Dear ARML Team, Thanks to those who came to practice this past weekend! We’re looking forward to seeing everyone at our final practice this Saturday. Extra Shirts At practice, teams voted on their team colors, and the following colors were selected: Coach: Tie-Dye A1: Light Pink A2: Cardinal Red A3: Galapagos Blue A4: Pistachio A5: Royal A6: Mint Green Everyone on the travel roster (including coaches and parent chaperones) will receive a team t-shirt based on the size that you submitted on your information sheet. There is no need to request a shirt. If you need to change the size of the shirt that you ordered, please get in touch with us as soon as possible at info@sfbanorcalarml.org. ...

Dear ARML Team, It was great to see everyone at practice last Sunday, and I enjoyed closing our practice with an ice cream social. A few updates for this week, including a couple action items: Team Assignments We announced the roster for this year’s two elite teams (A1 and A2) on Sunday. Those teams are listed below. As always, with all of the talent that we have on our team, it was quite a difficult decision. ...

Dear ARML Team, A couple events happening this weekend for the team: Second Tryout Our second tryout will take place tomorrow (Saturday), 11am-12pm. The tryout will be held on ContestDojo, just like the previous tryout. We will open the tryout at 11am. Please note that you must start the tryout by 11:10am in order to have the full time allotted for the tryout. For more information about the tryout, see our tryout page. ...

Dear ARML Team, Roster Check At the bottom of this email is the list of all students who are fully registered and have a confirmed spot on our team. If you think that you’re registered, please look for your name in the list below. In case of any errors or changes, get in touch with us as soon as possible so we can make corrections while it’s still possible to do so. ...

Dear ARML Team, Registration and Payment Deadline Registration for our team closes today: Monday, April 28. This is a firm deadline to comply with ARML’s registration requirements. If you are planning to come with the team to Reno this year, we need you to register by the end of day today. Registration consists of two steps: Complete the Information Sheet. If you are on our email list, you have already done this. Pay the team fee on ContestDojo. We need to receive your payment in order to reserve your spot on the team. For more information, please see Joining the Team. ...

Schedule We have two online tryouts this year, both held on ContestDojo. April 26 (Saturday), 4pm-5pm May 3 (Saturday), 11am-noon For a full tryout and practice schedule, see http://sfbanorcalarml.org/practices/. What are tryouts for the ARML team? While everyone who’s interested in ARML is able to participate, we will select multiple elite teams of top students who will be ranked against the top teams from other regions. To select these teams, we will hold two online evening tryout opportunities. We will additionally consider ARML Local on April 27 to be a tryout as well. While attending a tryout is not required to be selected onto an elite team, it is highly encouraged. Even if you aren’t interested in elite team selection, we still recommend attending tryouts for extra practice! ...

What is ARML Local? ARML Local is a “mini-ARML”, written by ARML’s problem writers. Teams will be ranked nationally and winners will be recognized at the awards ceremony in Reno on May 31. For information about the competition, you can review the ARML Local Competitor Instructions. How do I participate? We are hosting ARML Local in two times and places: Bay Area: Sunday, 4/27 @ 9am, Bliss and Wisdom Foundation, San Jose Sacramento Area: Sunday, 4/27 @ 12pm, UC Davis Shields Library Room 162 There is no need to register in advance, though we do ask that you come on-time. The competition will take approximately 4 hours to complete. Our target end time in the Bay Area is 1pm. ...

Dear ARML Team, This email contains a lot of time-sensitive information about upcoming activities and deadlines. Please read through it and email us at info@sfbanorcalarml.org if you have any questions. First Online Tryout Our first tryout will take place today (Saturday), 4pm-5pm. We will hold this tryout on ContestDojo. Please see our Tryouts post for more information about today’s tryout, including some FAQs. In particular, if you have secured a spot on the team by registering and paying for ARML, your ContestDojo account should be set up for today’s online tryout. If you have not done so, we can give you guest access to the tryout, but you’ll need to email us no later than 3:45pm to request access for the email address associated with your ContestDojo account. ...