Congratulations to the students who participated in SBEF’s and the District’s 4th annual Lego Robotics Competition on April 19, 2026!
Since December, 115 5th-8th graders from our elementary schools and Parkside met weekly to work in teams to design, build, and program their robots, following the First Lego League Curriculum.
At the final competition this past Sunday, the 5th grade teams across all elementary schools competed against each other, while the Parkside teams competed against each other. In a series of timed two-and-a-half minute rounds, the teams completed their missions and could earn points for teamwork, accuracy, and number of missions completed. The teams were observed and judged by volunteers from biotech company Abbvie, local colleges, and the Nueva High School robotics teacher.
Congrats to our competition winners!
5th Grade Winners:
1st place: Mini Pekka (John Muir)
Dominic Ablang, Nathan Estrella, Mason Ng, Johnathan Quintana
2nd place: The Nuggets (John Muir)
Michael Hernandez, Carlos Santos, Aayush Patel, Anson Cheng
3rd place: The Chaos Kroak Krew (John Muir)
Stephanie Liang, Riley Son, Jannah Abdelsalam
Robot Design Award: Perro Aguas (Allen)
Ethan Brickley, Lucas Pablo Urena, Carmela Balbuena, Nassim Adadoua
Core Values Award: Table Six (Portola)
Jonathan Yip, Dash Pinto, Mateo Youngberg
Parkside Winners:
1st Place: Rice Farmers (8th Grade)
Brandon Estrella, Tanner Fong, Lucas Cassell, Jaden Lam
2nd Place: Weaponized Chickens 3.0 (7th Grade)
Aiden Abdelsalam, Leo Ball, Braden Wang, Mukhil Kumaresan
3rd Place: Bean & Rice 2.0 (8th Grade)
Abigail Kim, Sol Velasco, Erin Lee, Lily Fung
Robot Design Award: Rubber Duckie 2.0 (6th Grade)
Nathan He, Paxton Michael Tejano, Artemii Voloshyn, Laila Cifuentes, Paul Saraiya
Core Values Award: The Glitchy Robots (6th Grade)
Jibreel Abdelsalam, Marcus Vandivort, Logan Ma, Miles Fenster, Ryan Lee
We would like to thank all the people and organizations that made this event possible:
🍎 Artichoke Joe‘s, Comcast, and community donors for helping SBEF support the afterschool Lego Robotics program and competition
🍎 San Bruno Park School District’s Michelle Graham and Seanna Vail for partnering with us on the Lego Robotics program
🍎 Lego Robotics coaches: Delany Marley (Belle Air), Joseph Hoyer and Vanessa Siu (Portola), Spencer Graham (John Muir & 8th grade at Parkside), Giorgio Smith (6th grade at Parkside) and Reid Brown and Lena Bedenok from Robotics Tech Club company (Allen & 7th grade at Parkside)
🍎 Volunteer judge and Portola parent Michelle Toft Graham and her team of volunteer judges from Abbvie
🍎 Volunteer judge Michelle Grau from Nueva High School
🍎 SBEF School Board President Kingsley Ma for serving as our fantastic emcee!
🍎 All the parents who volunteered to help staff the check-in table and serve lunch at the competition
It was another great year of this very popular STEM program, and we can’t wait to see you next year on the Lego mat!