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- March 14th, 2020, 11:09 am
- Forum: General Competition
- Topic: Covid-19 and Nats/States
- Replies: 195
- Views: 40777
Re: Covid-19 and Nats/States
One of the last left apparently. We have canceled all competitions in Idaho, as our first cases have arrived. Source:https://statescioly.org/idaho
- March 14th, 2020, 11:08 am
- Forum: 2020 Regionals & States
- Topic: Idaho 2020
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7055
Re: Idaho 2020
We have canceled all tournaments in Idaho as of this morning.
- March 12th, 2020, 9:47 pm
- Forum: General Competition
- Topic: Covid-19 and Nats/States
- Replies: 195
- Views: 40777
Re: Covid-19 and Nats/States
Late at night here out west, but an update from our friends in Nevada: State has been cancelled. Source:https://www.nvscioly.com/
- March 11th, 2020, 6:28 pm
- Forum: 2020 Regionals & States
- Topic: Idaho 2020
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7055
Re: Idaho 2020
Boise State University will have all classes be held online on Friday. Depending on how this goes, the state tournament could be impacted. Idaho has not had a case of COVID-19 yet, so I'm hopeful that it is still held as scheduled, but we're on the lookout. If BSU starts to cancel events or continu...
- March 11th, 2020, 6:23 pm
- Forum: General Competition
- Topic: Covid-19 and Nats/States
- Replies: 195
- Views: 40777
Re: Covid-19 and Nats/States
Here is the source for the Idaho Statement, if that is still needed: https://statescioly.org/Idaho
- March 11th, 2020, 5:02 pm
- Forum: General Competition
- Topic: Covid-19 and Nats/States
- Replies: 195
- Views: 40777
Re: Covid-19 and Nats/States
Idaho has put out an official statement saying we are monitoring the situation. Utah, to our south, has Cancelled their state events. Sources: Me, I am on the State Board of Directors for Idaho. Utah's announcement can be found here: https://www.utahscienceolympiad.utah.edu/2020/03/11/important-scie...
- March 11th, 2020, 4:59 pm
- Forum: General Competition
- Topic: Replaying Events for 2021
- Replies: 229
- Views: 61488
Re: Replaying Events for 2021
There may also be a financial component. This might only be for smaller states like mine, but many schools have spent quite a bit of money to ensure they are positioned well with supplies and resources sot hey can not only be competitive at State, but also at Nationals. Making sure schools and schoo...
- February 20th, 2020, 1:31 pm
- Forum: Alumni
- Topic: Test writing
- Replies: 42
- Views: 26450
Re: Test writing
Personally depends on a factor of how much time I have/What Event it's for/how many teams will be there. With full control of the format, an invitational of 7 teams will get a different style of a test than a full tournament of 60. The main reason for the difference is the ease of grading though. O...
- February 20th, 2020, 1:06 am
- Forum: Alumni
- Topic: Test writing
- Replies: 42
- Views: 26450
Re: Test writing
Personally depends on a factor of how much time I have/What Event it's for/how many teams will be there. With full control of the format, an invitational of 7 teams will get a different style of a test than a full tournament of 60. The main reason for the difference is the ease of grading though. Ou...
- April 19th, 2018, 12:37 pm
- Forum: 2018 Regionals & States
- Topic: Idaho 2018
- Replies: 41
- Views: 17018
Re: Idaho 2018
We got some excellent feedback from the end of tournament surveys, and we've actually scheduled a board meeting for tonight so that we can go over and make some preliminary plans. Lots of improvements are coming next year, but based on the feedback, things didn't go too badly this year, especially f...