Quick links to Odyssey HQ

Bookmark the Members-Area for long-term problems, forms and all materials:

Bookmark the Portal for team and competition related database:

Quick links to general information on our website:

Quick links for team volunteers

HARO News

Welcome to the Houston Area Region Odyssey (“HARO”) page. You will find here additional details that are specific to Houston, in addition to all the general program information that is explained on this website.

8/12/26 Promotional materials are updated on our Building Teams/Membership Resources webpage. OM Coordinators can use them for back-to-school events or to publish/distribute within their school.

Fall events are scheduled: Orientation for new parents or teachers who have never been exposed to OM before. Also Coach Training for new and returning coaches. Check our calendar for sign-ups.

8/24/26 Reminder that if your previous year teams changed schools, remind the parents that we encourage and work with teams to stay together, even after the team members moved into different schools or the coach is unavailable. Coordinators newsletter provides tips to form teams and instructions to renew their annual membership. Also reminder for coaches to not start discussing the long-term problem for several weeks so that students can form a committed team first.
09/02/26 The full 2026-27 Problems are now available! Active members have access to download the full problems from the Member Area with details of requirements, scoring, style elements and much more.
09/03/26 The 2026-27 have been updated since 09/02. Make sure you download the latest version.
09/08/26 The HARO preliminary calendar is published below.
09/09/26 The 2026-27 have been updated since 09/08. Make sure you download the latest version.
09/12/26 The program guide is updated for 2026-27. Download here.
09/13/26 Reminder, we still have 10 open seats for the interactive Coach Training session on Sep 19th. Sign-up here.

What’s Happening in August/September 2026:

OM Coordinators continue to socialize the program within their school, host their own awareness meetings or refer new parents and teachers to our virtual Orientation meetings. Coordinators renew/purchase their annual membership(s), match interested students to coaches and build teams, approve the team problem selections, grant portal access to their Head coaches (and co-coaches this year). They also follow up with membership payments paid by P.O. or check to upload those to the website, so that everyone gets access to the full long-term problems timely from the portal.

Coaches start holding team meetings as early as they can. The first few meetings should focus on skills training, brainstorming skills and spontaneous. Coaches sign up for Coach Training or Team events in the fall, create/reset their portal account and ask coordinators to grant them access to the active membership. Once their problem is approved, they create their team in the portal. When the team members are solidified and committed, they start discussing the long-term problem and create their team roster in the portal.

Key dates for Houston/South TX season

The list below includes all dates mentioned in newsletters :