, and be scored on their robot games. The winner of the state tournament will go on to the World tournament.
Date: March 13, 2027 at TBD
August/September Goals
Recruit team
Set up calendar for meetings
Build Lego models
Build robot and begin learning programming
October Goals
Finish building Lego models
Finalize robot
Start coming up with innovation ideas
Learn EV3 programming
November Goals
Finish building Lego models
Work on 1-2 robot games per team
Begin working on innovation project
December goals
Work on 1-2 robot games per team
Choose innovation idea
January goals
Robot games, run all the missions in order
Students are able to grade themselves on robot games
Innovation project research and finalize
Innovation project create presentation and practice
Students can grade themselves on core values
February goals
Qualifier