Communique 1 October 9, 2026

Dear Coaches,

Thank you for registering for the 2027 SoCal Invitational! We have received more team registrations than we can accommodate. In order to secure your spot(s) at the tournament, please submit your registration fees. Spots at the tournament for up to 2 teams per school will be confirmed in the order that we receive the registration fee. Once the tournament has reached capacity, teams will be added to the waitlist in the order that we receive their payment.

For schools that registered a third team: Beginning Dec. 1, we will begin releasing teams from the waitlist to fill the remaining spots in the tournament in the order that we receive their payment. If you would like, you may submit the fee for your third team now to secure your place in line. If you plan to pay via check, please mail two separate checks: one to cover the fee for the first two teams and one to cover the fee for the waitlisted team. If your team does not compete, we will shred the check. If you pay through PayPal, we will refund online.

You can check your payment status/pay via PayPal on our webpage in the status section.

The preliminary schedules for the tournament can be found on our webpage in the downloads section.

Please submit your Certificate of Insurance by Dec. 1. Required wording for the Certificate of Insurance can be found on our webpage in the downloads section under Tournament Info. View the Certificate of Insurance instructions.

We plan to run 1 trial event in each Division in which alternates may participate. Trial events will not count towards the team’s final score, but participants may earn medals.

Registration Opens September 29 September 28, 2026

The Southern California Science Olympiad Invitational for Division B and C will be held at Temple City High School on Saturday, January 16, 2027. This tournament will take the place of the USC Invitational.

Registration will open on Tuesday, September 29, at 4 p.m. Pacific Time at the Register Now button above. The registration fee will be $245 per team. That's not a typo! The fee is lower than last year's USC Invitational.

In order to allow more schools to participate, we’re limiting each school to two teams for the time being. Payment is required to reserve those spots. Schools interested in bringing a third team can list that team on the registration form to be placed on the waitlist. Beginning December 1, we will start moving teams off the waitlist in the order that we receive their registration fees to fill remaining spots in the tournament. If you would like, you may submit the fee for your third team now to secure your place in line.If you plan to pay via check, please mail two separate checks: one to cover the fee for the first two teams and one to cover the fee for the waitlisted team. If your team does not compete, we will shred the check. If you pay through PayPal, we will refund online.

The invitational will give students a chance to practice their events, test their devices, and gain competition experience before their regional tournaments. We’ll share additional tournament details soon. If you have questions, please contact Ryan at ryanwong@socalscioly.org. Thank you to the Temple City Unified School District for hosting us. I hope to see you and your students there!