KU to Host Regional Science Olympiad on Delayed Schedule

Event Moved to March 17 with opening ceremonies at 9:30 a.m.

Kutztown, PA (03/16/2017) — Kutztown University will host the Central Eastern Regional Science Olympiad on Friday, March 17, with opening ceremonies taking place at 9:30 a.m. in Keystone Arena.  The closing ceremonies will begin at approximately 3 p.m., also in Keystone Arena.  

The current event schedule can be found at https://www.kutztown.edu/events/science-olympiad/events-and-rules.htm.

The event, originally scheduled for March 16, was moved back one day due to winter storm Stella.  The schedule has been pushed back one additional hour to allow extra travel time for schools to arrive.  

Nearly 700 students representing 29 high schools and 12 middle schools from Berks, Lehigh, Northampton, Northumberland and Schuylkill counties will compete in 50 different events.

In its 33rd year, the Science Olympiad is an international nonprofit organization devoted to improving the quality of K-12 science education, creating a passion for learning science and providing recognition for outstanding achievement in science education by both students and teachers. These goals are accomplished through classroom activities, research, professional development workshops and the encouragement of intramural, district, regional, state, national and international tournaments.

The Olympiad is organized by schools at the junior high and senior high levels. Each school sends one team to compete in a variety of events. High school teachers serve as the coaches, judges, and coordinators.

Olympiad competitions are conducted at four levels - local, regional, state, and national. The local competition is designed to prepare students for regional competition. No teams are eliminated in the local competition.  At the regional level, the top ranked teams move on to the state competition.  The Pennsylvania Science Olympiad State Tournament will be held at Juanita College on Saturday, April 29.

The official website of the International Science Olympiad is http://www.soinc.org/. 

For more information visit https://www.kutztown.edu/events/science-olympiad.htm or contact scienceolympiad@kutztown.edu or 484-646-4116.

Participating Schools

 

Junior High/Middle Schools

Boyertown East

Colonial

Conrad Weiser

Exeter Township

Fleetwood

Kutztown

Nazareth Area

Orefield

Schuylkill Valley

Springhouse

Twin Valley

Whitehall Coplay

 

High Schools

Allentown Central Catholic

Bensalem

Bethlehem Catholic

Boyertown

Emmaus

Exeter Township

Fleetwood

Freedom

Governor Mifflin

Hamburg

Kutztown

Liberty

Moravian Academy

Nazareth Area

Northampton Area

Northwestern Lehigh

Parkland

Perkiomen Valley

Plymouth Whitemarsh

Reading

Schuylkill Valley

Southern Lehigh

Tamaqua

Twin Valley

Upper Merion

Whitehall

Wilson (West Lawn)

Wyoming Seminary

Wyomissing Area

 

 

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