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2008 Results

Academic Competition Day Details: There is a dress code for this day. Students should be dressed nicely in competition-appropriate clothing. NO flip-flops, t-shirts, hats (unless part of drama competition) or jeans. Lunch and snack items will be available in the Study Hall for a small fee. Check in time is 8:30 a.m.. The competitions begin at 9 a.m. and will be over by 2:30. Students will sign up to compete in five events. Events shaded in green below are prepared at home and may not be counted among the five for the day. In between events, students will observe other competitions. Students may not enter more than two events in one subject area. Registration is online. Click on the button at left to fill out the form. They are due March 4. BEGIN TO PREPARE NOW! Mrs. Miller has answers to your questions. See her in Room 402 or contact her via email: miller @ zlo.org (omit spaces). Cheryl Hall is in charge of registration and parent helpers. If you have questions about your registration contact her at 384-3347. Parents who can help that day should contact her as well. Winners will be announced at our Awards Presentation that evening from 6:30-8:30 p.m. NOT ALL INFORMATION BELOW IS COMPLETE OR PROPERLY LINKED TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU MAY NEED. PLEASE WAIT TO REGISTER UNTIL FEBRUARY.
ART COMPETITIONS
ART Ages 8 - 18	Art of any medium can be entered. Pictures must be mounted on a colored piece of construction paper. Two pieces of art may be submitted. Judging groups are: 6-8 year olds; 9-11 year olds; 12-14 year olds and 15 and up. Art may not be included as one of the five academic competition entries.	Judging will be done on the competition day by one or more established artists.
ENGLISH COMPETITIONS
POETRY Middle School Grades 5-6 and 7-8	Students will be writing Free Verse poetry. Grades 5-6 will write 10-12 lines about family, pets, or holidays. Grades 7-8 will write 12-16 lines about school, friendships, or sports. High School students will write 15-20 lines about the future: dreams, goals, hopes, and/or careers, being sure to include the part motivation plays with these topics in your life. Please click here for specific guidelines. Students will provide judges with copies of the poem and will recite it to the audience.	The poem should be 50% memorized.
DRAMATIC PRESENTATIONS Monologues or two-person scenes, Grades 7-12	In this competition, you (or you and a partner) will be memorizing and performing a monologue or two-person scene from a play, movie, or book. You may edit these monologues or scenes to fit the time allowed and your characters. Click here for more details.	2-4 minutes in length
TIMED READING Comprehension Grades 5-6; 7-8; 9-12	In this competition students will be asked to read several passages and then answer some questions about each passage. Click here for more details. Mrs. Miller has samples for practice.	Drop in timed test. Scored on time and the number of correct answers.
SPEECH High School Extemporaneous Grades 8-12	Students will be given the choice of two topics. They then have three minutes to outline some ideas to present. Topics are relevant to teens today. No study required to prepare. Students will then present their ideas to the audience in 2-3 minutes. Click here for more details..	2-3 minutes
Middle School SPELLING Bee Grades 5-6; 7-8; 9-12	Age appropriate words will be used for this competition. For a spelling list, click here. Words will be written on a personal-size dry-erase board. This is a written, not oral spelling bee.	Students are out when they get three words wrong.
SPEECH - Original Oratory Grades 6-7 Grades 8-9 Grades 10-12	Topic: Students will present a character sketch of a famous (nationally recognized) person. Participants will be allowed two visual aids (some restrictions) and must submit two sources (at least one non-internet). Click here for more details.	Grades 6-7: 2-3 minutes Grades 8-12: 4 -5 minutes
STORY READING Middle School Grades 5-6	Students in these two grade levels will be reading a non-original, published children's story. Click here for more specific details. This is limited to first 12 to register for this event.	3-6 min.
STORY TELLING Middle School Grade 6-7	Students in this grade will be picking an exciting Biblical story to retell. You may embellish the story some, but never to the point that you change the story or imply truths in the story that are not clear in the original Biblical story. If you use a story that has already been retold, be sure to document your source (i.e. Odyssey or Paws and Tails, etc.) Click here for more specific details.	2-4 min.
VOCABULARY Grades 6-8; Grades 9-12	Students will be taking one to three written multiple choice tests which will include age-appropriate words. Top students on each test will go on to the final test.	Allow 20 min. per test; Three sections with elimination.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMPETITIONS
SPANISH	Spanish I students will translate 100 words from Spanish to English. Spanish II students will translate 100 verbs from English to Spanish.	Allow 30 minutes for this test.
SCIENCE COMPETITIONS
SCIENCE Grades 5-8 Grades 9-12	Students will have be given a multiple choice test on general science knowledge. Click here for more details.	Drop in; allow 40 minutes.
SCIENCE PAPER PLANES Middle School and High School	Students will build a paper airplane from the provided paper. The plane will be judged by the longest flight time when launched by hand from the floor. Best of 3 tries per plane. No more than 3 planes per student.	Approximately 20 min.
SCIENCE STRAW TOWERS Middle School and High School	Students will be given an opportunity during the competition to build a straw tower for height using no more than 100 paper straws and no more than 3 feet of clear tape. Materials provided. Click here for more details.	Approx. 20 minutes. Drop In
MATH COMPETITIONS
MATH Math Facts Speed Tests Grades 4-5 Grades 6-8 Parents	Students will be taking timed math tests which will include addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Allow 15 minutes for this drop in event. May be split up during the day. Prior first-place winners in each age category may not compete again in that category.	Grades 4-5: 4 minutes each test (4 tests, +, -, x, ÷) Grades 6-adult: 2 minutes each test.
MATH SUDOKU Grades 5-8 Grades 9 - 12 Parents	Students will be solving Sudoku puzzles. Find practice Sudoku at www.websudoku.com. We will be using the 'easy' level for grades 5 -8, and 'medium' level for grades 9 to adult. Prior first-place winners in each age category may not compete again in that category.	5 min. for each test Drop in event, check schedule
MATH Arithmetic Challenge Problems Grades 6-8 Parents	Students will be allowed up to 5 minutes to solve a challenge problem. There are twenty problems in the series. Two errors eliminates you from further competition. Prior first-place winners in each age category may not compete again in that category. To see last year's problems, click here.	Allow 30 minutes to 1 hour.
MATH Algebra Challenge Problems Grades 9-12 and parents	Students will be allowed up to 5 minutes to solve a challenge problem. There are twenty problems in the series. Two errors eliminates you from further competition. Prior first-place winners in each age category may not compete again in that category. To see last year's problems, click here.	Allow 30 minutes to 1 hour.
MATH EXTRA EVENT GEOMETRIC CONSTRUCTION All ages	Create at home a geometric construction using Legos, Zome, K'nex or another construction device. Paper such as origami is allowed. The construction must fit into a 3'x3' space. Judging of this category will be by "Viewer's Choice".	Bring your entry on the day of the competition.
SOCIAL STUDIES COMPETITIONS
GEOGRAPHY Middle School Grades 5-6 -and 7-8	Competitors will be matching names to locations on a map. Grades 5-6 will be tested on cities, states and major bodies of water and mountain ranges in the United States. Grades 7-8 will be tested on Europe. For more details, click here.	Timed test, Drop In Approx. 10 minutes.
HISTORY Grades 5-12	Students will be taking a "scavenger hunt" using time lines of history. For more details, click here.	Drop in event. Approx. 15 minutes.
SOCIAL STUDIES Grades 6-12	Competitors will be matching events in American History to various time periods. Example: The Civil War took place in what time period? 1730-1800; 1801-1870; 1871-1920	Drop in event. Approx. 20 minutes per competition.