March 15, 2008

Great job to everyone who participated at the Wilmington Regional Tournament! Scores for the tournament are posted below. Please e-mail Kelly Fair if you have questions about the scores or if you would like to make an appeal regarding any events. Only head coaches should e-mail Kelly with questions or appeals. Scores will not be final until Wednesday at 5:00 pm at which time final scores will be posted with any explanations to changes to scores and/or rankings. Thanks to all of you for a great tournament.

March 10, 2008

Hello coaches,  

Some important information to pass along:  

Registration is being handled a little differently this year. We will still be having the early registration for coaches in the lobby of the School of Education (Education Building EB) on Friday from 4:00pm - 6:00pm, and regular registration on Saturday from 8:00 - 8:30am also in the lobby of the School of Education, HOWEVER, if you register early on Friday, you will NOT be given your wristbands. You must come back on Saturday during regular registration to pick those up. This is due to the large number of wristbands that were 'misplaced' last year between Friday and Saturday. If your students do not have their wristbands on Saturday they will NOT be allowed to compete.  

Also when you register, don't forget to bring your Behavior/Vandalism form (Your principal has to sign this!), your Photo consent forms (one for each student, their parents have to sign this!) and your official team roster(s) (one per team you have registered, make sure you type directly in the .pdf file and then print this, last minute changes can be made by hand). These were sent out in a previous email, and are also available for download on the NCSO State website under Wilmington regional information.  

Thanks,

Your Wilmington Directors

March 6, 2008

Dear Coaches,

The Wilmington Regional Tournament at UNC-Wilmington is approaching quickly and will be held on March 15, 2008. Registration will be handled exactly how it was handled last year (for returning coaches).

Attached to this e-mail you will find an official team roster in pdf format. On the morning of the tournament, each coach must turn is an official team roster for each team. Each school participating this year has up to 2 teams competing at Wilmington's Regional Tournament: one Varsity team and one Junior Varsity team. The official team roster that is attached is an editable PDF and must be filled out for each team a school has participating. This means if a school has two teams then the school's coach must fill out one official team roster for his/her Varsity team and another official team roster for his/her Junior Varsity team (and so on). Directions for this editable PDF are on the form. Do NOT print out this form and fill it in by hand. Edit it from your computer then print it. If you have a change to the roster on the Saturday of your tournament then you can cross out a name and manually insert it. Otherwise, all forms should be turned in just as requested on the directions to this form. If you have troubles with the Adobe Acrobat form, please download the most current version of Adobe Acrobat and then try opening and editing the document again.

In the coaches packets that you receive after you register on site at your Regional Tournament will be wristbands that all participants must wear if they want to compete. The wristbands will be color-coded as well as labeled by type of team. The wristbands will be colored and labeled
as follows:

Red - NCSO Varsity
Yellow- NCSO Junior Varsity 1

The colors will help Event Leaders identify which teams are Varsity or Junior Varsity and the text on the wristband will help students know which team they are on since many times students do not know if they are Varsity or Junior Varsity. It is very important for your students to know what team they are on if your school has more than one team. We hope that the wristbands will help this issue.

Every Regional Event will have cover sheets that students must fill out and turn in with their completed event. An Example of this coversheet is attached to this e-mail. Please go over it with your students and stress the importance of writing LEGIBLY and knowing which team they are on. This will help us out a lot. These cover sheets will be provided by the event leaders. We are attaching them so that students will know what to do when they see them. DO NOT COPY COVER SHEETS AND HAVE STUDENTS BRING THESE TO THE EVENT WITH THEM.

Also attached to the e-mail is our Vandalism and Behavior Policy and Video/Photo Release form. These must be brought and turned in at Registration along with your Official Roster Forms. Your team will be unable to compete without the roster, a signed vandalism and behavior policy, and Video/Photo Release forms completed and signed by parent/guardian for every student on your roster. PLEASE GO OVER THE VANDALISM AND BEHAVIOR POLICY WITH YOUR STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND GUESTS!

Please e-mail your Regional Director,Dennis Kubasko, if you have any questions or concerns.

We look forward to seeing you at the tournament.

Regards,
Brian

March 4, 2008

Hey coaches!

I hope this e-mail finds everyone well!  

We are earnestly getting ready for the 2008 Wilmington Region Science Olympiad, and we are looking forward to hosting your middle school or high school at UNCW!  I have attached Division B (middle school) and Division C (high school) schedules with events, times, and room numbers listed.  This is still tentative, but I don’t expect any changes.   It should be posted to the state web site soon.   

As discussed at our coaches meeting in February, I checked with Campus Dining and students are invited to eat in the university dining halls. But, Campus Dining needs to know approximately how many students want to attend lunch in Wagoner Hall.  PLEASE let me know if your school and students are interested.  I’ll need a number from each interested coach.  The cost for lunch is $7.60 (includes all food buffet style and drink) will be paid at the register.  Find the web link to campus dining below.

http://www.campusdish.com/en-us/CSSE/UNCWilmington

All teams will register in the Atrium of the School of Education as last year, and ALL teams will be home-based in the School of Education.  Karen will provide specific room assignments next week.

All UNCW directions and campus buildings can be found on our interactive map: http://www.uncw.edu/ba/campus_map.htm

And coaches, hang in there…we are almost there!

F.A.Q. – There will be at least 100 highly trained, content area experts on UNCW’s campus leading students through 47 Science Olympiad events.  Amazing!

Dennis S. Kubasko, JR.

October 23, 2007

2008 Regional Tournament Date Posted