Listen to the video below to hear about how to prepare your students for competition.

COMPETITION DETAILS

1. COMPETITION DETAILS 

• Game will run from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm on Saturday, April 27th.

• Game is virtual but teams are encouraged to gather together at school or other location to increase fun and teamwork.

• Separate Regional Competitions and trophies for Far North and Greater Sacramento regions.

• 3 Divisions per competition: College, High School, Middle School. 

• Additional awards for Best New Team (all team members with no prior experience).

• 2-6 members per team (increased to 6 this year to align with your existing competition teams).

• Schools may register unlimited number of teams. 

• $200 fee is waived for middle and high school students/teams in the Greater Sacramento and Far North regions thanks to the support of SCOE and the SWP grant funding.

• Teams outside the North Far North region may participate, but must pay the $200 fee. The perpetual Mayors Cup trophies will go to the mayor of the highest scoring high school team in the Greater Sacramento and Far North regions. 

• Registration closes April 26th at 5:00 pm 

• Cyber Skyline (makers of National Cyber League) competition platform. 

1. Gym opens March 1st .

2. Chromebook is lowest level of technology required. Not recommended to use phones or tablets.

3. Practice schedule provided to in Resource Guide below to aid students with learning (3 hrs/week plan). 

4. Training videos from Franz Payer of Cyber Skyline are available under Resources on norcalcyber.org. 

5. Competition will have leaderboards which will be closed 30 minutes before the end of the competition. 

6. Scouting report provided for coaches and participants  (this shows the students how they did).

2.   REGISTRATION PROCESS - NEW

• Coach registers teams using Registration form on NorCalCyber– indicate number of estimated students for game codes.
  PLEASE NOTE that all coaches working with minors are required to have a Live Scan on file with their organization/school and are required to have completed the Mandated Reporter training required by California. If you do not have these two requirements, please check with your organization/school first before contacting SynED. If you have college teams were all players area 18+ then you do not need to meet this requirement.

• Coach adds students using Coach Dashboard which can be used by coach to track form completion.

• Students will be emailed link to update Student Profile, including parent/guardian name & email for liability forms.

• System sends student and parent email with link to Adobe Sign liability and participation forms.

• SynED sends coach registrations to Cyber Skyline – Coaches will have access to game. 

• Cyber Skyline will send coach game codes and coach will assign game codes using the Coach Dashboard.

• Teams can be formed later but must be formed by April 25th – team lead registers team name first and others can join team. 

3. LIABILITY AND MEDIA RELEASE: Students and parents are required to sign forms. Please make sure that the parents of your students competing have signed their release forms. The Coach Dashboard will track and indicate status of participant and parent signatures. Goal is for all GREEN and COMPLETE! ALL forms must be received no later than 7 pm PDT, on April 26th.

4. LIVE@5 WEBINAR SERIES:  These pre-recorded webinars will appear here on the NorCalCyber website each Wednesday in April at 5:00 pm. Please share them with your students each week and encourage new participants. Webinars typically highlight career opportunities in cybersecurity. Some suggestions to increase viewing is to offer extra credit for each video the student watches.

5. TEAM PHOTO:  Please have your students create a team photo using their individual photos and some creativity. Upload your team photo(s) via the Coach Dashboard. Be sure to include the team's name and school the they represent (see samples below). DUE DATE: Friday, April 26th  

6. KICK-OFF CEREMONY:  The kick-off ceremony will be at 8:30 am Saturday, April 27th and the competition will begin promptly at 9:00 am.  Register for Kick-Off here.

7. AWARDS CEREMONY: The awards ceremony will begin promptly at 1:30 pm after a 1.5-hour lunch break. Register for Awards Ceremony here.

8. CHALLENGE COINS: Challenge coins will be mailed to coaches prior to the competition so you can distribute to students on April 27. In some cases, we may consolidate shipments to one contact in school district to save on shipping costs.

9. MEDALS and TROPHIES: Winning teams will have medals and trophies mailed to the coach within 4 weeks of the competition. Coaches are encouraged to arrange an award ceremony at their school to present medals and take photos. Please share photos to cmcc@syned.org.

10. MAYORS CUP PRESENTATION: The winning high school team for each region will present the Mayors Cup perpetual trophy to the Mayor at a City Council meeting. Often this will happen at the May or June meeting depending on the City Council's availability.