North Central Texas Technology Student Association
This site has been established to help provide information for TSA Chapters who are competing in the North Central Texas TSA Contest (Region 10)
2025 CONTEST Cost
$25 Chapter Membership Fee for NCTTSA and $8 per registered student - No cost for advisors. All fees will be invoiced thru the DLG registration system.
2025 CONTEST DATES - Feb 14 & 15 @ Vanguard High School in Mesquite, TX
Calender 2024-2025
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September 3 Zoom Meeting at 4:15 PM
September Texas Rulebook launches
October 3--4 Texas TSA Advisor Training in San Antonio, TX
October 7 Zoom Update Meeting - 4:15 PM
November 1 TSA On-Time Affiliation (National) - incur a $250 late fee after this date (Texas policy)
November 4 Changed to Zoom Meet @ 4:30 In Person Meeting - 7 PM @ Vanguard HS, Mesquite, Texas - Contest Planning Session
December 13 Membership registration closes for Texas TSA and regional contest eligibility - Last day to affiliate
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January 13 NCT TSA CONTEST Meeting - 7 PM @ Vanguard HS, Mesquite, Texas (MANDATORY)
Contest Registration will open - Pre-Contest Schedule and Event Modifications will be sent out
February 3 2 PM Registration will close - Contest Schedule will be finalized
February 6 Prompt for On Demand (HS) and Technical Design will be released at 9 AM
February 7 Online Testing – must be completed between 3 pm and 6 pm
Essays on Tech – MS - must be completed between 3 pm and 6 pm
On Demand (HS) and Technical Design (MS) submission due by 3:30 PM
MEAL count for Feb 15th is due
Pre-submission for National events due by 6 PM
February 14 & 15 TSA Regional Contest @ Vanguard High School, Mesquite, TX
February 20 (??) State Contest Registration Opens
February 22 Regional results must be finalized for submission to Texas TSA
March 6 State Contest Registration Closes
April 3-5 State Contest - Fort Worth Convention Center
June 27- July 1 National TSA Conference - Orlando, Fl
Registration will open on Jan. 13
This will take you to DLG registration system for North Central Texas TSA
STUDENTS NOT ON YOUR OFFICIAL TSA ROSTER WILL NOT SHOW UP IN THE REGISTRATION SYSTEM
Note - If you choose to pay with credit card there is no convenience fee. That is important for some districts. Texas TSA and National TSA will charge a convivence fee. Our region absorbs that cost.
Tutorial - click HERE to watch The video is from last year. Please not that when looking at State Projects it will no longer show Beginner or Experienced - Plus the numbers and events have all been updated.
SATUDAY MEAL @ Contest
Saturday - Lunch - $7 will include a Chick-Fil-A sandwich, a bag of chips, & one drink
Meal count will be due by Feb 7
Registered TSA Advisors eat free
Adults we recruit to help judge will be feed for that lunch has well
Pre-submissions - STate Projects
Click HERE for info Only 1 category in both HS and MS - Multimedia & Animation
Info for VEX Teams
we need judges
TSA Advisors bringing groups to compete do not sign up - you are already slotted in.
Judging slots will open ASAP
Our TSA Regional Contest is Feb 16 and 17- we are looking for judges. Judges must be adults. We even use college students.
Some things can be comfortably judged from your home during Feb 9th thru the 14th. There are also slots for people to attend in person Friday and Saturday
If you are TSA alumni in the area, we would really love your help. The event will be in Mesquite @ Vanguard High School
Click Image to the left to volunteer and signup. (Note active yet)
W9 form
LINK UPDATED 2/22 VERSION
CONTACT info
Contest Location
This year's event will be hosted at Vanguard High School - You can go to the Contest Location Page for more info