How do you sustain the momentum from year to year??
- When you are at the tournament emphasize your pride in their accomplishments, regardless of how they place. Emphasize the goals of having fun, supporting one another and being good sportsmen as they prepare and compete. Be enthusiastic; that positive attitude combined with the camaraderie of the team will foster a contagious energetic spirit.
- Ask your administration to recognize the team for competing at the State Tournament in any way possible (newsletters, news on web page, school announcements, district board meetings).
- Recruit freshman and sophomores as well as juniors and seniors each year. Those lower classman will become the nucleus of the next year's team. Soon the Science Olympiad club will "take on a life of its own" and become self-perpetuating.
- After you get your own team established, you may want to think about reaching out to your “feeder” middle or junior high schools and encourage the science teachers there to consider getting their students involved in the Science Olympiad (Division B). When these students reach high school, they will be likely to want to continue to participate,
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