HARO Competition

The Houston Area Region Odyssey ("HARO") Competition takes place on Saturday, February 24th, 2024,
at San Jacinto College, South Campus, 13735 Beamer Rd, Houston, TX 77089.

The competition is hosted in the Jones Building (13) building and in the Fine Arts (15) building.
This is an all-day event, followed by the Awards ceremony in the Gymnasium (21) building.

Documentation for the tournament will be updated below from early-February.
02/08/24 Primary team schedule is published. Primary volunteer jobs open for self-serve until Feb 14th.
02/09/24 Reminder to coaches: Coaches! Virtual competition walk-through on Monday, Feb 12th at 8 pm. No rsvp needed. Computer or tablet are recommended: Join here: https://join.freeconferencecall.com/TXOM
02/11/24 Preliminary competition schedule is published for competitive teams. We will perform audit checks for consistency in the next 48 hours and finalize on Tuesday evening (2/13).
02/11/24 Site maps published for Fine Arts Building (v.6), Jones Building Level 1 (v.6) and Level 2 (v.3).
02/12/24 Tournament Information Packet “TIP” v.1 is published. Download it and prepare your questions for the Coaches Walk-through this evening.
02/14/24 Team member certificate templates are ready for competitive teams.
02/14/24 Read the list of Prohibited Items, including a temporary workaround for certain items with glitter.
02/14/24 Parking Map v.2 is available.
02/14/24 TIP update v.2. Minor corrections. Parking lots. Wellness Room. Link to pin trading article.
02/15/24 Updated List of Prohibited items v.2 (clarification on glitter - please read)
02/18/24 Updated Map Jones level 1 to indicate location for any pop-up tents.
02/19/24 Team Schedule is available in printable format with check-in times and props times for each team. Available for competitive and Primary teams.
02/20/24 Update to Team Schedule (printable). Fixed footer.
02/23/24 Competition Program v.1 is published. Share with team families.
02/23/24 Updated Map Jones level 1 to correct venue color for Prob 1, inadvertently switched. Fortunately the venues are adjoining. Follow the venue color in your schedule.
02/23/24 Updated Program to correct the enclosed map for Prob 1 venue color.
02/23/24 Added Concessions available at competition.

02/25/24 Good morning! Successful competition all around. Congratulations to all teams for great performances!
Tentative Scores will be published here by 11 am. We will continue the audit and finalize scores by this evening.

Our apologies to those teams who were unable to get detailed scores at competition. If you are missing them, please email Lilian your team name and I will make you sure get them within 48 hours.

Attention 7th place teams: do NOT throw away your props. If an advancing team is unable to travel to State, we often invite a runner up team.

02/26/24 Hotel information for Denton is published. Hurry up as the group rates are only valid if you book by end of day February 29th, while rooms are available.

02/26/24 Awards pickup. If you have not attended the awards ceremony, I will extend a courtesy pickup from our storage unit. You can come or send a delegate to pick-up this Saturday, March 2nd between 11 am and 1 pm. Our storage unit is Morningstar Eado located at 812 Live Oak St. @ Rusk St. (just east of soccer Stadium now called Shell Energy). I will be on the south side of the warehouse, there is an outdoor area painted orange and blue, with benches. You can park on the street. I will try to set-up our “Going to State” banner if some or all team members want to take a picture with their medals. No rsvp needed but please arrange to pick them up.

General Resources:

Link to Team Forms. Link to List of Prohibited items. Link to List of Concessions.

Tournament Information Packet (“TIP”)

This document contains all the procedural and practical information that the coach and parents need to know about the tournament. Share it with parents and come prepared.

Team Schedule

This document contains the schedule of teams performances and spontaneous competition. The printable version will include a venue color to make it easier on the day, as well as individual times for team check-in and props allowed in building. Please make a note of your venue color (i.e. red, or blue).

School Access and Parking

Please ensure that all adults in your team get a copy of this document. It shows access to the school with drop-off options and parking.

School Site map

This document contains the location of each competition venue within the school, as well as services and general information. Each adult in your group should have a copy. Please download close to competition again for the latest version and share with all team parents. We will not have printed copies on-site. 

Team Members Certificates

Competitive Teams: Template for Personalized Team Member Certificates are ready, by long-term problem. Download them to your computer and then fill the PDF fields with the team member name, coach name and school name. Then Print! You may do so at your convenience before or after the competition.

Primary Teams: Personalized Certificates for Primary teams will be printed and handed out at competition, after each team performance.

Tournament Program

Here is an electronic copy of our Competition program. You can print your own copies to share with the family ahead of time.