Dear ARML Team,
This email contains a lot of information about the travel logistics for our trip to ARML in Reno on Friday and Saturday, May 30-31. Please read it carefully, and let us know if you have any questions.
Itinerary
Please read through the following itinerary for a detailed schedule, including bus pickups, travel schedule, details about our time in Reno. We will send out an updated version in a couple days with additional information, including chaperone contact information.
Based on the information that we have available, we have assigned students to bus pickup locations. Please see the end of this email for an updated roster and find your assigned pickup location. If you’d like to board the bus at a different pickup location, please reply to this email and let us know. We will try to accommodate such requests within the constraints of capacity limits for our two buses.
Alternate Transportation
A number of you have asked about traveling independently with parents to ARML. In order to maintain supervision during the trip, we require that any student traveling independently to be dropped off and picked up at UNR at the following designated times:
- Friday May 31: Drop-off between 1:30pm and 2:00pm in the lobby of Argenta Hall.
- Saturday June 1: Pickup between 3:15pm and 3:30pm in the lobby of Argenta Hall.
If we’ve already recorded your intention to travel independently, your travel in the table below should be listed as “parent”. If you’re assigned to the bus but plan to travel with parents, please reply to this email and let us know, so that we’re not looking for you when loading the buses.
Team and Coach Assignments
As mentioned in my previous updates, we needed to move some people around between our regional teams in order to have teams of exactly 15 people each. We have now done so, and everyone affected has been notified of their new team assignments. The updated team lists are below. Students can join each team’s Discord channel by reacting in #roles (a server invite is available by clicking on the Discord icon on the team website).
Additionally, we will assign at least two coaches/chaperones to each team. These coaches are the primary contacts for each team during the trip, and will be hosting all team meetings. Contact information for team coaches will be listed on the next version of the itinerary.
Student Phone Numbers
To make communication more efficient, we are collecting student cell phone numbers for this trip. Please use the form below to report your cell phone number. Note that this should be the number of a cell phone that you’ll be carrying with you on the trip. If you will not have a cell phone on the trip, please indicate that on the form.
Student Cell Phone Number Form
Permission Forms
Permission forms were recently sent via SignWell to all parents using the parent email address that was submitted in the Information Sheet last month. Please complete the paperwork as soon as possible. No student may attend ARML without a completed permission form. If you have not received the form, please check your spam folder, and email me if you still can’t find it.
Optional Homework
Over the past weeks, we have uploaded three individual rounds on ContestDojo as optional practice material. If you’d like to partake, you may complete those individual rounds at any time. Solutions can be found in the same place as materials from practice: Bay Area Practice Materials
As always, if you have any questions, please let us know!
–Moor and the rest of the SFBA/NorCal coaching staff
Travel Roster
Redacted for the website – email info@sfbanorcalarml.org if you need assistance.