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The 2001 Glorieta Kickoff Conference

The 2001 Challenge Kickoff Conference will be held at the Glorieta Conference Center, between Santa Fe and Las Vegas. The dates for the Kickoff Conference are October 21-23.

Two sessions are held. Schools that are farther than one hundred miles from Glorieta will attend the first session on October 21 and 22, while the schools within one hundred miles attend the second session on October 22 and 23.

Registration Fee

For each student/teacher attending Glorieta, room and board will be provided with the submission of a $20 registration fee. (Send to same address as the TEAF.)

Teachers: please email consult if you have a student who may need financial assistance.

To attend the kickoff conference, you must complete the following steps:

1. Read the Invitation to Participate
2. Register Online (Deadline September 21^st)
3. Understand the AUP — the Acceptable Use Policy.
4. Mail in the TEAF — the Team Entry Authorization Form - Deadline September 28. (Address to mail to at bottom of file)
5. $20 Registration fee due for each student/teacher attending Glorieta (send to same address as the TEAF- Deadline October 12.
6. Learn about the Kickoff — the activities, rules, and expectations (i.e. keep reading below!)
7. Prepare your Abstract — you must bring one with you to the kickoff.
8. Look into the Future by browsing through the important dates

This year we have a very exciting keynote speaker: Dr. Sandra Begay-Campbell, a Civil Engineer from Sandia National Labs. She was raised in the Gallup area and is recent past Executive Director of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society.

Another key speaker, Dr. Skateboard, will discuss the physics of skateboarding. You can check him out at http://www.drskateboard.com

Team Assignments and Schedules:

Find out what session you will attend - Team Assignments

Schedule of activities/events at Glorieta:

• Session 1 Student Schedules - October 21 & 22
  • For students from: Alamogordo, Animas, Bloomfield, Lovington, Mesa Alta, Piedra Vista, Shiprock, Taos, and Tohajiilee.
    Specific Teams/Students
    Schedule of Events

  • For students from: Alamogordo, Bosque, Clovis, Farmington, Goddard, Lovington, Magdelena, Shiprock, Silver, and Tularosa. (Track III students are in this grouping)
    Specific Teams/Students
    Schedule of Events

  • For students from: Newcomb, Picacho, Sandia Prep, Silver, Thoreau, and Wingate.
    Specific Teams/Students
    Schedule of Events

• Session 2 Student Schedules - October 22 & 23
  • For students from: Bernalillo, Manzano, Melrose, and Santa Fe.
    Specific Teams/Students
    Schedule of Events

  • For students from: Albuquerque Academy, Cuba, Espanola, Highland, Los Alamos, and Santa Fe. (Track III students are in this grouping)
    Specific Teams/Students
    Schedule of Events

  • For students from: Cuba, Freedom, Santa Fe, SW Secondary, West Las Vegas.
    Specific Teams/Students
    Schedule of Events

• Session 1 & 2 Teacher Schedule

Instructor Schedules

• Programming
• Project Development
• Overview

Rules at Glorieta

Map of Glorieta Room registration is in New Mexico Hall, AiS Challenge registration and classes are in the Patio/Chapel area.

Larger map of Glorieta. Take I-25 and get off at exit 299. From the south, go over the overpass then turn left on the frontage road which leads directly into the Glorieta Conference Center. From the north, jog right then left onto the frontage road which leads directly into the Glorieta Conference Center.