Please Join us to celebrate the participants of the ThinkQuest NYC 2009 Competitions!

The day will begin with an exhibition of the students’ work followed by a ceremony that will announce the winners.

Date: June 9, 2009

Student Demos: 3 PM

Awards Ceremony: 5 PM

Location: BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center
199 Chambers Street, New York, NY, 10007

These are the dates for submitting TQNYC Internet Challenge entries and announcing finalists.

A Complete Site = All files uploaded and tested, and the Site Profile completed. You must be logged into your coach account to finish the Site Profile. Review the checklist. A tutorial featuring our recommendations on uploading can be found here.

May 5th- Extra Credit Deadline
Get ‘extra credit’ by finishing early. This will allow time for any problems to be fixed and to avoid ‘unavoidable’ problems like servers being down, blackouts and natural disasters.

May 8th- 12pm (noon)- FINAL Deadline
After noon on the 8th, you will not be able to fix your site or upload any files. Oracle will close the server and there will be NO way to make ANY changes. AT ALL. PERIOD. That’s NOON on Friday, May 8th. There is NOTHING that can be fixed after that point. Got it?

(Now you understand why we made the “Extra Credit Deadline”!)

First week of June (Date TBD)- Finalists Notified
You will receive an email will the good news. This means that you and your team will receive an award on June 9th.

June 9th- Awards Event
All participants are invited to demonstrate their projects from 3-4:30. Then from 5-6:30 prizes will be given to Finalist teams.

June 19th- Winners Announced on Oracle’s Website
Winners with links to their sites will be posted on Oracle’s site and included in their international library.

June 30th (or sooner)- All Entries Posted on TQNYC.org
We think that ALL student work should be displayed and celebrated. We will be hosting your projects on TQNYC.org for you to share with the world!

Nothing like being down to the wire to make an announcement like this!!

We’re extending the TQNYC Internet Challenge Registration Deadline to May 1st. Yes, that’s right, May Day (insert laughter here).

FYI- Site Profiles do NOT need to be complete to be registered. They need to be completed by the project deadline, which has been extended as well… we’ll give you THAT date next week.

Come to one of our hands-on help sessions for help with ANYthing!

Wednesday, April 1
3-5pm
IS 230
3401 73rd Street
Jackson Heights, NY 11372

Monday, April 6
3:30-5:30pm
P.S. 93
Bronx, NY 10473

Good luck to everyone!