Submit Preregistration Information by Monday, February 8th As you're preparing, so are we. Please take a moment to submit your Event Preregistration and your Tentative Team Roster by Monday, February 8th. We have new online forms this year that will better collect the data for us. It just takes a minute and last-minute changes are OK! The information assists us with our planning this month. New Coaches Email Sent February 1st Coaches: Please look for our second coaches email of 2010 in your inbox this week. It contains a host of important reminders including details on submitting your preregistration materials including the event preregistration and tentative team roster. The email is also available online in our ESO at JHS 2010 News and Notes section. Other Requests: Picture This Times & Pizza Orders Preordering pizzas is back as an ESO at JHS service. We'll deliver whole pies right to you on Olympiad day. Place your pizza preorders online now. And, if you have not already, please visit our Time Requests page to submit your request for a Picture This time period for yoru team. And, view the confirmed Picture This Times online. Geometrics Event Rules Now Available Complete rules for Geometrics, the newest ESO at JHS original event, are now available online in the ESO at JHS Event Archive. Be sure to download rules for all of the ESO at JHS originals in addition to those events found in the official ESO Coaches Manual. And, don't forget to review the rule clarifications for all 28 events online on the ESO 2010 News and Notes page. Newton or Einstein? 2010 Group Assignments Online A record 34 schools are registered for ESO at JHS 2010. Each team has been assigned to either the Newton group or the Einstein group. See the ESO at JHS 2010 Group Assignments for details. Group designations affect only the scheduling of teams with regard to particular times during the Olympiad day or rooms in which they will compete. All teams, regardless of group, receive the same event materials. ESO at JHS 2010 Details Now Online Get complete ESO at JHS 2010 details online now including the event line-up and schedule. 23 of the 28 events from 2009 returned for this year. New for 2010 are four events from previous Olympiads including Cranium Command, Food for Thought, Knock, Knock, Who's There?, and Pastamobile. Plus, a new ESO at JHS original, Geometrics (details online soon), will replace Metric Mania for our measurement masters. See the hour-by-hour breakdown on the ESO at JHS 2010 event schedule. Donoho Captures ESO 2009 Team Title The Donoho School of Anniston used first place finishes in 6 events and medals in 20 of the 28 events to capture its first ESO at JHS team championship since 2001. Kitty Stone Elementary (Jacksonville), which had won the past 6 Olympiads, finished second. In all, over 500 students from 26 schools participated in this year's ESO at JHS, the most in our 16-year history. Visit the ESO 2009 Final Facts page for news and photos and the ESO 2009 Award Winners page for a complete listing of medalists from the 2009 competition. Make ESO Part of Your Classroom The Elementary Science Olympiad is an excellent way to encourage your students to explore the world of science. More than just a competition, ESO presents a number of events that make great classroom activities. Sample a few ESO events, created by the JHS staff, in our ESO at JHS Event Archive. Or, get the complete ESO Coaches Manual full of over 80 events. Visit the Science Olympiad home page for ordering information. Last Updated: February 1, 2010.