2026 Awards & Recipients

FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge (Grades 4–8)

Champion – 1st Place: PIEMunchers – Community Team

Champion – 2nd Place: FLLintstone Explorers – Community Team

Core Values Award: Ancient Bricks – Community Team

Innovation Project Award: Bluenose Academy 1 – Bluenose Academy

Robot Design Award: Go Go Girls – Community Team

Robot Performance Award: FLLintstone Explorers – Community Team

Breakthrough Award: Chicken Robots – Community Team

Rising All-Star Award: Lego BROS – Community Team

Motivate Award: Legos R Us – Imhotep's Legacy Academy / Dalhousie University

1st Place: Techno Ninjas 2 – Community Team

2nd Place: Highlander Bots – King's-Edgehill School

3rd Place: Bluenose Academy Robotics – Bluenose Academy

4th Place: Sacred Sharks 8 – Sacred Heart School Halifax

5th Place: Hydrostone Hydras – Hydrostone Academy

1st Place: Techno Ninjas – Community Team

2nd Place: The Wombots – Community Team

3rd Place: BMHS Highlanders – Bernice MacNaughton High School

4th Place: Devi Angels Sr 2 – Devi School

5th Place: Devi Angels Sr 1 – Devi School

Outstanding Rookie Coach Award: Geof Marshal and Molly Young – Bluenose Academy

Outstanding Coach Award: Thomas Campbell and Thomas Hammond – Community Team

Outstanding Rookie Coach Award: Sarah Loo – Oyster Pond Academy

Outstanding Coach Award: José Dias – Sandy Lake Academy

The Lynn Chipman Memorial Outstanding Volunteer Award: Laura Nelson

Karen Wilder Award (Perseverance, Resilience, and Courage in Overcoming Challenges): Jason Calnen

Walsh Award (Sustained Involvement and Positive Role Model): Jenna Watson Findley