Charlotte Tournament

If you are the one who can log in to Avogadro, you can click on your team name and see a graph of how the team did versus everyone else and also the raw score in the event.  Many of you have asked for the total number of points per test (because it is rarely 100) and I am still working with the developer on that.

If you see a problem in the scores, please email me by Tuesday morning at the latest so that I can look in to it.  Scores become final at 5pm on Wednesday.

Div B

We have assigned rooms to school teams for home bases.  Remember that these rooms are not ideal for home bases and a few are computer labs so please do not use the equipment in the rooms just the chairs and table/work spaces.

Hi Coaches –a few minor corrections to the schedule are provided below.  B and C schedules are attached.  Battery Buggy and Mousetrap will be impounded in room 247.

Remember to tell your parents that they will not see events this year except those in the Gym.  Battery Buggy and Mousetrap Vehicle are in a hallway and there is just enough room to run the event. There is NO room for spectators.

For Road Scholar and Geologic Mapping ask students to report to room 264.  Protein Modeling will be in rooms 362-363-388-389.

We have added pink arrows and stairwell locations for you and the students.  An updated POB map is attached.

I did request food trucks through a Charlotte website to come to Berry but did not pay to guarantee their participation.  I will keep you updated if any vendors contact us.

Doors open at 6:30 am not any earlier.

Division B

Battery Buggy

Impound 7:00 – 7:30 on site

Room 247 2nd Floor

Road Scholar

Rooms 364 & 363 2nd Floor

Division C

Geologic Mapping

Rooms 363 & 364

Mousetrap Vehicle

Impound 11:30 – 12:00 on site

Room 247 2nd Floor

Attached is the B Division Schedule and the C Division Schedule and a map of Phillip O. Berry (POB) that includes event locations and home bases.  All most all events will be in two classrooms but the students should report to the room listed in red ink for roll call and instructions.  Remember to bring your multimeter for Circuit lab B and C.

Please make a note that Duct Tape Challenge Trial Event C will be in the main Gymnasium at 2:45 pm start.  Also Aerial Scrambler Trial B and C will start at 2:45 in the Gymnasium.

The home bases assigned to the Auxiliary Gym will not have tables so bring stadium chairs for coaches only and blankets/towels for students to sit on.  The Cafeteria will have tables that hold 12 students so for teams (18 students) each school team will be allotted 1.5 tables and the tables will be labeled -don’t change the labels and don’t bring extra people to the home bases due to fire codes.  Most team members are in and out so there should be room.  Lake Norman Charter B and C and Carolina International will be housed outside the Cafeteria at the tables located in the atrium.

Marvin Ridge High, Cox Mill High, Piedmont IB, Community House Middle and Cannon High and Middle have been assigned classroom(s) for home bases.  Remember coaches to bring trash bags and work with your teams to clean up so POB is ready for classes on Monday.

Also please no coaches or parents in hallways –nothing to see and students know how to navigate space in a school — follow the map.  Please pay attention to stair access to the second floor look for and study the pink arrows.  We will be using the hallway on the second floor near room 148 and the hallway will have caution tape so no through traffic will be allowed.  Tim Guilfoyle our POB host  has told me that the elevator to the second floor is so slow that even POB students willingly take the stairs to the second floor.  Make a note not to use the elevator.

The school will open at 6:30 am don’t arrive early.  Impound is as listed on the B and C schedules.

Please follow the rules and requirements we have shared with you with your students, parents and observers. There should be extra room in the gym for team supporters.

This is a new location for all of us so please be patient and flexible.

Wishing you all a great Tournament.  Sincerely, Alisa Wickliff

Hello Everyone!

Competition season is approaching quickly and it is time for the emails to begin! Please bear with the length of this email and read all the way through as each part includes important information regarding forms and Avogadro.

At some point today, everyone will receive a google form with permission/photo consent information in it. Every student on the team must have this form on file to compete. If Google Forms are new to you, there is a tutorial video to help you. Here is the link.

If some of your parents don’t have internet access, you can use the attached Paper copy (Spanish version here), but please limit this unless absolutely necessary. We have to scan every one of these papers and keep them and with 18,000 students participating this year, it’s a bit overwhelming and cumbersome.

As in years past we will be using Avogadro for scoring and team member registration. If you have not tried to log in to Avogadro yet, please do so today! Here is the website.

Your login is your username (not your email address), which I will send you individually later today. I have attached the user manual to this email, and here is the video to help you get started on this:

Make sure to also watch this video:  – it explains why we use self-scheduling.

You need to login and self-schedule in to the walk-in events – this opens at 7am on January 22nd and closes at 5pm on February 22nd. After Feb 22nd, you must email me to change your self-schedule selections. Your team members do not have to be filled out to do this part.

Note: All Trial Events are Self-Schedule and there is a limit of 20 Teams per Division for Aerial Scramble due to a backorder on planes.

You will need to turn in the Vandalism & Behavior form signed by you, your principal, and your students. 1 per team. This form is attached and can also be found on the website.

Additionally, if you have yet to see the schedule, the Charlotte Tournament will be taking place at Phillip O. Berry High School not UNC-Charlotte, so please plan accordingly.

If you have any questions feel free to email me back!

Regards,
Tim M.
Coaches Contact