Vermont Odyssey of the Mind

• Colchester Coordinator, individual award: Stephanie Fournier
• Richmond Elementary School, P5 DI, team award
• Town of Brandon, P4 DIII, team award
• Union Memorial, Primary, team award
• Camels Hump Middle School, P5 DII, team award

• Given for Spontaneous: Colchester Middle School, P5 DII, team award

Check out photos from the 2019 Vermont State Tournament by looking in Tournament Photos!

Great 40th Anniversary Tournament with OMER in attendance.

Find your scores here:

https://www.odysseyofthemind.com/competitions/2019/17239_scores_menu.html

We have a friend crocheting plastic bags to be made into Sleeping mats for the homeless. Takes about 900 bags to make a 3′ x 6′ mat.

If you have clean plastic bags you want to recycle for a good use, please bring them to the Tournament and we’ll take it from there.

The 2019 Vermont Odyssey of the Mind State Tournament has been posted.

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Tournament Schedule

Everyone who has volunteered to serve as a judge at the 2019 Odyssey of the Mind State Tournament is required to attend a judges’ training session. This is a 3.5 hour training. Refreshments will be provided.

Date:  March 2

Time:  9:00 am – 12:30 pm

Venue

Essex Middle School

60 Founders Road
Essex Junction, VT 05452

Map (copy and paste into browser):

 

https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=60+Founders+Road+Essex+Junction+VT+05452+United+States

• you registered to be an official, but not a judge (eg. Sales, Judges’ Lounge, etc)
• you have already been trained for Problem 2 with Sean Leach
• Tim Vile (Problem 1 PC) has contacted you, you will be trained on the day of the Tournament
• Donna Shepardson (Spontaneous) has contacted you, or you stated that you will work on Spontaneous, you will be trained on the day of the Tournament

Registration is required. Please reply to this email if you will attend. (This is so I know how much to bring for refreshments.)

Thank you for volunteering. We could not have a Tournament without you. It is my favorite day of the year (yes, it beats Halloween).

See you at training!

Vermont Creativity Quest, Inc. offers a $500 scholarship to a former or present participant of Odyssey of the Mind in Vermont to be used by the recipient for higher (post-secondary) education. Division III (High School) participation will be viewed especially favorably.  Applicants (High School seniors or first-year post-secondary school enrollees) may apply by completing the scholarship application (http://vt.odysseyofthemind.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/VCQ-2019-Scholarship-application.pdf). Former VCQ scholarship recipients may not apply.

Want to have one of the most rewarding Saturdays of your life? Become a Vermont Odyssey Judge for this year’s Tournament.

You must be available for the entire day on Tournament Day (16 March) and for the morning of 02 March for Judges’ Training.

https://www.odysseyofthemind.com/reg/registration_step.php?g=ootm&s=judge&c=17239

Registration is through the Members’ Area on the OM website using your membership number (from membership registration) and zip code. We also ask that you provide a judge or official to volunteer at the Tournament. Judge Volunteers MUST be available for Judge Training Saturday, March 2, 2019 from 9 AM – 12:30 PM in Essex AND for the FULL day of the Tournament Saturday, March 16, 2019 from 7:30 AM – about 4 – 4:30 PM. Please plan ahead.

https://www.odysseyofthemind.com/member-area/

Once logged in, select “Team registration” from the list on the left of the screen. This is also where your judges and volunteers find their registration portal.

Tournament registration fee is $75 for Division 1-3, $25 for Primary. Late registration (after Jan. 18), fees double ($150 for Division 1-3, $50 for Primary).

Payment is due Feb. 2, 2019. Payments made after Feb. 2, a penalty applies.

Payment may be made by check or by credit card through PayPal.  Payments through PayPal will be charged a 4% service fee.

• Southern Spontaneous Scrimmage, Session 1, 1:00pm

Teams will put their spontaneous skills to the test in this mock spontaneous competition. They will experience all three different types of spontaneous problems and will be given feedback on their performance. This session will last one hour (1:00 – 2:00).

Registration is required and space is limited. (email the organizer)