In this weeks Blog

Volunteers needed for Covington Semifinals!

Semifinal Assignment update!

Coaches chat tomorrow at 7pm

Next season update

Make sure you read the entire blog!

Urgent! Volunteers needed for Covington Semifinals!

Our two Covington Semifinal events are in need of judges this weekend! If your team is not attending an event, please consider volunteering! No experience neeeded! Sign up through your dashboard on firstinspires.org or email nataliej@firstwa.org 

Semifinal Assignments, Awards and Advancement Numbers

Numbers of advancing teams from all events are posted here

Awards and advancement info from the events is posted here. 

Teams advancing to the Semifinals have their assignments posted. Assignments are final at this time.

Very few teams asked to switch out of the Seattle Semifinals (1/24-1/25) so I was unable to accomodate most requests.

FIRST LEGO League Changes for next season and beyond

This morning FIRST and LEGO Education announced the reimagining of the FIRST LEGO League program as well as the retirement of the SPIKE equipment (Prime and Essential). https://education.lego.com/en-gb/spike-update-2026/ 

Read the blog post and watch the video for more info- https://community.firstinspires.org/new-era-first-lego-league-future-edition

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lego-education-announces-hands-on-computer-science–ai-learning-solution-302657732.html 

I do not have any more information than you do at this time, nor have any decisions been made for what the next season looks like in Washington. When I do I will share it here and on the FIRSTWA FLL Facebook page. Thanks for your patience!

Important Dates & Deadlines

• January 13 – Coaches Chat
• January 17/18 – Semifinals
• January 24/25 – Semifinals
• January 24- Eastern WA State
• February  1st – Western WA State

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