WSO Regional Tournament Info

Regionals Mandatory for 2009 Division C in Wisconsin:

For a Team to qualify for the 2009 Wisconsin Science Olympiad State High School Div C Tournament, they must satisfy three (3) criteria:

Criterion 1: The Team must first participate at the WSO Regional Tournament in their assigned geographic Region. Participating means they must enter a minimum of 10 events at that Regional Tournament.

A Team can choose to do any number of events at the Regionals, even all 28 if they are offered, but the absolute minimum is set at 10 events to meet the qualification for State.

Criterion 2: Each Team must provide at least one (1) Regional Event Supervisor, and the necessary materials, equipment, exams, and personnel, for at least one (1) event at the Regional Tournament.

Obviously, 10 to 15 Teams per Regional will certainly not cover the 28 events. Obtaining additional folks to do the remaining events will be the task of the Regional Director. Each Regional Director will make an attempt to offer all 23 NSO events and the five additional WSO events but unforeseen logistics, circumstances and happenings may require adjustments and changes in event schedules. The Regional Directors sincerely need help from the schools to cover all the events to enable the Regionals to give the best possible experiences to the Teams. It is expected that a Team will be generous in their offers to put on one and, hopefully, many more than one event. Teams are strongly encouraged to provide more than one Event. Contact the Regional Director for recommendations.

Volunteers to put on the Regional events can be teachers, capable students, graduates, community people, parents, professional people, family, etc.

The term Judge does not apply to a Science Olympiad Event. No exams, no devices, no performances are judged. They are scored using an established rubric absolutely following the Official Rules.

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Criterion 3: The Team must place in the top 50 medal count for all Regional Tournaments to be eligibie to compete at the Div C State Tournament. This criterion will be applied to establish the 50 Team maximum roster at State, only if necessary.

Physical constrictions, such as time parameters, event length, hours in a day, available equipment and classroom space, permit a maximum of just 50 Teams to compete at the High School State Tournament. In the situation where WSO Div C memberships exceeds 50 Teams, Criterion 3 will take effect.

The Regional attended by a Team in their assigned geographic region is the Regional that will be used to determine State eligibility. Teams may attend more than one Regional and are encouraged to do so.

Teams will be posted on the Team Numbers web page if they qualify to advance to the State Tournament. Avogadro will permit only those 50 qualifying Teams to Register for State Tournament events.

Objectives

The Regional Competition is intended to provide students and coaches an opportunity to improve their skills and compare their efforts to those of the other WSO schools.

It is expected that everyone will share in the learning experience and seek to improve the competition at the Wisconsin Science Olympiad State and the National Finals.

Teams will not be ranked to determine a Team Regional Champion. No Regional Team places will be tallied.

Individual awards will be presented to the top finishers in each Event at the Awards Program. The number and type of award will be determined by each Regional Director.

Everyone is a winner.

There are no losers among those that are involved with the advancement of science education.

• All Teams must register with the appropriate Regional Director their chosen events two weeks before the Regional Competition. You must attend the Regional Tournament in your assigned Region. If you choose to attend a second, or third Regional, you must register with that Regional Director.

Any other information and specific instructions unique to that Regional Tournament and its operation, including the Schedule of Events, will be provided by that Regional Director.

Please assist the Regional Director in any way you can. They have a daunting task in promoting science education in Wisconsin via the Science Olympiad Regional Competition.

A Coach may use as many students as they choose to be on the Regional Team and will not be limited to the 15 maximum as required for State and National Tournaments. This, obviously, gives the coaches and all the students a chance to see who is best prepared and who is best suited for each event. Coaches also are encouraged to establish multiple Teams from a school.

The students that participate at Regional Competition need not be the same students that compete at State or Nationals. The participants who will compete in each event can be changed up to the day of the Tournament. The registration times will be posted by the Regional and State Directors.

It will be at the discretion of the Regional Directors as to whether a School can have more than one Team per event and we want this to happen. However, available space will guide their decision.

It will be at the discretion of the Regional Directors and State Directors as to whether a Team can compete in more than one Regional. Certainly, available space will help their decision here, too. We ask you to contact your Regional Director and the State Director of Events for further info here.

The Teams can have as many students, coaches and parents involved as they like. But, the parents and coaches can only coach. They are not permitted to do any actual construction. Only the students are permitted to construct the build event devices.

More than 90% of the problems we've experienced in the past have been due to students, coaches, and assistants NOT reading and applying the current Official Rules to the letter.

The students are expected to act with courtesy and respect to everyone at all times. The Rules of Competition do provide for a student team, or an entire school, to be disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct.

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