Division B - News and Updates
Grades 6-9
Date: Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025
Location: San Diego Miramar College
Regional competition will go on rain or shine. Come prepared
Pre-Tournament
Division B Head Coach Action Items and Deadlines
Subject to the completion of Head Coach Action Items listed below, Participant and Head Coach wristbands will be available for pick up at Head Coach Check-in.
Students will not be allowed to compete without wristbands. If a wristband is defective or damaged, the coach and student must bring the wristband to headquarters for validation and replacement before student is allowed to compete.
| Action | Deadline |
|---|---|
| Register and pay registration fees. Spot is not guaranteed until payment has been received and processed. | 12/13/24 |
| Add students to the roster pool. Student Roster pool is universal within Scilympiad. If you have created a student roster from previous tournaments, the information will carry forward to future tournaments. Please do not delete students from the roster pool unless they're no longer part of your program. | 1/4/25 |
| Assign students to team (required even if your school has only 1 team) | 1/11/25 |
| Assign students to their events | 1/11/25 |
| Provide students their Login ID (apply only to students taking computer-based tests) | 1/11/25 |
| Confirm students have logged in to the Student Dashboard and verify their assigned events (apply only to students taking computer-based tests only | 1/13/25 |
| Verify Head Coach Roster. Add additional head coaches if necessary. Student officers managing their Science Olympiad program are required to have at least one adult on campus the entire day. On-site adults can be staff members or school approved volunteers. The number of head coach wristbands will be based on the Head Coach roster as of deadline date of Verify Head Coach Roster. No additional wristbands will be issued onsite. | 2/1/25 |
| Recruit and sign up volunteers to proctor Regional tournament. See School-Provided Volunteer Requirements section below. | 2/1/25 |
| Collect, if applicable upload, Assumption of Risk and Release of Liability Agreement from participants, parents, volunteers, proctors and guests attending tournament | 2/1/25 |
| Complete Self-Scheduled Event Signups. Go to Head Coach Dashboard for specifics. | 2/4/25 |
| Verify testing schedule (scheduled and self-schedule events) to ensure no scheduling conflicts | 2/4/25 |
| Confirm Team Names. No school name under Team Name column. The system will automatically include school names in the Awards PowerPoint slides | 2/4/25 |
| Complete and Upload Principal Certification (Team Roster). The number of participant wristbands will be based on the student count as of the deadline date of Complete and Upload Principal Certification (Team Roster). No additional wristbands will be issued onsite. No additional participant wristbands will be issued onsite, except for replacements. | 2/4/25 |
| Submit Head Coach Certification. Do not submit Head Coach Certification until all actions are completed. Teams exempt from volunteer requirements, do not check: satisfied volunteer requirements and complied with school-provided volunteer conflict of interest. | 2/8/25 |
Tournament
ScheduleDiv B Event Groupings/Conflicts Rev 9/12/24
Head Coach Check-in 2/22/25 in front of S5-104 facing Compass Point starting at 6:45 AM
Participant and head coach wristbands will be available at Check-in, provided that head coaches completed all of the Head Coach Action Items.
Participant wristband is required for testing; however, it is not required for impound
- Division A - Purple
- Division B - Green
- Division C - Blue
- Head Coach - Red
- School Provided Volunteer - Yellow
In case of event-related dispute, these steps should be taken in the following order:
- Student seeks clarifications from Event Supervisor to resolve issues/concerns. Make sure to discuss concerns with Event Supervisor only.
- If dispute is not resolved, participant consults with head coach to file an appeal. Appeal must be filed online.
- Event-related dispute occurs between 1st and 3rd testing blocks, online appeal must be filed by 12:00 PM.
- Event-related dispute occurs between 4th and 6th testing blocks, online appeal must be filed by 4:50 PM
- Appeal files beyond the stated deadlines will not be addressed.
- To ensure consistency and to avoid disruptions, head coach is not to approach Event Supervisor for clarifications or reconsiderations. Student is encouraged to speak directly with Event Supervisor before exiting the testing area.
- Team wishing to file an appeal must leave their device and design log with the Event Supervisor and to remain on campus until appeal has been resolved.
- Head Coach will be notified of its ruling, depending on circumstances, by any of the following methods: online, email, text and/or phone call.
- The Appeal Committee will do its best to adjudicate as fairly as possible. The decision of the committee is final.
Event Medals: the top 10 teams per event per division. Students may pick up medals for their partners. Coaches wearing wristbands may pick up medals for their teams.
Medal/Ribbon Colors:
Place - Medal Color, Ribbon Color
- 1st - Gold, Blue Ribbon
- 2nd - Silver, Red Ribbon
- 3rd - Bronze, White Ribbon
- 4th - Bronze, Yellow Ribbon
- 5th - Bronze, Green Ribbon
- 6th - Bronze, Purple Ribbon
- 7th - Bronze, Orange Ribbon
- 8th - Bronze, Lt. Blue
- 9th - Bronze, Pink Ribbon
- 10th - Bronze, Maroon Ribbon
Team Trophies: the top 10 schools in each division. The team with the lowest overall points ranks 1st. School's placement is based on the best performing team within that school. Team trophies will be presented to coaches wearing Head Coach wristbands.
Allocated number of Division B and C Teams Advancing to State: To be announced at the Awards CeremonyThe first-place finishers in Division B and Division C at the state tournament will represent Southern California at National Science Olympiad tournament
Scoring/Point SystemNational Scoring Guidelines
Participation (P) ranks are assigned points equal to the number of teams that competed in the tournament in each division. No Show (NS) ranks are assigned one more point than Participation points. Disqualification (DQ) ranks are assigned one more than No Show.
P=# of teams competed NS=P+1 DQ=P+2
Participation Points: Teams making an honest attempt to participate that cannot be assigned a raw score (e.g. safety hazard, mechanical failure, wrong dimensions, etc.) will be listed as a “P” for Participation
No Shows: Teams that do not show up or make an honest attempt to participate must be listed as a “NS.” This includes teams who may be present but display no preparation for the competition.