IMPORTANT UPDATES

Please note Official Event and Rule Clarifications are provided on a page of their own: Official Event and Rule Clarifications

June 28, 2008 - Dr. Cary Willard has identified a date for the 2009 National Science Decathlon Grossmont College Tournament - May 30, 2009. Mark your calendars. '08-'09 is going to be a great year. The '09 National tournament will be the first full, competitive entry tournament for Science Decathlon. Register now and get started with prep!  It's gonna be fun! June 28, 2008- A grand, "Thank you!" to the '07-'08 coaches and tournament directors, especially Rebecca Small, Frederick Warsaw, Susan Clifton, Tammy Siler & Diane Affleck from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, for such a great National tournament and successful year. Thanks!!! August 30, 2007 - TENTATIVE '07'- '08 Event List(s) and Event Rules (for most events) have been made available for free download/viewing/print/use earlier than ever in the history of Science Decathlon. FINAL DRAFT of the Event List(s) and Event Rules will be made by October 15, 2007 February 6, 2007 ***NEW & IMPORTANT*** Tournament Materials/Documents Tournament-In-A-Box resource are now available for people interested in organizing a Science Decathlon tournament. Having all of these generic resources available will save tournament directors a TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS amount of time. As a result, we hope it will be that much easier for people to organize Science Decathlon tournaments throughout the United States. February 6, 2007 - Special thanks to Greer Harvell, Dr. Asaad Samaan and Dr. Cary Willard for recently volunteering to host Science Decathlon tournaments in Florida, Connecticut and southern California (respectively). Having nearly 10 tournaments in 2008 will provide an opportunity for a population base of nearly 17 million 6th-12th grade students who would be able to travel by vehicle to one of these tournaments. That is about 65% of the U.S. 6th-12th grade student population. This is wonderful progress for what by that time will be 4.5 years of development for Science Decathlon.. November 12, 2006 - Dr. Eddie Tunstel, Senior Robotics Engineer for the NASA/JPL Mars Rovers missions, will be serving as the guest speaker for the National Science Decathlon tournament May 12, 2007. More information re: Dr. Tunstel and the Mars Rovers mission is available on the NASA/JPL website. A poster, ticket information and presentation details are available on the Science Decathlon website (link). October 21, 2006 - Science Decathlon now has a message board. Officially named the National Science Decathlon Community Message Board, it can be found at www.sciencedecathlon.com/community. It has been designed as a safe and postive place for Science Decathlon students from throughout the United States to be able to interact. Likewise, it was recommended by coaches to be used as a tool for coaches to discuss Science Decathlon strategies, issues and share information. Currently, the board does have three moderators and strict user approval procedures. Sorry, this may be an inconvenience at first, BUT it should prove to make it a better tool over the long haul. October 21, 2006 - It's OFFICIAL. Science Decathlon teams are now made up of a maximum of six (6) Regular Team members and (still) up to two (2) Alternates. October 6, 2006- Video footage for full '05 National Tournament Highlights video and partial clips are now available via the website for download (Video). NOTE - This is still a large file. 155mb. It can take a while to download. Smaller clips of the whole 7.5 minute video are available via the Coaches Resource page. August 24, 2006 - New board elected for National Science Decathlon. July 30, 2006 - Starbucks Foundation donates $5000.00 to National Science Decathlon. May 26, 2006 - National Science Decathlon received a letter of determination qualifying the organization as an IRS recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Your donations are needed and appreciated. Please consider making a tax deductible donation. Thank you!

April 29 , 2006 - Congratulations to all of the 2006 participating Science Decathlon teams for helping finish up a great year of competition. Special thanks to Hudson's Bay High School and Canyon Park Junior High for putting in the extra effort it took to win the 2006 National Science Decathlon tournament in your respective Divisions.

March 2, 2006 - Kudos and "Thank You!" to the teams participating in the East Coast Conference Science Decathlon tournament last weekend, Rebecca Small, Frederick Warsaw and the numerous volunteers, city officials and school administrators who helped make the tournament a success. Next up, the Pacific Northwest Conference Tournament at Lakeside and Nationals in Monroe.

October 20, 2005 - Lots to report. However, one interesting item is in regard to website statistics. Today, www.sciencedecathlon.com surpassed a new milestone. A new record of unique visitors was recorded for the month beginning October 1, 2005. The previous visitation record was set in March 2005. Thanks visitors! AND, please write to let us know how we can make this website better. Thnx.

August 12 , 2005 - Two Duke University seniors and one sophomore led by Dr. Forbes and Ms. Small will be serving as national event supervisors for a new Science Decathlon robotics event. Rules for this event will be posted shortly. Also, a good number of Chewning Middle School students were able to participate in Water Rocketry and Cranefly workshops. What a show. . . on their part!!! Lots of great questions about the planes, rockets and technique. Thank you for the exceptional hospitality Chewning!

August 11 , 2005 - Today Ms. Rebecca Small, Mr. Frederick Warsaw and Mr. Richard Kozak formally agreed to host the East Coast Conference at Chewning Middle School in Durham, North Carolina, February 25, 2005. Contact Ms. Deloris Harding or Ms. Small for more tournament information.

August 4 , 2005 - This evening the National Science Decathlon advisory board met to review the National Science Decathlon bylaws and s/elect the National Science Decathlon executive board. Mission accomplished. Afterwards, the executive board then s/elected officers and approved the bylaws as recommended by the advisory board.


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