F-MScience Olympiad Parent Meeting

February 1, 2012

Mentor InvitationalNY State Competition

Lemoyne RegionalS ‘12

•1st overall: 13 times since 1999•1st individual: Anatomy, astronomy,

disease, dynamic, experimental, helicopter, microbes, optics, protein, remote, rocks, sounds, TPS, thermo, water, mag lev.

•Now the real challenge begins…

Please fill out:

•Permission slip for the year--DONE

•Talent Release form--DONE•Medical Release form—DONE•Participant release form

Shirt order

•If you would like a shirt, please email me your size

•Cost: about $22•Students already have them

“Snack” sign up•Practices run 3-5pm; some dinners

•Snacks instead of dinners to be more productive

•Snack ideas (see sign-up sheet)•Chips (small bags)•Fruit roll ups•Juice boxes•Trail mix (small bags), etc.

“Breakfast” sign up•Breakfast would be appreciated on morning practices around 8-9 am

•Upcoming mornings 8am:•Saturday, 2/4•Saturday, 2/25

“team dinner” sign up•February 16th 5:00 pm•(Night before Invitational)

•Other dates: see sign up sheet

Invitational Competition

•February 17th-18th at Mentor High School (Ohio)

•~70 days between Regionals and States competition

•Need practice & consistency!

Invitational Competition

•February 17th-18th at Mentor, OH•We will leave FM Oak Tree Circle at 3:00 pm on school bus

•Pick up EH students at 3:15 pm•Dinner stop at Angola Rest Stop ~5:30pm—Please give $ to child

•Arrive Mentor, OH ~9 pm

Invitational Competition

•February 17th-18th at Mentor, OH•Leave ASAP (5pm) 2/18•Dinner stop at Angola Rest Stop ~6:30pm—Please give $ to child

•Arrive Oak Tree Circle ~midnight?

B-Division help

•High school team helping B-division Regionals March 10th

• Syracuse University• Our students will be judges / running

events• They are the best as they know how

important organization & knowledge of events are as judges

States Competition•March 30-31st at

Canisius College, Buffalo, NY

•We will leave FM at 8:30am on a coach bus

•Parents scout Canisius campus soon??

•See campus map

Friday March 30• Arrive ~12 noon Friday• Kids unload bus / find team room• Teachers register team• Kids find event rooms / sites•Fri. Night: Experimental Design, Protein

Modeling, Astronomy• Need parents to bring 7 kids & 1 teacher

back to hotel for dinner• Last minute studying and early-to-bed

Saturday March 31•Parents/family can watch:

•Gravity Vehicle•Helicopters•Mag Lev Vehicle•Robot Arm•Towers

•Stay in designated viewing areas•DO NOT communicate with students•Award ceremony: ~4 pm (rewarding??)

Event Locations•Parents/family can watch:

•Gravity Vehicle—Koessler Center•Helicopters—Montante Cultural Center

•Mag Lev Vehicle—Koessler Center•Robot Arm—Koessler Center•Towers—Koessler Center

Food / water•Lunch for Saturday, 3/31

•Kids enjoy fun treats & inspiring quotes

•Food for bus:•Healthy snacks•Easy to clean-up•Water bottles (small & not in cooler)

Saturday night•Leave after award ceremony•Dinner on the Thruway (kids need $)

•Back to F-M Oak Tree circle by 9 pm?•Please be available to pick up your

child

Cell phone

•Make sure you have other parent’s phone numbers

•For communicating ride pick-ups/drop-offs with parents/students

•Coordinating dinners/snacks, etc.

Kindly Remember

•Please make sure kids stay focused on school work and Science Olympiad

•Kids must be present at school to participate in practices (same as sports)

•Kids have to be at school on days before and after trips

FMSo philosophy

•Family first

•School second

•Science Olympiad third

& States 1st!

Contacts for coaches

•Mr. Hartwell:•rhartwell@fmschools.org•315-345-1073

Mrs. Cucinottajcucinotta@fmschools.org

315-420-4430