Parkland College Regional Tournament

March 7, 2020

General Information
Tournament Directors:
Location:
Parkland College
2400 W Bradley Avenue
Champaign, IL 61821

State Bids: Division B = TBD; Division C = TBD
Medals: Division B = TBD; Division C = TBD
View photos from past tournaments and announcements about related opportunities on our Facebook page:        https://www.facebook.com/PC.ScienceOlympiad/

Important Dates
Instructions & Forms
Important Dates
  • Coaches' and Event Supervisors' Meeting - January 8 at 6:00pm in L-111

Forms due BEFORE the Tournament:
  • Self Schedule
  • Demographics

Forms due AT TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION (will be posted below):
  • Final Roster for Varsity team:  (One for each varsity team) Please complete one roster for the varsity team and have your principal sign the form.
  • Final Roster for JV team:  (One for each JV team) Please complete one roster for the JV team (if applicable) and have your principal sign the form.
  • Media and Participation Release:   (One for each participant) These forms should be completed by parent/guardian and submitted to the team coach prior to the tournament
  • Medical Release:   (One for each participant) These forms should be completed by parent/guardian and submitted to the team coach prior to the tournament
To expedite the registration process on the morning of the tournament, you may opt to scan and email your team roster(s) and media/participation release forms to Amy Nicely by 5pm on Thursday, March 5. Using this option would require you to bring only the medical release forms to the registration table when you pick up your team packet.


Other Handouts​

Schedules

Conflict blocks:
*Conflict blocks are groups of events that will take place at the same time during the tournament.
*Students will only be able to participate in 1 event in each block (except for Self Schedule events, which will be offered at a variety of times throughout the day and are scheduled separately).
*The conflict blocks will NOT necessarily be offered in this order throughout the day, so please refer to the actual schedule of events posted below.
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Division B
Block A = Anatomy & Physiology, Circuit Lab, Road Scholar
Block B = Density Lab, Fossils, Water Quality, Heredity
Block C = Food Science, Game On, Reach for the Stars
Block D = Disease Detectives, Write It Do It, Meteorology, Machines
Block E = Crimebusters, Experimental Design, Ornithology, Dynamic Planet
Self-schedule = Boomilever, Elastic Launched Glider, Mission Possible, Mousetrap Vehicle, Ping Pong Parachute

Division C
Block A = Anatomy & Physiology, Astronomy, Circuit Lab
Block B = Machines, Protein Modeling, Water Quality, Experimental Design
Block C = Codebusters, Disease Detectives, Ornithology, Geologic Mapping
Block D = Chemistry Lab, Designer Genes, Dynamic Planet
Block E = Forensics, Fossils, Write It Do It
Written tests for Sounds of Music and Detector Building will be given during the "zero" hour
Self-schedule = Boomilever, Detector Building (device testing), Gravity Vehicle, Ping Pong Parachute, Sounds of Music (device testing), Wright Stuff
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Printable copies of the schedules are available here: 
     Division B schedule  (draft version)
     Division C schedule (draft version)

Tournament Logistics
Registration
All teams, event supervisors, and volunteers will register at tournament headquarters, outside room X212.

Parking
View a map of the Parkland parking lots here:  www.parkland.edu/Portals/3/Global/Media/Maps/parkingLotMap.png


Maps
Maps and Directions  (General Parkland information)

Printable event maps with room locations marked (coming February 2020)


Team Registration Process
TEAM ROSTERS/FORMS
EACH team member must have a medical release, and a media release permission form, and coaches must provide a roster for each team competing (varsity and JV). A Principal's signature is required at the bottom of each roster submitted.​ Please alphabetize your forms and divide them into 2 separate piles - one for Medical Release Forms and one for Media Release Forms. We will be checking these against your team roster(s). To expedite the registration process on the morning of the tournament, you may opt to scan and email your team roster(s) and media/participation release forms to Amy Nicely by 5pm on Thursday, March 5. Using this option would require you to bring only the medical release forms to the registration table when you pick up your team packet.

​​WRISTBANDS
As you check in, our volunteers will count out the designated amount of wristbands for your team. Please do not leave the registration table until you do this. Students without wristbands will not be admitted to their events. Please read the Wristband directives that you will find in your registration packet at check-in.
Division B-Varsity    orange
Division B-JV             pink
Division C-Varsity    blue
Division C-JV             silver

HOMEROOMS
Homeroom numbers will be listed on your registration packet. Please do not switch homerooms as we will need to know where everyone is should any issues arise throughout the day.

Impound Times
All impounds will take place during the hour immediately preceding the event. Impound times are indicated on the tournament event schedule.

Headquarters/Hospitality/Scoring/Arbitration
Tournament headquarters is located outside room X-212.
Scoring and Arbitration are located in X-212.
Coaches, event supervisors, and volunteers are welcome to join us for hospitality throughout the day in L-217.

Food for Students
No food will be available on-site for purchase except snacks in the vending machines. Teams will either need to bring their own lunches or plan to order pizza or other food for delivery.

Awards Ceremony
Division B awards will begin at approximately 3:15pm (location: Miner Theatre).
Division C awards will begin at approximately 4:00pm  (location: Gym).

Coach & Event Supervisor Info
Coaches' and Event Supervisors' Meeting - January 8 at 6:00pm in L-111
Meeting Notes

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Volunteers!
If you are interested in volunteering at the Tournament, please contact Amy Nicely at amy.nicely@illinoisolympiad.org or sign up using the SignUp.com button below (coming February 2020).

All volunteers are asked to report to tournament headquarters outside room X-212 to sign in. To expedite the check-in process, please bring a signed copy of the volunteer agreement form with you.

Policies
Parkland is an open and unsecured campus.  Anyone can come and go on campus.  Coaches need to keep an eye on their students.  Students should NOT go wandering off by themselves.

Personal Belongings
Please ask students to leave all personal belongings in the homeroom. Students who bring personal belongings to an event will be asked to place all belongings at the front (or back) of the event room.

NOTE ON CELLPHONES: Cellphones MUST be turned off and put inside a personal belonging that is left at the front (or back) of the room. Phones may NOT be kept on a student during an event. Students found with cellphones may be asked to leave the event.

2020 Team List 

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