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Casady Tournament – Fantastic!
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Hope your team made it to the 1st (Annual?) Casady Invitational Tournament. Over 300 participants, parents, and Event Supervisors packed the Fee Auditorium for the awards presentation following a full day of competition from 26 teams from 20 schools. Final … Continue reading
PC Tournament Completed (Finally) Casady Up Next
The re-started Putnam City Tournament hosted 14 teams last week-end in a re-start of the December 7th tournament that was postponed due to the ice storm that shut down most schools in the state for three days. Although there were fewer teams (14) and events (13 in each division) than originally scheduled for December, the competition was good and the teams showed growth from the first tournament in November. We also had 2 new Division B teams joining us in their first Science Olympiad EVER – St. Charles Borromeo Catholic School and Edmond Cimarron Middle School.
Results:
Division B
1st Place – Capps Middle School
2nd Place – Western Oaks Middle School
3rd Place – Whittier Middle School (team A)
Division C
1st Place – Putnam City High School
2nd Place – Harding Charter Prep
3rd Place – Dove Science Academy Tulsa
Next up, the Casady School Tournament on February 1. More teams, more events, more Olympians. Are you Ready?
Coaches! Register your team today!
Go the the Oklahoma Science Olympiad Basecamp page and click the link to register. Or you can register here. You will be able to submit your roster for the tournament on Basecamp beginning the week before the tournament.
The Oklahoma Science Olympiad State Tournament is March 1. Registration for the state tournament will open right after the Casady Tournament is completed.
Putnam City Tournament January 11
The Putnam City Tournament is on for Saturday, January 11 at Putnam City High School, 5300 NW 50th in Oklahoma City. If you haven’t made your reservation go to Basecamp and click the link to upload your tournament roster AND follow that up with an email to Bob. Deadline is Thursday January 9.
Putnam City Tournament Cancelled
There are many uncertainties concerning the winter weather system that is entering the state, but it is certain that there will be significant icing for some of our participating schools and that if schools are closed for weather, it will be Friday when that occurs. That, combined with single digit temperatures and overnight re-freezing of whatever falls on Friday has led us to think that the best choice is to cancel the Putnam City Tournament. That way Coaches, bus drivers, parents, Olympians, and Event Supervisors can be notified and you are not trapped into desperately trying to contact parents and children at the last minute should Putnam City Schools cancels classes Friday making it impossible for us to set up the tournament. We also don’t want you slip-slidin’ away…
We are looking to see if we can book either Putnam City High School or Putnam City West on January 11th or 18th. I’ll post that information as soon as it becomes available.
Time to Register for Putnam City Tournament.
Ready to register your team for the December 7th Tournament at Putnam City High School?
You can do so on-line using this link: Click here to Register
This form is just the second step in the process. You must first have paid for National Science Olympiad Membership through your membership in the OK Science Olympiad or Another State Science Olympiad.
Tournament details, including the event schedule will be posted on Basecamp in the near future.
As always, if you know any STEM professionals who you could recommend to be event supervisors for this, or any other Science Olympiad Tournament this year, please verify with them and send their contact information to Bob Melton – bmelton@putnamcityschools.org
Register for the Season’s First SO Tournament
Ready to register your team for the November 16 Tournament in Broken Arrow?
You can do so on-line using this link: Click here to Register
This form is just the second step in the process. You must first have paid for National Science Olympiad Membership through your membership in the OK Science Olympiad or Another State Science Olympiad.
This is the first Oklahoma Science Olympiad Tournament ever held outside the Oklahoma City Metro area. You don’t want to miss it either!
Tournament details, including the event schedule will be posted on Basecamp in the near future.
If you know any STEM professionals who you could recommend to be event supervisors for this, or any other Science Olympiad Tournament this year, please verify with them and send their contact information to Bob Melton – bmelton@putnamcityschools.org
OK Science Olympiad Coach and Event Supervisor Training
The Science Olympiad Manuals have arrived and it’s time to prepare for the 2013-14 tournament season. Training for Division B and C Coaches as well as orientation training for Event Supervisors will occur Saturday, September 28th in Howell Hall (the science building) on the campus of the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. We will begin in The Howell Hall Atrium at 9 AM and will end at Noon with lunch.
Member teams of the Oklahoma Science Olympiad should have a Coach present at this training. Not yet a member? Come find out about the Science Olympiad and learn what you can do to start a team and get it ready for this year’s tournament season.
This training will include an orientation training for experienced and new Event Supervisors. This is the best time to learn the responsibilities of Event Supervisors and meet with Coaches and trainers.
Agenda
9 am- 10 am- Orientation to Science Olympiad
10 am-12 pm 2013-14 Division B and Division C event review
There is no cost to attend this training. Registration is accomplished by sending an email to OK Science OLympiad Director Bob Melton. Registration Deadline is September 26th.
2013-14 Training and Tournament Schedule Determined
The 2013-2014 Science Olympiad tournament season is off and running. The Oklahoma Science Olympiad Steering Committee met August 18th and had a very productive session planning this year’s tournament schedule and this year’s Coaches and Event Supervisor training.
The tournament rule books are being delivered to those teams that are registered with the OK and National Science Olympiad. The cost of being a member of the Science Olympiad is $100, $60 of which is for national registration. The fee is paid annually to the Oklahoma Science Olympiad, c/o Putnam City Schools Science Activity Fund, 5401 NW 40th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73122.
First up, the Training… Saturday, September 28, a half-day training to take place in the science building (Howell Hall) at UCO beginning at 9 AM.
To register for this training, send an email to Bob Melton.
The first tournament will be help November 16th in Tulsa, hosted by Broken Arrow/ and Union
The next Tournament will December 7th at Putnam City High School
There is no tournament scheduled for January, but the February Tournament will take place February 1st, hosted by Casady School.
The State Finals Tournament will he held at UCO on March 1st.
Contact Bob today to join the Oklahoma Science Olympiad
Time to Join the Oklahoma Science Olympiad for the 2013-14 school year
For the past 30 years, SCIENCE OLYMPIAD has led a revolution in science education. What began as a grassroots assembly of science teachers is now one of the premiere science competitions in the nation, providing rigorous, standards-based challenges to nearly 7,000 teams in 50 states.
Science Olympiad is Awesome:
Science Olympiad’s ever-changing line-up of events in all STEM disciplines exposes students to practicing scientists and career choices, and energizes classroom teachers with a dynamic content experience.
Science Olympiad competitions are like academic track meets, consisting of a series of 23 team events in each division (Division B is middle school; Division C is high school). Each year, a portion of the events are rotated to reflect the ever-changing nature of genetics, earth science, chemistry, anatomy, physics, geology, mechanical engineering and technology. By combining events from all disciplines, Science Olympiad encourages a wide cross-section of students to get involved. Emphasis is placed on active, hands-on group participation. See a list of this year’s events here. Through Science Olympiad, students, teachers, parents, principals and business leaders bond together and work toward a shared goal.
Teamwork is a required skill in most scientific careers today, and Science Olympiad encourages group learning by designing events that forge alliances. In Elevated Bridge, an engineering whiz and a kid from wood shop can become gold medalists. Similarly, a talented builder and a student with a good science vocabulary can excel in Write It Do It, one of Science Olympiad’s most popular events.
See the Weather Channel report of the 2013 National Science Olympiad Tournament:
NOW is the time to join the 2014 Oklahoma Science Olympiad
Since 1985, Science Olympiad has required that all teams (up to 15 members) competing in any Science Olympiad tournament (Invitational, Regional, State or National) must be a member of Science Olympiad and pay the national fee (currently $60).
An additional fee of $40 is charged for membership in the Oklahoma Science Olympiad ($100 total). The fee is paid annually to the Oklahoma Science Olympiad, c/o Putnam City Schools Science Activity Fund, 5401 NW 40th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73122.
Questions? Need more details? Contact Bob Melton bmelton@putnamcityschools.org and go the Oklahoma Science Olympiad Website https://www.oksciolympiad.org. and the National Science Olympiad website http://www.soinc.org
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