The annual ESO coaches meeting and material pick-up will take place on Wednesday, October 10th from 4:00-5:00 pm at Hawthorne (1595 Hawthorne Ave SE, Smyrna, GA 30080). ESO events will be posted soon on the ESO page. 

The Dodgen & Walton Science Olympiad Teams cordially invite you to participate in the Dodgen-Walton Science Olympiad Invitational Tournament for Middle School teams on Saturday, November 10, 2018. The Tournament will be held at Walton High School, 1590 Bill Murdock Road, Marietta GA 30062.  

Schools may send one team and all 23 events will be run.  Experienced schools will be asked to sign up for and run at least one event per team.  This will include making the test and providing for all necessary supplies, tools, people, paper tests & key copies for teams, etc. needed to run the event.  Medals and team trophies will only be awarded for the written test events.  For the building events, we are encouraging the students to bring their prototype devices to run in a tournament to gain experience in preparation for their regional tournaments.  The courses will be set up per the rules and judges/experienced coaches will be available for the students to talk with regarding their devices and the events.  

Please complete the registration form at the following link before September 14:  https://sites.google.com/site/dodgensciolyinvitationalreg/home . The invitational committee will send you an email by September 24th letting you know if your team is included in the invitational or on a waiting list.  Last year spaces filled quickly. The cost of the tournament is $75 per team and payment is due by October 1st, with no refunds given after that date.  Please do not send payment until you receive a confirmation email.   Your confirmation e-mail will include payment details as well as a link to the invitational website with the schedule and other tournament information.

Congratulations to the Dodgen Middle School Science Olympiad Team, who placed 24th out of 60 teams  at the National Science Olympiad Tournament on May 19.
 
​The team took top places in the following events:

• Meteorology – 1st
• Road Scholar – 5th
• Dynamic Planet – 6th

The State Middle School Science Olympiad Tournament has changed locations from South Cobb High School to Hillgrove High School. The address for Hillgrove is ​4165 Luther Ward Rd, Powder Springs, GA 30127

The Dodgen Science Olympiad Invitational scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, January 20th, has been cancelled due to continuing ice on the roads but will still take place virtually. If you do not receive information from Kathy Jacobson by this afternoon, please email her at [email protected]. 

Registration is now open for the Dodgen Middle School Science Olympiad Invitational Tournament on Saturday, January 20th, 2018. Please complete the registration form at the following link before November 9th: https://goo.gl/forms/n7iB7YAOUjtI7z3W2. The invitational committee will send you an email by November 17th letting you know if your team is included in the invitational or on a waiting list.  Last year spaces filled quickly. 
 
The cost of the tournament is $75 per team and payment is due by December 8th, with no refunds given after that date.  Please do not send payment until you receive a confirmation email.   Your confirmation e-mail will include payment details as well as a link to the invitational website with the schedule and other tournament information.

All 23 events will be run. To do this, experienced schools are asked to sign up for and run at least one event per team.  This will include making the test and providing for all necessary supplies, tools, people, paper tests & key copies for teams, etc. needed to run the event.  In some cases, Dodgen may be able to provide certain items that will be onerous to transport, microscopes and such come to mind.  If you need help with equipment, chemicals or supplies, please contact Kathy Jacobson ([email protected]) by early December so that she can make sure to provide these.  

​The annual Middle School Science Olympiad training workshop is on Saturday October 28th at Dodgen Middle School in East Cobb County.   This middle school workshop is helpful for new schools as well as experienced schools.  This provides a great way to jump start your team for the year. 
 
Each school that registers may bring 1 teacher/coach and 2 students for each event class that is taught (as space available).  
 
This year’s classes include: 
 
•         Road Scholar – Paul Jacobson, Dodgen
•         Experimental Design – Twila McMullan, North Cobb Christian
•         Wright Stuff – Dave & Eileen Zeigler – Freedom Flight Models
•         Roller Coaster – Dodgen / Lockheed Martin
•         Towers - Jennifer Joiner, Dekalb County School System
•         Event TBD – Sumi Jayaraman
•         Engineering Careers (Taught by young Lockheed Martin engineers)
•         New coach class  (0-3 years experience) Debbie Amodeo, Dodgen
•         Coach Roundtable (new & experienced lead coaches)
 
We are also teaching a “new coach” class which is geared towards coaches with 0-3 years’ experience with Science Olympiad. 
 
Registration Form Link:        https://goo.gl/forms/92qnCzsxaX9alisC2
 
Seating is limited so we will handle registration on a first come first served basis and will try to accommodate as many schools as possible.

The Dodgen Middle School Science Olympiad Team cordially invites you to participate in the Dodgen Science Olympiad Invitational Tournament on Saturday, January 21, 2017. This Middle School "B" Tournament will be held at Dodgen Middle School, 1725 Bill Murdock Road, Marietta GA 30062.

In an effort to have more Science Olympiad winners, teams can compete in two flights: One flight for teams who have experience and another flight for those teams who are just starting or those who have not frequented state competitions. All 23 events will run.

Registration will open on November 3rd at the following link:
​https://sites.google.com/site/dodgensciolyinvitationalreg/home

ESO coaches, join us on November 1st from 4:00-5:30 pm for our annual coaches training. We'll cover all of this year's events and give you some consumable supplies for your team. The training will take place at the Cobb District office: 514 Glover Street, Suite 230, Marietta, GA 30060.