2024 High School Chemistry Olympiad

The National Exam for the 2024 High School Chemistry Olympiad will be held on April 20 at Cal State University Dominguez Hills. All qualified students will be notified.

NEW REGISTRATION PROCEDURES as of Jan. 2024:

1. 2024 USNCO Rules & Eligibility 2024 – You must read the 2024 Rules and Eligibility before you sign up.
2. Register is now closed. Deadline to register: January 26, 2024
   NOTE: When completing the registration form, there are multiple California sections. SCALACS is listed as “Southern California” on the dropdown menu. Choose this option.
3. Once the registration closes on January 26, 2024, SCALACS will receive the list of registered participants from USNCO.
4. SCALACS  will then reach out to all teachers with students who are registered.
   *If there are multiple teachers at the same school, SCALACS will reach out to these teachers in a group e-mail so that we are all on the same page and we can determine which teacher will proctor the local exam.
   *Please let SCALACS know if your school would be willing to accept students who do not have a testing site.
   *SCALACS will provide the list of students and students’ information to the teachers.
5. There will be no Scantrons this year. SCALACS will be sending each school the printed exams along with the new bubble answer sheet for students to use.
6. USNCO will be handling all the scoring of the exam. Once the exam is over, teachers can either scan all the bubble answer sheets in (1) PDF file and e-mail them to SCALACS office at office@scalacs.org or mail them to the office at 2700 E. Foothill Blvd, Suite 209, Pasadena, CA 91107. The office administrator will scan them and submit them to USNCO.<
7. Exam Payment — SCALACS will send an invoice to the teachers of the participating students. All payments must be received by March 1, 2024.

Any questions, please contact our administrator, e-mail office@scalacs.org or call 310-327-1216.

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