Register for SOLVI
Registration is open! Click here to register. We will cap registration at 30 teams, 2 teams per school at maximum, in order for more schools to participate.
SOLVI is a Division C invitational hosted by Ed W. Clark High School. Our mission is to enhance the Science Olympiad experience for local Nevada teams by hosting a quality tournament worthwhile to even the most competitive teams in the nation.
The inaugural SOLVI invitational will take place at a time in between New Year's festivities and the world's largest technology convention CES. From touring the Strip to hiking Red Rock Canyon and everything in between, Vegas is sure to be fun for students and adults alike!
See you there!
The inaugural SOLVI invitational will take place at a time in between New Year's festivities and the world's largest technology convention CES. From touring the Strip to hiking Red Rock Canyon and everything in between, Vegas is sure to be fun for students and adults alike!
See you there!
Tournament Information
Where: Clark High School, 4291 Pennwood Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89102
When: Saturday January 4, 2020
Check In and Wristband pick up: 6:00 a.m.
Events Start: 7:00 a.m. (no opening ceremonies)
Awards Ceremony: 4:30 p.m.
Who: Any C Division team in the nation. We welcome a variety of skill levels to help students prepare for upcoming regional and state tournaments
Why: Invitationals are a great way to enrich the overall Science Olympiad experience, hone skills, test devices, and in general improve your team prior to qualifying regional and/or state competitions. Additionally, students can meet like-minded students from distant places, which can create long lasting friendships. In other parts of the country, some teams compete in as many as a dozen tournaments each year.
Events: We will be running all 23 events from the 2020 national tournament (event supervisor availability permitting).
When: Saturday January 4, 2020
Check In and Wristband pick up: 6:00 a.m.
Events Start: 7:00 a.m. (no opening ceremonies)
Awards Ceremony: 4:30 p.m.
Who: Any C Division team in the nation. We welcome a variety of skill levels to help students prepare for upcoming regional and state tournaments
Why: Invitationals are a great way to enrich the overall Science Olympiad experience, hone skills, test devices, and in general improve your team prior to qualifying regional and/or state competitions. Additionally, students can meet like-minded students from distant places, which can create long lasting friendships. In other parts of the country, some teams compete in as many as a dozen tournaments each year.
Events: We will be running all 23 events from the 2020 national tournament (event supervisor availability permitting).
Registration Information
Registration: Registration opens September 3 at 4:00 PM PDT and we will be using electronic registration this year (Google Forms) found at the top of this page. We plan on having 30 teams, 2 Teams Per School Maximum, in order for more schools to participate. If you are interested in bringing two teams, please sign up for two teams on the initial registration form.
NOTE: Since this is an invitational, selected teams have been invited from various schools prior to September 3, and potentially in excess of the limit we have imposed. If traveling, please let us know if you need assistance finding accommodations. We encourage you to look into hotel rooms as early as possible, as New Years is a major holiday in Las Vegas. We will do what we can to ensure appropriate accommodations are found (we are sympathetic to traveling with Olympiad teams over great distances). Clark is the closest high school to the Strip. Any hotel near Las Vegas Blvd, on Paradise near Desert Inn, or near Flamingo Road will be your best options. If you have questions about possible accommodations, please do not hesitate to ask, since not all Vegas hotels are created equal.
Hotel Info: We have contacted some hotels close by and along the Strip for rooming and pricing information.
Regional Registration: Prior to the invitational all teams must be registered with their local State or Regional director. We will verify registrations early in November so you do not need to have the teams registered at the initial sign up for our invitational.
Requested Donation: We are asking for a donation of $200.00 PER TEAM (not per school. i.e. if your school is bringing two teams, your requested donation would be $400) to help us run Science Olympiad. No payment is required (or desired) until the team's acceptance is verified (i.e. the team name appears below). Your receipt will be in the welcome package you will receive upon check-in. If you absolutely need your receipt earlier, please let us know and we will work something out. Please send school check or money order to solidify your spot prior to November 1, 2019. Absolutely no personal checks may be accepted. Please mail all checks to Clark High School Science Olympiad, Attention James Miller.
Registration Deadline: December 1, 2020 or when full.
Required Proof of Insurance: Each team outside of the Clark County School District must provide a certificate of insurance which should list as Certificate Holder:
Clark County School District,
4828 S Pearl St
Las Vegas NV 89121
Each participating team's Certificate of Insurance must show evidence of General Liability Insurance with a $1 million per occurrence limit and $2 million aggregate limit.
NOTE: Since this is an invitational, selected teams have been invited from various schools prior to September 3, and potentially in excess of the limit we have imposed. If traveling, please let us know if you need assistance finding accommodations. We encourage you to look into hotel rooms as early as possible, as New Years is a major holiday in Las Vegas. We will do what we can to ensure appropriate accommodations are found (we are sympathetic to traveling with Olympiad teams over great distances). Clark is the closest high school to the Strip. Any hotel near Las Vegas Blvd, on Paradise near Desert Inn, or near Flamingo Road will be your best options. If you have questions about possible accommodations, please do not hesitate to ask, since not all Vegas hotels are created equal.
Hotel Info: We have contacted some hotels close by and along the Strip for rooming and pricing information.
- New Orleans - minimum 10 rooms to block
- Regular price ($155 per night + $20 per student after 2)
- Fremont - minimum 10 rooms to block
- Regular ($60 per night + $20 per student after 2)
- Main Street - minimum 10 rooms to block
- $78 per night for 4 people
- Rio - minimum 5 rooms to block
- Pricing information to be determined
- Other options: Marriott, Hilton, Double Tree, and Holiday Inn or hotels off of Paradise
- These may be better suited to groups of students when looking at costs.
Regional Registration: Prior to the invitational all teams must be registered with their local State or Regional director. We will verify registrations early in November so you do not need to have the teams registered at the initial sign up for our invitational.
Requested Donation: We are asking for a donation of $200.00 PER TEAM (not per school. i.e. if your school is bringing two teams, your requested donation would be $400) to help us run Science Olympiad. No payment is required (or desired) until the team's acceptance is verified (i.e. the team name appears below). Your receipt will be in the welcome package you will receive upon check-in. If you absolutely need your receipt earlier, please let us know and we will work something out. Please send school check or money order to solidify your spot prior to November 1, 2019. Absolutely no personal checks may be accepted. Please mail all checks to Clark High School Science Olympiad, Attention James Miller.
Registration Deadline: December 1, 2020 or when full.
Required Proof of Insurance: Each team outside of the Clark County School District must provide a certificate of insurance which should list as Certificate Holder:
Clark County School District,
4828 S Pearl St
Las Vegas NV 89121
Each participating team's Certificate of Insurance must show evidence of General Liability Insurance with a $1 million per occurrence limit and $2 million aggregate limit.
Event Information
Level of Events: Some events have different requirements based off of the level of competition (regional, state, national), unless there is a specific invitational level, this invitational will be run at the state level. Additionally, we ask all event proctors to realize the varying levels of students in the competition and write their exam with a range of questions (You do not want several teams scoring 100% on your exam nor the high score to be 15%).
Event Proctors: Each team is expected to run an event if we fill the invitational; if we do not have enough teams, some teams may have to run a second event. In the event an expert is available, we will have an event supervisor for the event. Once again, each TEAM (not each SCHOOL) will be expected to run an event so if you are bringing two teams you should be prepared to run two events. Teams are expected to supply all equipment, personnel, and electronic copies (of exams and all necessary paper materials) for their event(s). When registering the team, please specify what events you can run, and we will assign teams to the various events. The order of registration will be taken into account, but we believe having qualified people running each and every event is more important than team preferences. An electronic copy of both the exam and answer key for each event needs to be turned in by check-in so they can be disseminated to each participating school in that division (specific details to follow on how this will be done).
Test Returned: All tests taken the day of the competition will be returned to the coaches after the awards ceremony. All blank tests and answer keys will be available to coaches as well. Blank tests and answer keys will not be made available until we receive the blank test and answer key for the event(s) your school is running (this has been a problem in years past leading to not all events being available to all teams). Please remember, receiving copies of the tests and answer keys used the day of the invitational is a privilege for teams attending the tournament. Participating teams who withhold exam materials or show indiscretion with exam distribution may be excluded from future competitions.
Awards: Medals will be awarded for the top 5 finishers in each event
Trophies will be awarded for the top 5 schools (if two teams from the same school are in the top five, only the higher ranked team will take home a trophy and other lower ranked schools will move up one slot).
Sign up events: Specific time sign ups for the engineering/sign up events will be done on-line (specific details TBA).
Schedule of events: The schedule of events will be as close to the National Tournament as we can get. Trial Events may be announced closer to the Invitational.
Event Proctors: Each team is expected to run an event if we fill the invitational; if we do not have enough teams, some teams may have to run a second event. In the event an expert is available, we will have an event supervisor for the event. Once again, each TEAM (not each SCHOOL) will be expected to run an event so if you are bringing two teams you should be prepared to run two events. Teams are expected to supply all equipment, personnel, and electronic copies (of exams and all necessary paper materials) for their event(s). When registering the team, please specify what events you can run, and we will assign teams to the various events. The order of registration will be taken into account, but we believe having qualified people running each and every event is more important than team preferences. An electronic copy of both the exam and answer key for each event needs to be turned in by check-in so they can be disseminated to each participating school in that division (specific details to follow on how this will be done).
Test Returned: All tests taken the day of the competition will be returned to the coaches after the awards ceremony. All blank tests and answer keys will be available to coaches as well. Blank tests and answer keys will not be made available until we receive the blank test and answer key for the event(s) your school is running (this has been a problem in years past leading to not all events being available to all teams). Please remember, receiving copies of the tests and answer keys used the day of the invitational is a privilege for teams attending the tournament. Participating teams who withhold exam materials or show indiscretion with exam distribution may be excluded from future competitions.
Awards: Medals will be awarded for the top 5 finishers in each event
Trophies will be awarded for the top 5 schools (if two teams from the same school are in the top five, only the higher ranked team will take home a trophy and other lower ranked schools will move up one slot).
Sign up events: Specific time sign ups for the engineering/sign up events will be done on-line (specific details TBA).
Schedule of events: The schedule of events will be as close to the National Tournament as we can get. Trial Events may be announced closer to the Invitational.
Contact Us
For any questions or concerns, feel free to email us at clarkscioly@gmail.com
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