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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids middle school doesn't have science olympics and I had honestly never heard of it. [/quote]

A decent number of the MS don't have academic clubs. I was suprised to see how few of the public school MS had teams or individuals at the MathCounts chapter contest. I would guess that there was similar represnentation at the Science Olympiad events. I know that my sons ES did not have a Math Club until my husband ran it and that he was the only kid from his ES to try out for Math Counts at his school. No one picked up the math club after my son left his ES even though parents thought it was great. It doesn't upset me, the academic clubs need adult volunteers, which requires adults who know about the program's existence and have the time to volunteer after school to run a club. They also have to be knowledgeable enough to work with the kids on the material.

The MS's that have the academic clubs are the MS's that have ES's with the academic clubs and parents willing to lead them. All you have to do is look at the ES that offer the AMC 8 and participate in the various math and science competitions and you will see the MS that dominate in those fields.

I don't have a problem with saying that the kids who make State for clubs like MathCounts and Science Olympiad and meet the TJ requirements should get a TJ offer. It would only alter what kids from schools like Carson, Rocky Run, Longfellow, Cooper, and Katherine Johnson (they did really well in MathCounts this year) receive offers.

This continues into HS. We compared the HS offerings at my kids base school to others in the area and his has hardly any STEM based clubs while the surrounding schools have a ton. I am more than a bit jealous. Even if one of us were to volunteer to run a club, I suspect that there is a real lack of interest since none of the kids from the feeder ES even tried out for the MS clubs. [/quote]

You need a willing, enthusiastic teacher.   At our MS (Kilmer), the Sci Oly team was coached by two science teachers.  They managed the process, along with regular twice-weekly afterschool sessions.  I suppose a parent can stand in, if they are available and interested.   We are very grateful to the teacher coaches and supportive principal.[/quote]

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