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BirdSO Invitational 2021

Posted: December 21st, 2020, 12:59 pm
by sciolyperson1
Dear all,

We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting the 1st annual Division B and C BirdSO Invitational from March 7th to March 13th, 2021! Hosted by members from New Jersey, California, New York, and Washington, the tournament will be run via the Scilympiad platform. We will be following the miniSO model: 26 events, including 4 trials will be run.

Registration will open Tuesday, December 22nd at 3 PM PT! The cost will be $50/team, and we will host up to 100 teams on a first come, first serve basis. For more details, please visit our website at https://scilympiad.com/birdso and https://birdscienceolympiad.github.io/BirdSO/.

We are looking for experienced alumni and high school volunteers interested in writing and supervising an event. If you are interested, please fill out the form here: https://forms.gle/evYdDVc9jrXorRpi9.

Sincerely,
The BirdSO Board

Re: BirdSO Invitational 2021

Posted: December 22nd, 2020, 2:08 pm
by sciolyperson1
Registration begins in one hour at https://scilympiad.com/birdso! Registration is $50/team, with a maximum of 6 teams per school for division B and 4 teams per school for division C.

Re: BirdSO Invitational 2021

Posted: December 22nd, 2020, 3:00 pm
by sciolyperson1
BirdSO registration has officially opened! Head over to https://scilympiad.com/birdso to register. We hope to see you there!

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Re: BirdSO Invitational 2021

Posted: January 10th, 2021, 9:40 pm
by sciolyperson1
As of today, we have almost 50 teams registered!
https://scilympiad.com/birdso/Reg/School

Moreover, we've announced our last two trials: Rocks and Minerals (B/C) and Science Quiz Bowl!

Re: BirdSO Invitational 2021

Posted: January 16th, 2021, 10:56 pm
by sciolyperson1
Hi all!

Event supervisor, test writer, and volunteer grader emails have been sent out. Thank you to everyone who filled out the form!

A full event supervisor list will be released publically on January 22nd. Stay tuned!

Jason

Re: BirdSO Invitational 2021

Posted: January 19th, 2021, 11:02 am
by sciolyperson1
Coach update #1 has been sent out (January 18th, 2021) here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Xh ... hQF_k/edit

Moreover, where applicable, events will follow national rules. Keep an eye out for the event supervisor list release on the 22nd!

Re: BirdSO Invitational 2021

Posted: January 21st, 2021, 11:56 pm
by sciolyperson1
First off, a brief update on team count: we've hit almost 75 teams in both divisions - with schools from 16 different states!

Most importantly however, we're pleased to announce our event supervisors list - consisting of almost 70 different volunteers between 52 events in both divisions! The list can be found here!

Re: BirdSO Invitational 2021

Posted: January 26th, 2021, 7:44 pm
by sciolyperson1
40 days left till competition! We've hit over 90 teams in both divisions and a total of 23 different states! Registration will fill up quickly!

In addition, we'd like to share with everyone Titan, one of our co-director's Diamond Doves!
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Re: BirdSO Invitational 2021

Posted: February 1st, 2021, 10:57 pm
by sciolyperson1
Another quick update! We've hit over 110 teams and 24 states in both divisions, with over 70 teams in division C! Spots will fill up quick - register at https://scilympiad.com/birdso/Reg to save your spot!

Re: BirdSO Invitational 2021

Posted: February 7th, 2021, 7:38 am
by sciolyperson1
Less than 20 spots left for the division C tournament! If you haven't already, make sure to sign up today at https://scilympiad.com/birdso/Reg!

In addition, here's Skythee's other Diamond Dove, Tethys!
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