Hi GGSO Community,
This is a reminder that the general volunteer application for the 10th annual Golden Gate Science Olympiad Invitational at Stanford (hosted on Saturday, January 31st, 2026) is due on December 4th, 2025, at 11:59 PM PT. The link to the application can be found here.
GGSO, directed entirely by Stanford and Berkeley students, is the West Coast’s premier Science Olympiad invitational and will be hosting nearly 1000 high school students from 60 teams across the country. For those unfamiliar with Science Olympiad, it functions like an academic track meet with 23 different events in all areas of science and engineering, including topics such as astronomy, Earth science, and cryptography. Science Olympiad is the nation’s largest team-based science competition for middle and high school students!
No prior Science Olympiad experience is required to apply! General volunteers help the day run smoothly by assisting with grading exams, setting up, monitoring students, and other day-of activities. Volunteers will also receive a free GGSO T-shirt, guaranteed transportation to and from Stanford campus on tournament day (for Berkeley students), all-you-can-eat snacks (while supplies last), and free lunch!
If you are interested in advancing science education, need volunteer hours, or are just excited to get involved with a fun science competition, we’d love to have you.
Links
2026 Volunteer Form
Email Us
Hi GGSO Community,
We hope you are all doing well and getting excited for Thanksgiving break! As we get closer to the tournament, we would like to give some friendly reminders and updates.
Every team member attending the 2026 tournament (including alternates and spectators) must have two individual forms on file. These forms should be completed by the team member’s parent or guardian if the team member is under 18.
Form 1: (Individual) GGSO Waiver
Form 2: (Individual) Stanford Waiver
Every participating team must submit a team roster.
After collecting all team members’ forms and filling out the team roster, each coach must submit via this Google Form. The deadline to submit is Wednesday, December 31st, 2025.
Every school (regardless of how many teams) should fill out the Google Form exactly once. In the Google Form, you will be asked to select one of two options:
You may scan all forms and upload them as normal. Additional instructions for scanning are provided in the Google Form.
You may scan only the team roster(s) and elect to bring physical copies of the waiver forms to us on tournament day. Simply check the corresponding option on the Google Form and note that, due to strict university regulations, we will only hand out wristbands according to the number of completed forms we have on file. Please only select this option if you are confident that you won’t forget to bring your forms.
Please note that we will destroy submitted documents immediately after the tournament, in case you have any concerns about the information we are gathering. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions!
Links
GGSO Waiver
Stanford Waiver
Team Roster
Submission Form
Email Us
Hi GGSO Community,
This is a reminder that the ES/TC application for the 10th annual GGSO Invitational at Stanford (hosted on Saturday, January 31st, 2026) is due on October 6th, 2025, at 11:59 PM PT. The link for the application can be found here. Please note that these roles are only available to students who have graduated from high school.
If you have prior Science Olympiad experience, consider applying to be an Event Supervisor (ES) or Test Committee (TC) member. Event Supervisors are responsible for writing the tests and supervising competitors on tournament day, while Test Committee members evaluate test drafts prior to tournament day.
As an added plus, all in-person volunteers will also receive a free GGSO t-shirt, guaranteed transportation to and from Stanford campus on tournament day (for Berkeley students), all-you-can-eat snacks (while supplies last), and free lunch!
Thank you all for your continued interest in running our tournament. Don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions!
Links
2026 ES/TC Form
Email Us
Hi GGSO Community,
This is our final reminder regarding registration for the 2026 Golden Gate Invitational. Registration can be completed via this Google Form by tomorrow, September 27th at 12:00 PM PDT. Head coaches, keep an eye on your inboxes following the deadline for further updates about team status and our feedback form!
Links
2026 Registration Form
2026 Tournament Involvement Form
Email Us
Hi GGSO Community,
This is a reminder that registration for this season’s Golden Gate Invitational closes in 2 days, September 27th at 12:00 PM PDT, via this Google Form. Please note that we are no longer using Scilympiad this year. Head coaches will be emailed regarding the status of their team(s) shortly after registration closes.
We understand that our transition from Scilympiad may have caused some confusion in the registration process. Keep an eye out for our feedback form in a future email; we’d greatly appreciate your input to ease the process next season. As always, please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns!
Links
2026 Registration Form
2026 Tournament Involvement Form
Email Us
Hi GGSO Community,
This is a reminder that registration for the 2026 Golden Gate Invitational will open tomorrow, September 20th, 2025 at 12:00 PM PDT via this Google Form. Please note that we are no longer using Scilympiad this year. Spots are limited, so be sure to sign up fast! Our tournament is capped at 60 teams total.
Links
2026 Registration Form
Email Us
Hello GGSO Community,
The 10th annual Division C Golden Gate Science Olympiad Invitational will be hosted in person at Stanford on Saturday, January 31st, 2026! Registration details will be announced in an upcoming announcement.
This is the first time GGSO will be hosted at Stanford, and we’re so excited to create an unforgettable competition experience for all teams at the “Farm”. To help us plan for this season’s invite, please let us know your Awards Ceremony preferences via this form.
Feel free to email us with any questions or suggestions. We can’t wait to welcome you to Stanford campus!
Links
Email Us
Hello GGSO Community,
We hope you all are doing well! We are sending out a reminder that the application for the 2025-2026 GGSO Board of Directors is due in two days on Friday, May 30th at 11:59 PM PST.
More information can be found on the application form linked above, including the positions we are actively recruiting for. We’re excited to read your applications, and as always, please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions!
Links
Email Us
2025-2026 Board Application
Hello GGSO Community,
The application for our 2025-2026 GGSO Board of Directors is now live!
We’re looking for UC Berkeley and Stanford students, including but not limited to those of the incoming class of 2029, who are passionate about improving the caliber of STEM education and interested in running the 2026 Golden Gate Science Olympiad Invitational. More information can be found on the application form linked above, including the positions we are actively recruiting for. Applications are due Friday, May 30th at 11:59 PM PST.
We’re excited to work with you this upcoming season! As always, please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Links
Email Us
2025-2026 Board Application
Hello GGSO Community,
All tests and keys from our recent tournament have been added to this Google Drive folder and are now publicly available.
As a reminder, please let us know if tests from other schools were accidentally filed with yours. We can coordinate test exchanges by scanning and emailing tests to the correct schools.
Thanks again for attending the 2025 GGSO Tournament, and we hope to see you all again next year!
Links
Email Us
Tests and Keys
Hello GGSO Community,
This is our second-to-last update before tournament day, and we’re looking forward to hosting you all at Berkeley this Saturday on February 22nd, 2025! This message contains additional details regarding the competition. You can view a list of all major announcements here.
Please make sure you have reviewed the update sent on Wednesday, February 12th containing the Coaches Packet and other important information. You can view the update here – __important action items__ (such as joining the Remind) are included!
We’re excited to announce that several organizations and academic departments will have booths at GGSO! Check out Wheeler lobby throughout the day to meet representatives from Stanford Chemical Engineering, the Stanford Materials Research Society, and the Stanford Optics Society! (Stay on the lookout for cool demos as well!)
Our team has prepared several fun activities for students to participate in during the day, including:
We will reach out with a final update closer to tournament day. As always, please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions!
Links
Email Us
Panda Express Flyer
ShareTea Flyer
Coaches Packet
Event Schedule
Awards Schedule
Event Map
Hello GGSO Community,
It’s officially the month of our tournament! In preparation for the 2025 Golden Gate Science Olympiad Invitational on Saturday, February 22nd, we would like to share some important tournament details.
You can view the Coaches Packet here. Please review the packet carefully and in its entirety. A summary of its contents is below:
This will be our primary mode of communication during tournament day; we will use Remind to send updates and answer any questions you ask. To join our class, text the code @ggso2025 to the number 81010 or input the code into the join site. A maximum of two coaches per team may join.
Check-in begins at 8:00am in the lobby of Wheeler, where you will be able to pick up your Coaches Packet that contains student wristbands (required for competitors), accident and arbitration forms, and all information from the Coaches Packet document linked above. After checking in, head to your homeroom and settle in.
See the full event schedule for our impound and block schedule. Check Scilympiad to view the self-scheduled times your team signed up for!
The Awards Ceremony will take place in Pauley Ballroom. Doors will open at 5:30pm, and due to space constraints, we ask that parents stand at the back. The ceremony will conclude by 7:30pm, after which coaches can pick up graded exams and score sheets from Wheeler 120.
The weather looks clear on Saturday, but please continue monitoring and prepare accordingly for transporting devices, etc.
The event map can be viewed via the Coaches Packet or Google Maps. A parking map can be viewed here. For check-in, bus parking is first come, first served at West Circle/Crescent parking (cars may not park in this lot), and there are also street parking and parking garage options.
No food is allowed in homerooms, and homerooms must be vacated by 4:30pm. Unfortunately, we must enforce the food rule very strictly to avoid facing a $5,000 fine. Note that custodians will be monitoring the homerooms and checking trash bins for food waste. If the weather is as forecasted, we hope your team can grab a bite to eat outside instead — here are some of our food/drink recommendations.
Free WiFi is available through Berkeley-Visitor.
Everyone must abide by the “never alone” policy, which states that there should never be a minor alone in a room with one adult at any time — nor should a minor ever be forced into a one-on-one situation with a volunteer, event staffer, or other adult. We take this very seriously; if you see a violation of this policy, notify headquarters in Wheeler 120 immediately.
Sign-ups will close at the end of this week (i.e., Sunday, 2/16 at 11:59pm PST), so please complete them ASAP.
Thank you for reading through all these reminders and updates. As always, please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions, and we look forward to seeing you at Berkeley!
Links
Email Us
Coaches Packet
Homerooms and Team Numbers
Event Schedule
Awards Schedule
Event Map
Parking Map
Food/Drink Recommendations
Hi GGSO Community,
We would like to remind you that our Tournament Volunteer Application is still open until January 15th at 11:59 PM PST! As a reminder, we are looking for volunteers who can attend the 2025 GGSO Tournament in person on Saturday, February 22nd, 2025.
Please spread the word to SciOly alumni and/or friends who might want to get involved — even those without SciOly experience are welcome to volunteer! As always, feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns.
Links
Sign Up Form
Email Us
Golden Gate Science Olympiad is run by Golden Gate Science League, a California 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
Questions? Interested in sponsoring? Joining us as a student at Stanford or UC Berkeley next year? Shoot us an email to get involved with our team!