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  • Each school can bring one Division B Team (Middle School) and one Division C Team (High School) to the State Tournament.

  • Each team must register for State and National Science Olympiad membership at $150 per team. ($75 for state membership and $75 for national membership.)

  • Each team is composed of 15 students or less from one school in one of the two divisions.

  • Each team can have up to 5 alternate competitors. Alternates can fill in for absent team members. Otherwise, alternate competitors may only compete in trial events at the state tournament. 
  • No teacher/coach may supervise more than one team. Please bring a coach or supervisor for each team.
  • Some invitational tournaments may allow you to bring a second B Team or C Team for exhibtion only (which means they are not a competitive team.) In this case, the second team only needs to pay the national membership fee of $75.
  • Division B teams may have a maximum of (5) 9th graders. Middle schools may invite five (5) of their last year’s eighth grade students to be part of a team. 
  • Division C teams may have a maximum of seven (7) seniors.
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