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Check this page often for updates on WSO announcements, tournaments, events, NSO information, and coaching tips.
> Announcements/Registration Info
> WSO Schedule
> Trial Events
> Teams Advancing to State Tournament
> Meeting and Coaching Workshops
> Coaching Tips / Information
Registration for the 2023-24 season began 9/19/23. General registration is at https://washingtonscienceolympiad.com/regform.pdf ... with actual team registration at https://scilympiad.com/wa. Registration deadline is 1/15/24 (with 12/1/23 as early deadline for NW teams).
2023-24 Fees and Discounts:
- $275 per returning team registration fee (increase due to nationals increasing membership fee states pay per team);
- $100 discount available for new schools now thru 1/15/24 registration deadline;
- $100 discount per 3 or more teams from a school starting 12/2/23 on space-available basis;
- $100 discount available for non-Washington teams on space-available basis starting 12/2/23.
Contact State Director with fee/discount questions and tournament space availability.
Link to electronic rules manuals: on national Science Olympiad web site national Science Olympiad.
No more than 6 teams from one school may register prior to December 2.
When registering on https://scilympiad.com/wa, be sure to finalize registration by completing the payment screen. With applied discount (as appropriate), amount due is what must be paid. IF any amt is showing due, your team registration is not finalized. Teams with finalized registration will be assigned a team number - when showing on coach dashboard, only then is your registration official.
2024 Rule Clarifications - Check NSO site
WSO Unified Schedule - All tournaments in Washington follow the WSO Unified Schedule (invitational, regional, state). See following link for DRAFT schedule (to be finalized by 10/15/23):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pgWZB0SWDx5_NnZJX7Nqgl9EuGf5PK3M90Awk7LbDrk/edit?usp=sharing
Notes:
(1) Coaches/teams: Updated schedule info will also be posted to https://scilympiad.com/wa - be sure to keep abreast of any changes.
(2) WSO events and schedule ARE different than national schedule. Coaches, PLEASE do not fully engage your team into events until the FINAL WSO Unified Schedule is posted ... e.g., do NOT use the national schedule included at the back of the 2023-24 rules manuals.
Pilot and trial events are selected by the WSO Board of Directors based on coach feedback/request and/or trial events that are scheduled to become regular events in later years on the national SO lineup. Normally, pilot/trial events are only conducted at the state tournament; HOWEVER, this season two events - different from the national rules manual - will be scored as regular events in all regional and state tournaments: Sustainable Energy-B/C (replaces Wind Power) and Quantum Quandaries-C (additional event). Rules are at:
Sustainable Energy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JZISBCnv9ogyPxPrLfkHt_I3xlGDWFUof5gZ4EslujE/edit?usp=share_link
Quantum Quandaries: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SKMHKWO2kMDxlZMp5L-qQ-G7YBxcE-kk/view?usp=share_link
Events differing from the national slate of events will be identified in the WSO Unified Schedule.
Number of Teams Advancing from Regional Tournament to State Tournament:
#s for 2023-24 will be posted ASAP after last regional tournament is run. See formula below for determination of advancing teams per regional tournament.
**B Division: Eastern - ; NW - ; SW -
**C Division: Eastern - ; NW - ; SW -
The WSO policy of no more than 2 teams from one school advancing to the state tournament still applies. For 2023-24, WSO is trialing a new policy:
For teams that do not qualify for the state tournament AND had members who ranked 1st in any event at the regional tournament, those members will be invited to attend the state tournament to compete in that/those event/s ONLY. More details to follow!
___________________________**Formula for in-person tournament advancement from regional to state:
Numbers are determined after the registration deadline (Jan 15).
To determine the number of teams advancing from regional tournaments to the state tournament in each division, the following formula shall be applied:
Resulting fractional numbers will be rounded down (.1 to .4) or rounded up (.5 to .9).
Example:
If there are 79 B teams registered statewide and 20 B teams can be accommodated at the state tournament. There are four regions:
Region 1 has 18 teams
Region 2 has 24 teams
Region 3 has 23 teams
Region 4 has 14 teams
Based on the formula above and 20 teams/division at the state tournament, the following number of teams should* advance to the state tournament:
Region 1 will send 5 teams (
Region 2 will send 6 teams
Region 3 will send 6 teams
Region 4 will send 4 teams
*In years when rounding up results in more teams being eligible for State than the tournament is able to accommodate (as identified in the above example, where 21 teams should advance), the region/s with the greater number of teams will be given priority. In the example above, this would be the actual number of teams that advance to the state tournament based on only 20 teams being accommodated:
Region 1 – 5 teams
Region 2 – 6 teams
Region 3 – 6 teams
Region 4 – 3 teams (even though the formula allowed for rounding up to 4 teams, with only 14 teams, this region has the fewest number of registered teams; therefore, the other regions are given priority in advancing to the state tournament).**EXCEPTION based on tournament composition: If any tournament has non-geographic teams registered, above formula will be changed as follows:
Within the tournament, local and non-geographic teams will be considered separately in determining # of teams advancing to state with any rounding-up issues resulting in a higher overall # of teams advancing going in the local region's favor.
For example, based on overall tournament registration, 6 teams would advance to the state tournament. Based on local vs non-geographical team #s (and accounting for rounding up), 2.5 local teams and 3.75 non-geographical teams would advance, then local teams would have 3 teams advance and non-geographical teams would have 3 teams advance.
MEETINGS & COACHING WORKSHOPS:
Meetings and Coaching Workshops - Click on link for information about the NSO Summer Insitiute and other clinics.
For a list of invitational tournaments (opportunities to practice prior to regional tournaments), check out the Tournaments page.
There will be a Division A (Elementary) Coaches Clinic in the SW region on 9/30/23. Contact swwascioly@gmail.com for info. Division A Tournament is 11/18/23.
COACHING TIPS:
Probes and other measurement devices are used in a variety of Science Olympiad events like Bio-Process (B) and Technical Problem Solving (C). Texas Instruments has many products that meet event requirements. See their web site for product and education details: http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/homePage/index.html
Information on funding and grants for TI products: http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/sectionHome/grantandfunding.html
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