[2019 ARML] - Chaperone list and information for parents

Dear all,

This email is primarily for parents; students can ignore it.  I'm still sending it to everyone, just to make sure everyone who needs it sees it.

First, we have finalized our chaperone roster for this year.  The following people will be chaperoning:

Tasnim Aslam

Kendra Brashear

Manoj Das

Thinula De Silva

Freya Edholm

Ali Gurel

Mehmet Kaysi

Kavita Karighattam

Vasan Karighattam

Silas Johnson

Atul Mathur

Simon Rubinstein-Salzedo

Tim Sanders

Jeff Soesbe

Ernisyah Tarigan

Nathan Wong

Moor Xu

If you signed up to chaperone but are not on this list, we appreciate your volunteering, and we hope you will do so again in the future.

If you are a parent traveling to Las Vegas but not chaperoning, below is some information for you.

We will not be able to house you in the dorms.  However, if you would like to coordinate lodging with other parents, please let us know as soon as possible, and we will put you in touch with any other parents who are similarly interested.

Most of ARML is closed to the public, but parents are welcome at the awards ceremony after lunch on Saturday.  It is usually scheduled to begin around 1:45pm, but this time is subject to change.  We will also hold a team meeting, at which we will present additional awards and recognition, later on Saturday afternoon (probably around 3:30), and we would love to have you at that as well.  Both times may change at the last minute, so you should have your student contact you with updates.

If you are interested in volunteering for the ARML competition itself on Friday night and Saturday morning, contact us as soon as possible; we may be able to bring some additional volunteers, but we will need to provide their names to ARML well in advance.

Lastly, due to rules imposed on us by UNLV as well as the need to provide effective supervision of the students, there are a few rules that parents must abide by:

• All students must stay in the dorm on Friday night, even if their parents are in town.
• Parents (except registered chaperones) are not allowed in the dorm buildings at any time.  If you are dropping your student off, we are happy to show them to their room and help them get settled.
• Students must remain under the supervision of coaches at all times.  Students may not leave campus unless accompanied by a coach on a planned excursion; having a parent in town does not provide an exception to this rule, and parents may not "check out" students to leave campus.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about any of this.

--Silas