Recap:  Churchill Middle School hosted the first EVER Norcal Science Olympiad Invitational Tournament on Sat. Dec. 8th, 2012.  There were 18 schools competing from all over the state (Sacramento, Bay Area, Yuba City, Stockton, Modesto, LA and Orange County.  Almost all schools won a medal and many won more than one.  Nine different schools took home a first place medal!  The events were proctored by many different schools and kids were exposed to a high quality competition that will hopefully help them do even better at their next tournament.

2013 Date:    TBA

Location: Churchill Middle School, 4900 Whitney Ave, Carmichael CA 95608

Entry FEE:  TBD

Rationale: Many other states offer invitationals in the months leading up to the regional tournaments, California has very few.  Invitationals are a way to enrich the overall experience, hone skills, test devices and in general, improve your team prior to the big competition.  Invitationals are Fun!  Science Olympiad students work very hard for months and months but without invitationals, there are very few opportunities for them to show their stuff and compete. 

Questions: Email the tournament director at jjungk@sanjuan.edu

Hotels:  

* There will be a host hotel set up with special rates, available Fall of 2013.

        * medals for top 5 finishers in each event.

        * trophies for top 5 teams overall

Sign Up Events:  Sign Ups for the build/ sign up events will be done online through a website.  The password will be made available and posted here.  Sign Ups are first come, first served.  

1 Churchill Purple (Carmichael)       

2 Muscatel White (LA)

3 Muscatel Green 

4 Churchill Gold

5 Elkhorn Gold (Lodi)

6 Pioneer (Orange Co.)

7 East Bay Nerds (Oakland)

8 Hopkins (Freemont)

9 Rolling Hills A (El Dorado Hills)

10 Art Frieler (Tracey)

11 Cupertino A (Bay Area)

12 Elkhorn Blue

13 Rolling Hills B

14  Peyton (Tracy)

15 Barrett (Carmichael)

16 Cupertino B

17 George Kelly (Stockton)

18 Butte Vista (Yuba City)