WSO

The perfect harmony between having fun and getting the work done. September 24th, 2013 (September Meeting 3)

WSO vs Other S.O teams

School WECHS Cost Free Size 34+ Start Date September 4th Special Events Parties, Picnics, Trips Tests Visiting WECHS Tests Tests Tuition Fees

NCSSM Apex Enloe RCHS Cardinal Gibbons

Tedious Testing Free (For Now) Tedious Testing Tedious Testing Tuition Fee

40+ 25 40+ 40+ 30+

Mid-October LateSeptember Mid-October EarlyNovember October

Rundown
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

Event Leaders = Stations where you can learn about

specific events.

Team Updates Varsity Interviews + Outside Time

Executive Board
Here is a list of the rundown of the Executives Boards
duties:

Officer President Vice President Secretary Northern Campus Representative Construction Manager

Name WWBM + Interviews Team Updates + Interviews Jeopardy + Interviews Event Leader + Outside Event Leader + Outside

Team Updates
Facebook Page has 96 Likes now!

Facebook Group for Science Olympiad 2013-2014 has began. All

students here with a FB account may join. We recommend you LIKE and JOIN the page because we do in fact post updates there.

Website is updated. Please remember to check the website for your

#1 information. (Show Website)

Next meeting is OCTOBER 2nd (8 days!) WSO Number: 919-901-1933 (Texting) All of these outlets are for YOU to get information about meeting
dates and information. There is NO excuse for I didnt know. We also send out weekly emails.

Team Updates
Varsity 15 will be announced later this week.

Final 3* Varsity members will be announced later on to

provide more time for observations.

JV Representative Primary Elections will be pushed

back to at least October 16th to accommodate for this.

Commitment Contracts
Turn Them In if you havent

Complete a Who am I if you havent already.

Future Meetings/Team Events

September 26th September 29th: Varsity Announced

October 2nd Meeting (Wed) (8 DAYS!!!)

October 16th Meeting (Wed) October 22nd Meeting (1st Town Meeting Tuesday)

Competition
3 Stages of Competition

1.

Regional (March)

2. States (April) 3. National (June)

Everyone competes in the Regional.

Regional Level
Top 4-5 SCHOOLS from the Regional level advance to
the State Level.

Only the performance of the VARSITY team will

determine School Placement.

Regionals is March 15th.

*Our main rival is Apex High School, Last years
Division Winner.

State Level
April 25-26th @ N.C State

Competition against Top 50+ schools around the State.

1st Place winners of the EVENT get $2,500+
scholarship to NCSU

Top 2 SCHOOLS go to National Level Again, only Varsity placement can determine National
Placement.

National Level
Orlando, FL

If we go to the National tournament, we will go to a

theme park or something. I know everyone here is excited about Epcot!

Top placers get prizes and scholarships.

In 2010, University of Illinois gave away $100,000
scholarships to many winners!

Team Composition
Each team may have no more than 18 people

Each School can have 1 Varsity + as many JV teams

as they want.

We will have 1 Varsity and 2 JV teams.

Varsity vs JV
Varsity is the more competitive side of competition.
Varsity members will have on average 2-3 events.

JV is more casual and relaxed. More Events are open

for JV = You have more chances of getting the event and partner you want.

Varsity is based on Maturity, Character, Ability, and

Potential.

Varsity will be announced by September 29th

Events
Continue to look at which events interest you MOST.

Pick events that align with your classes.

Next, we have Sharat Nemani doing WIDI with you all.

Enrollment Across the Board

WECHS SO vs Other Schools
12 10 Axis Title 8

6
4 2 0 % of Enrollment %