BirdSO Invitational 2021

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Hi all,

We've decided to release a fee waiver for teams that find themselves unable or struggling to pay for our competition. Please fill out this form if you are in this situation, and we will get back to you with more information. Our goal is to strike a balance between underfunded, new teams and underfunded, disadvantaged teams, but we will take into consideration other teams as well. Moreover, we may offer you a SkyCiv license for Digital Structures, if that is something that your club lacks funds for. We understand the struggles that teams may face, new or not to the Science Olympiad community, and want to do our best to help.

In addition, we've increased our team cap to 120 teams in division C (not including fee-waived teams, which will increase this total)! We are extremely thankful for all the interest our invitational has received - we have over 140 teams from 28 states!

Thank you so much!
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Hi all! We're looking for volunteer graders for the BirdSO Invitational, held March 7th through March 13th. If you'd like to help out, please fill out the form here. Thank you!
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We've released our second tournament update! Check it out here!


Moreover, if you are participating at the BirdSO Invitational this year, fill out this google form for a chance to win a BirdSO T-Shirt!

Limit one entry per person. Three winners will be selected on or before February 28th, 2021. In order to enter, your school must be participating in the competition.
Winners will be contacted either by e-mail or by Instagram. If you do not respond within 24 hours, a new winner will be picked.
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Hi all,

There's only two days left to register for the first annual BirdSO Invitational, taking place between March 7th and March 13th, 2021! We have over 165 teams from 32 states registered to compete. Head over to https://scilympiad.com/birdso/Reg to register!

If you are financially incapable of participating at competition, fill out our fee waiver application!

Thank you,
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Hi all!

We're still looking for volunteer graders! If you do Experiment and Data Analysis, Machines, Fossils, or any other event, fill out our volunteer grader form to apply!

Thank you!
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Hi all!

Competition has started! Good luck to all students, teams, and coaches for the next 7 days!

We want to thank everyone who has contributed to make this competition possible. From the amazing event supervisors who have put dozens and dozens of hours into test writing to the interested students and coaches, this event would not have been possible without every single one of you!

As a general reminder, there should be no test discussion through any private or public method of communication until the testing period is over on Saturday, March 13th, at 9:00 PM PST.

Thank you!
On behalf of the BirdSO Tournament Directors,
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Hi all!

Please do not begin tests starting at 11:00 PM PST (2:00 AM EST). The Scilympiad servers will be refreshed at 12:00 PM PST (3:00 AM EST) and will have a 10 minute downtime. Any teams that start during this period will NOT be granted an extension or redo if their answers are not saved. If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know.

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Congratulations to:

BASIS Independent McLean - Fire (VA, B005)
BASIS Independent Silicon Valley - A (CA, B007)
'Iolani School - Cult of Intelligent Avians (CIA) (HI, B019)
Pleasant Ridge Middle School - Ravens (KS, B044)
Sierra Vista Middle School - Chicken Nuggets (CA, B049)
Stoller Middle School - Flexers (OR, B054)

for qualifying for the top 6 buzzer round! Please have your coaches check their emails :eyes:
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Testing has ended! Thank you to all of the teams, competitors, event supervisors, and coaches who participated in our tournament. We will be sending an email out very soon regarding post-tournament information, such as a reminder about the timeline for awards, appeals, and other events.
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Re: BirdSO Invitational 2021

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Hi all!

We’ve finally made it through our week of competition! Through the ups and downs with testing and competition, our 184 teams from 33 states have completed over 3500 tests in our 52 events in two divisions. Thank you for your cooperation and enthusiasm in the virtual environment.

General Feedback Forms: https://forms.gle/T23Rcr1ZXXtoHiaVA
Event Supervisor Feedback Forms: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D0u ... Byd2k/edit

Time Extensions
If you have had issues with testing and would like a time extension, please email us at [email protected]. Time extensions will only be accepted for teams that started before the end of the competition but have been affected by Scilympiad issues. Teams must notify us of their request by Monday, March 15th.

Post-Tournament Schedule
- March 20th, 2021, 6:00 PM - Awards Ceremony
- March 20th, 2021, 7:00 PM - Preliminary Scoreboard Released
- March 21st, 2021, 11:59 PM - Appeals Due
- March 22nd, 2021, 3:00 PM - Final Scoreboard Released
- March 22nd, 2021, 3:00 PM - Full Tests, Keys, and Histograms Released

Thank you!
On behalf of the BirdSO tournament directors, 
Jason and Allen Chang
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