Register

Dates & Team Limits

Registration is at https://scilympiad.com/wa and will open on September 18, 2026. The final registration deadline (including full payment) is January 15, 2027. After this date, coaches of record will be provided with next steps. Note that team withdrawals after January 15, 2027, or after participation in Invitationals will not receive a refund.

Schools must register with their geographic region (Eastern, Northwest, Southwest). Please contact the State Director if you are unsure of your region. We encourage early registration (especially for Northwest region teams), as spots may be limited.

• For Division B teams in the NW region, if your school is in Sammamish, Bellevue, and Redmond, please register for the NW-B-East regional. If your school is in any other part of NW, register for NW-B-Seattle.

If a region is full, please contact the State Director. We will work to accommodate teams at other regional sites, as possible, to ensure fairness for state qualification.

No more than 6 teams from a school may register initially. To register additional teams, please contact the State Director. The Board will determine whether additional teams can compete based on team volunteer and registration status in early December. Regional reassignment may be necessary in January to accommodate all teams.

For registration, WSO must receive payment via PayPal (on Scilympiad), mailed check, or a Purchase Order (PO) from your school or district. For 2026-27 season, schools need to nominate two volunteers per team if the school has been competing for more than two years. See Volunteer requirement below. Please note:

• WSO requires a hard copy of the PO, which can be sent electronically to the State Director or by mail. Only providing a PO number will not be accepted as there is important billing information included on the PO.
• You can use the invoice/PO functions on Scilympiad to initiate payment. Check with your district for any additional PO requirements.
• Once registration is complete, a team number will be assigned. Only when the coach dashboard identifies that you have a team number for each of your teams is your registration official.

No more than 2 teams from a school may advance to the State Tournament. WSO registration is also required for participation in any Invitational Tournaments, including those outside of Washington. Teams must be fully registered with WSO prior to any Invitational Tournament. A separate registration fee applies to each Invitational Tournament.

Fees & Discounts

The registration fee for returning teams is $300 per team (not per school).

New schools may register with a $100 discount for their first team. Additional teams will be charged the full $300/team fee without a discount.

To introduce Science Olympiad to small or rural schools, WSO is offering discounts to new schools (limit discount to one team per school only) that can compete in fewer than half of the regular events or the trial events. Please contact the State Director if you wish to participate in this way.

Volunteer Requirement (New)

For Regional Tournaments, participating schools are required to provide at least two volunteers who can help or lead an event. If a school has N teams, we expect (N * 2) volunteers to be provided. This is a new policy for WSO and will be enforced as part of the registration process.

Failure to complete this may delay regional assignment and prevent school from registering for the regional if we exceed the capacity. WSO board will organize and provide training for the volunteers in preparation for regional and state support. Team registration is not complete until full payments are made to WSO and all identified volunteers by the head coach fill out the volunteer form. This form is distributed to coaches. Later in the season we may publish on this page a tracking sheet for remaining volunteers required per school.

Registration Instructions

Log onto the Scilympiad website (https://scilympiad.com/wa). If you’ve registered in the system previously, log in with your username/password and set up your registration(s) for the regional tournament. New schools/coaches will need to create a new login registration and then register for the appropriate tournament (geographic region & division). Note: Division B is for middle school/junior high school; Division C is for high school. For general information about team composition and policies, visit the national Science Olympiad website.

NEW: Head coach email should be unique and accessible by only the head coach. A team email or email account accessible by a group of coaches is not permitted as head coach contact. This is a National requirement to emphasize accountability. 

After September 18, 2026, you can register directly from the coach dashboard by clicking on “Update/Add Teams” to register each team. No more than 6 teams from a school may be registered initially, with the possibility to add more in late December, space permitting.

Be sure to finalize team registration via online payment (preferred) or purchase order (PO). You can print invoices from the registration page. If you have any questions, please contact the State Director. Note: The State Director will assign team numbers and may adjust regional designations before finalizing teams for the regional tournament.

WSO Team Conduct Policy 

Reminder that all schools/teams are required to abide by the WSO Team Conduct Policy – please review our policy page. Coaches, make sure your students, assistant coaches, parents, and any guests/persons associated with your school have read the policy and are apprised of the ramifications for violating the policy.