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                                       Important Announcements 

 UPDATED: FALL SPONSOR MEETING will take place VIRTUALLY on OCTOBER 20th at 7:00pm. Sponsors will receive a Zoom invite shortly.

IN PERSON Regional Meeting: Saturday, March 5th, 2022 

School Membership Dues ($35.00 per participating building) for the 2022 Competition Year are due December 1st, 2021.  Participants will be unable to upload projects if dues are not paid!  

Last Day to Register a Participant - Tuesday, February 1st, 2022 No NEW participants can be registered after the above date. Sponsors will be responsible for paying the registration fees ($15 per student and sponsor) for every participant registered by this date, whether or not they meet future upload deadlines.

Last Day to Submit PSTS Applications - TBD

Last Day to Upload a Project  - Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 Any participant that doesn't have a project uploaded by the above date will be removed; sponsors will still be responsible for these participant's registration fees. 

Last Day to Submit Scholarship, Internship, and Fellowship Applications - TBD

Last Day to Update an already uploaded Project - Thursday, February 24th, 2022 There will be NO changes to projects after the above date.

 

The 2022 IN PERSON PJAS State Competition will May 15th, 16th, and 17th, 2022

Regional Competition Preparation

The 2022 IN PERSON Region 2 Competition:

March 5th

 

TOPIC GUIDELINES

Please use the Presentation Guidelines for Science, Mathematics, Computer Science, and Engineering Presentations as a guideline to determine if a presentation meets the necessary requirements by CLICKING HERE.

 

GENERAL PRESENTATION GUIDELINES

  • Equipment will be provided to all Students at the Region 2 Regional Competition.
  • Slides may contain graphics, and pictures used to enhance but not to replace the speaker.
  • Digital Presentations MUST be in PDF format.
  • Animations, music, and sound effects should not be used and will not save in this format.
  • Digital Presentations CANNOT exceed 10MGs.
  • All Digital Presentations must be uploaded to the PJAS website by the stated deadline.
  • The actual experiment may not be used in the presentation.
  • No materials may be passed to the judges during the presentation.
  • Students should bring an additional copy of their Digital Presentation on a thumb drive (to be used ONLY in cases of technical problems).


RUBRICS AND COMMENT CARDS BY CATEGORY

Science
Page One - CLICK HERE
Page Two - CLICK HERE
Comment Card Example - CLICK HERE

Math
Page One - CLICK HERE
Page Two - CLICK HERE
Comment Card Example - CLICK HERE

Computer Science
Page One - CLICK HERE
Page Two - CLICK HERE
Comment Card Example - CLICK HERE
 
Engineering
Page One - CLICK HERE
Page Two - CLICK HERE
Comment Card Example - CLICK HERE

Registration

Registration for the 2022 PJAS Region 2 Competition will open December 1st, 2021!! All Sponsors, participants, or judges that need to register CLICK HERE!

 

SPONSORS

School Membership Application will be available at the Fall Sponsor Meeting as well as emailed out in October 2021.

Students will not be able to upload projects until the school membership dues are paid.

If you are new this year, please click the link above or go to pjasregistration.com to create an account. Returning sponsors should login and click on "edit profile" and check that all your information is current, including judging preferences.  Make sure to click "save". 

Once a participant has logged in, they will appear in your participants list. Once they have entered their project information (category, title, etc.) they will also appear in your projects list. For a participant to be fully registered, he/she must appear in both of your views.


      PARTICIPANTS   

If you are new this year, please click the link above or go to pjasregistration.com to create an account. When previous participants login in for the first time this year, they will be prompted to update their profile.

 

Under NO circumstances should anyone (sponsor or participant) create a second account.

If needed, contact the regional director to look up usernames. If you can’t recall your password, click where it says “Forgot Password?”, an email will be sent to your registered email that allows you to reset the password.  The regional director cannot see passwords.

 

ISEF 

The DropBox folder from last year will be ready for November 1st, 2022. Those with access to this folder will be the chosen sponsor from the school, Dr. Rusak, and the regional director.


Upload your paperwork in PDF format into this folder. One document per student only, not several. PUT IT ALL TOGETHER IN ONE SCAN.


Title it: School district name_sponsor last name_student full name.pdf

Scholarships, Fellowships and Internships

Please encourage your students to apply for these - they offer great opportunities for our students!!
 
TBD, please check back at a later date.


Pennsylvania Science Talent Search

PSTS offers students the opportunity to receive a letter of recommendation for their college
applications from PAS (Pennsylvania Academy of Science) and to be eligible for monetary awards from PAS

TBD, please check back at a later date.

 

IN PERSON Regional Competition Day

Saturday March 5th, 2022

 

PARTICIPANT'S SCHEDULE

7 - 8 am: PIAA Athletes, Henry Student Center 2nd Floor

8 - 10 am: Student Registration, Marts Center     

10:30 - 1:45 pm: Paper Presentations, Wilkes Campus

11 am: Scholarship, Fellowship, & PSTS Interviews, Chase Hall

4:30 pm: Awards Ceremony, Marts Hall

 

JUDGE'S SCHEDULE

8 - 9am: Registration, Henry Student Center 2nd Floor

9 - 10:15 am: Orientation and Breakfast, Henry Student Center Miller Room

10:30 - 1:45 pm: Paper Presentations, Wilkes Campus

4:30 pm: Awards Ceremony, Marts Hall


 **Based on Previous Years; Schedule Subject to Change


 

 MAP AND DIRECTIONS 

Directions to Campus - CLICK HERE

Campus Map - CLICK HERE


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