Scilympiad Accounts: Parents need to make accounts in Scilympiad in order to sign the waiver forms. Head coaches, please remind your team parents to sign these; they are required for competition. However, students do not need to create an account on Scilympiad because the tournament is an in-person tournament that will take place on Sat, Mar 16 at Canyon Middle School.

Naked Egg Drop announcements:

- Online signup opened yesterday, and most of the teams have already signed up for a time slot for this event. If your team hasn't signed up yet, head coaches should sign up at this link.

- Impound: Please note that Naked Egg Drop requires Impound. On the morning of competition, the students participating in this event need to drop off their device in the gym and leave it there. Impound allows for fairness teams competing later will not have more time to work on their device than those competing earlier in the day. Impound will open at 7:30 am in the gym.

Morning of Competition: We ask that the head coaches check in with us at H-1 (Headquarters) between 7:30 am and 8:00 am. Please note that because the release forms and roster are collected prior to the tournament, coaches do not need to bring anything to check in.

Schedule and Map: An updated schedule and map have been posted here. The preliminary room assignments for the events are now included and the 5th block end time has been corrected from 12:15 to 12:25.

Team Numbers: Team numbers have been assigned.

Rules Clarifications: Many of you have submitted really great questions regarding the event rules. We have been documenting these and you can see all of them here.

Official Team Members Roster Requirement: Our current practice at the Bay Area Regional Science Olympiad is for the head coach of the team to bring and submit a final official roster of participating students (up to 6 members on the team) on the day of the tournament during the morning check-in time. If there is a change in the composition of the team, this is simply recorded on the roster that you bring on the day of the event.

Wristbands will be provided for your team members. You will receive up to six (6) wristbands, depending on the size of your team, when you check-in. Please be aware that there is no maximum or minimum number of events that a given student must compete in. We are aware that teams may employ an organizational system that includes maximum or minimum numbers in order to manage the team and schedule, but that is not a requirement of the Bay Area Regional Science Olympiad program.

[Urgent] Online Sign Up for Self-Scheduling Naked Egg Drop: We will be using Scilympiad to let head coaches sign up for the Naked Egg Drop event. To access this, log into the head coach dashboard, then click on “Self-scheduled Event Signup”. From there, select the time slot that your team wants to compete in Naked Egg Drop. Or click this link.  Please note that self-schedule will open Wed, Feb 28, 4:30 PM and will close on Wed, March 13, 4:30 PM

Release Forms: This year, the release form is available digitally on Scilympiad. The release should be signed by the parents/legal guardians of the students but not the students themselves.  The head coach should go to the Head Coach Dashboard, click on “Release Forms,” then copy the red link above the green button (NOT the browser URL) and share that link with the parents/guardians of each participant along with the Parent Instructions below.

    Please note that each school has a different link. Parents/legal guardians should create an account to sign this form (they should not be using their student’s account to sign this, if the student has an account).

To see the list of participants from your teams with completed releases, go to the Head Coach Dashboard, click on “Verifications/Checklist,” and click on “Releases.” If the parents/legal guardians spell their student’s name the same way you      did, the system will automatically put a checkmark for “Release Submitted” on the student pool page. However, if they are different (e.g. Bob vs Bobby), you can still manually check the box under “Release Submitted” on the student page.

Science Olympiad Code of Ethics & General Rules: Please review with your students and parents the Science Olympiad Code of Ethics & General Rules.

Awards Ceremony: Awards Ceremony is expected to take place in the Gym at 2:45 PM and should last approximately an hour.

Parking: When you arrive on campus on Saturday, please park in the open lot.

Emergencies: On tournament day, for emergencies, please call 911. For less urgent matters, head coaches may ask for help in Tournament Headquarters in room H-1.