Rickards Science Olympiad Invitational 2020

[RickardsSO]

Rickards SO is proud to announce our 1st invitational tournament taking place on December 5, 2020! (Div C) and December 6, 2020 (Div B)
You can view all our information on our website at:
https://scilympiad.com/rickards

Who can register?

• This tournament is for Division B and Division C.
• Any team that follows the 15 member and 7 senior/freshmen rule may participate.
• There is no limit on the amount of teams that can register from each school or the amount of teams we will have in total.
• Official registration will start on September 8, 2020.

How much does the tournament cost?

• The tournament cost is only $50 per team.
• The tournament is free for any Title I School.
• We will donate all profits from the tournament to COVID relief programs for underprivileged people here in Florida.

How will the tournament be run?

• The tournament will be 100% virtually run through Scilympiad.
• We will run all the events on this Google sheet. This sheet could change at anytime, so check frequently!
• After everybody has taken their tests, all tests and answer keys will be released publicly.
• A dispute form will go out after the tests and answer keys have been released. If a participant feels there is a discrepancy in a question, the Event Supervisor will be able to review the dispute and the answer key might be changed to match the correct answer.

What about awards?

• We will have awards for top 3 in each event and the top 3 schools overall. These awards will be shipped to the schools to be collected by the students when appropriate.
• We will have a YouTube livestream on December 13, 2020 to announce the winners.
• Results and raw scores will be released publicly after the livestream.

I have more questions!

• If you have any questions you can contact us at rickardsscienceolympiad@gmail.com or sinamollaei2014@gmail.com.

Please spread the word about this competition to as many people as possible; we are trying to raise as much money as possible for a good cause and we greatly appreciate anyone who attends. We look forward to seeing you there!

[RickardsSO]

Quick Update:
We are looking for some more test writers to help write for our invitational. If you are interested, please fill out the form below.
Form: https://forms.gle/jejUKPnNMLnm2Eb88

Also, we have an Scilympiad Website: https://scilympiad.com/rickards

[samlarson]

This question maybe a little off topic but didn't all 2020 events got postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak?

[pb5754]

This question maybe a little off topic but didn't all 2020 events got postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak?

See soinc.org/tournaments.

Tournaments this year have the option of running virtually (like this one).

[pepperonipi]

Did the date for this invite get pushed back a week?

Florida Science Olympiad website says the tournament is being held Dec 5 (Div C) + Dec 6 (Div B).

[Umaroth]

Did the date for this invite get pushed back a week?

Florida Science Olympiad website says the tournament is being held Dec 5 (Div C) + Dec 6 (Div B).

I believe there was a mention about the date possibly changing because the original date put it two days after Thanksgiving.

[Umaroth]

Did the date for this invite get pushed back a week?

Florida Science Olympiad website says the tournament is being held Dec 5 (Div C) + Dec 6 (Div B).

The Rickards scilympiad site now says December 5th

[BennyTheJett]

Can confirm. Changed the tournament to compensate with Boyceville.

[Mayur917]

Competition next week! Who's excited?

[BennyTheJett]

I was the Fossils C test writer and Event Supervisor. If anyone that took the test has any criticism or questions feel free to PM me!