The 2024 Bay Area Regional Science Olympiad Tournament will tentatively be on Sat, Feb 3, 2024 at CSU East Bay at Hayward.

Science Olympiad is a national non-profit organization promoting STEM K-12 education through team-based competitions. The competition is not possible without the help of volunteers spending their time before and during the Saturday of the event to ensure its success.

Competition areas covered by Science Olympiad are available at this link:
https://www.soinc.org/bc-events
Division B represents middle school (Grades 6-8)
Division C represents high school (Grades 9-12)

There are two primary ways to contribute to Science Olympiad:

1. Be an event supervisor. Event supervisors volunteer on the day of the event to supervise students in one competition event. They are responsible for administering and grading tests and act as representatives for Bay Area Regional Science Olympiad and the respective institutions that work together to run the competition on the day of the tournament.
2. Be a test writer. Test writers volunteer their time prior to the competition by constructing tests and/or hands-on experiments for students. Test writers are supplied with the same rules/event guidelines that competitors receive. These tests undergo peer review and quality control to ensure they are at an appropriate difficulty level for middle school and high school students.

Interested volunteers may be both event supervisors and test writers. While it is recommended, it is NOT REQUIRED, for test writers to act as event supervisors on the day of the competition as they understand their tests the best. If a test writer is remote, they will be connected with their event supervisor prior to the tournament. 

If you indicate interest in test writing, we will reach out to you earlier so we can begin the test writing process. We will be filling the test writer positions as the responses come in, so reply ASAP if you definitely want to get involved with writing tests! If you indicate interest in event supervising, we will be contacting you closer to the competition dates to reconfirm your availability.