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Vermont State Tournament
When: Saturday March 22, 2025
Where: Champlain Valley Union High School, 369 CVU Rd., Hinesburg, Vermont 05461
Tournament Fees: All registration and waiver fees payable to:
Vermont Creativity Quest Inc.
Please read the following before completing the State Tournament registration process.
To complete the registration process, you will need:
- School/Organization Information (the Membership ID Number and Zip Code of Membership Organization. (This is available through your membership coordinator.)
- Additional Coach Name and Email Address
- Membership Coordinator Name and Email Address
- Team Member Names and Grade
- Name and Contact Info for your required Judge/General Official, or agree to pay waiver fee
Registration costs $75 per Division1, 2, or 3 team, or $25 for Primary teams. You should arrange with your membership coordinator how the fee will be paid. A Purchase Order counts as payment, however a hard copy of the PO is required. Fees may be paid by check or electronically (credit card by arrangement).
In addition, we require each team, including Primary teams, to provide one person who can serve as a Judge/General Official at the tournament. You will need to provide the name and contact information for this person as part of the registration process. Judge/General Officials should be available for both training (online–Judges, you will be contacted by the PC) and for the full day of the tournament (March 22, 2025). All Judge/General Officials need to be available to serve the entire day of the State Tournament. If you do not supply a Judge/General Official as part of your registration today, you are required to pay a $50 waiver fee. All teams, including Primary teams, must supply a Judge/General Official or pay the waiver. You can register a Judge/General Official by clicking here. If you are not sure, please ask.
Please note any scheduling considerations (for example: coach is coaching more than one team, siblings on teams, parent coaching one team has child on another team, etc.) and disability issues (such as: allergies, hearing/speaking impairments, mobility issues, etc.) on the registration page so that we can make any necessary accommodations.
Finally, your registration for the Vermont State Odyssey of the Mind Tournament conveys blanket permission for photographs and/or video to be taken of any attendees of this event to be used for any lawful purposes.
If you have questions, please contact Lesley Adams, VT Association Director, by emailing ADvtoom@gmail.com or by calling or texting 1-802-404-1660.
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2024 Vermont State Champions, OMER’s and Ranatra Fusca Awards
Vermont State Tournament Results: Click Here!
OMER’s Award: OMER’s Award may be given to coaches, team members, parents, officials or others who serve as positive examples or role models through their actions and works, or to team members who exhibit exceptional skill, as opposed to creativity. It is awarded to individuals who exemplify the spirit and philosophy of the Odyssey of the Mind, or to team/team members who exhibit exceptional talent, outstanding sportsmanship, and/or astounding teamwork.
- Zoe Stazyk , The Mountain School at Winhall, P5 DI, Individual Award
Ranatra Fusca: The Ranatra Fusca Creativity Award is given to a team or individual for demonstrating outstanding creativity. This award embodies all that the Odyssey of the Mind program represents.
- Given for Long-term Problem “Rocking World Detour”: Burke Town School, P5 DII, Team Award
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VT Odyssey of the Mind Team Skills Workshop
Registration is Now Open!
To secure a spot for your team, please register as soon as possible. Workshop places are limited and teams will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.
Discover the hidden treasure of essential Odyssey of the Mind skills through this engaging and accessible learning experience.
We hope to see you there!
Click below to register your team.
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Vermont Odyssey of the Mind Coaches Training
Please join us at our Coaches Training session from 9 am -12 pm on November 4th, 2023 at The Colchester Meeting House, 830 Main St, Colchester.
The training session is open to new and experienced coaches, and any parent thinking of coaching an OM team and interested in learning more. You do not need a membership, nor a team to attend. It is an opportunity for everyone to learn more about the program and learn from and network with new and experienced coaches. We offer this training to ensure all parent coaches have the information and resources they need to have success with their teams.
Please reach out if you would like to know more about coaches training, or if you have any questions for us about our program: advtoom@gmail.com
Click below to register.
Register Now!
Category: Coaches Training |
Calling All Odyssey Alumni
THE ODYSSEY NEVER ENDS…
Since 1978, students around the globe have been solving creative problems in the Odyssey of the Mind program.
Omers live in every corner of the world and include artists, executives, architects, engineers, and more.
OdysseyAlumni brings this community of creative thinkers together.
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Hello OMers
VT Odyssey of the Mind is excited to begin our new year!
Having been involved in OM, you know how amazing this program is to improve student creativity, team-work and problem-solving skills, and having fun while doing it. Our goal is to reach as many Vermont students as possible, and the best way to do this is with the help of those with first-hand experience.
Here are a few possible ways you can help:
- Introduce the OM program to friends, relatives, neighbors, co-workers who have students between K-12th grades. For more information, they can go to our website http://vt.odysseyofthemind.org or contact us directly.
- Do you live in a high traffic area, would you be willing to place a lawn sign along the road in front of your home? This is what it looks like (two sides the same).
- Help us set-up an Information Night at your local school, library, home-school group, recreational department, etc. Give us a time and place and we will be there! We will come prepared to tell them all about OM and assist in getting teams started.
To stay in touch with OM please go to the following link so we can add you to our OM National Alumni Directory: https://www.odysseyalumni.org/. This is for coaches, judges and past team members. We love seeing our VT OM alumni involved at the local and national level.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you,
Lesley Adams
Association Director
Stephanie Fournier
Northern Regional Director
Rachel Preston
Southern Regional Director
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The 2017 – 2018 VT Odyssey of the Mind Season Comes to an End
Congratulations to all our Vermont Odyssey of the Mind Participants for a successful year of creative problem solving. We are especially proud of the teams from Malletts Bay, Colchester Middle School, Cambridge Elementary, Richmond Elementary, St. Albans Town Ed Center, and Town of Brandon Rec Center who made the long trip to Iowa State University and represented Vermont so well in both their performances and their engagement with all the people they met from all over the world.
The new problem synopses for the 2018 -2019 are now available. Check them out at the odysseyofthemind.com website.
Have a safe, enjoyable summer!
See you next fall!
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