Local_Competition

Local Competition

Local Competition Results News Release - posted 11-14-11

2011-2012 Decathlon Season

Local Competition

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Local Competition is held at numerous sites throughout the state with written tests in:

Art
Economics
Language & Literature

Mathematics
Music
Science

The overarching theme for the 2011-2012 year is "The Age of Empire."

This year's selected novel: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

The full curriculum can be viewed at www.usad.org

Interested high schools may enter 9-member team(s) for the November Competition.

Schools may register more than one team, but only one team can advance to the next level.

Each 9-member team consists of:

Three "A" Honor Students (3.75 - 4.00 GPA)
Three "B" Scholastic Students (3.00 - 3.74 GPA)
Three "C" Varsity Students (0.00 - 2.99 GPA)

Team registration continues from Mid-May through October 7, 2011.

Team test sites will be assigned October 21, 2011.

Click Here to see who is registered for the 2011-2012 season!

REGISTRATION

Registration Information is mailed to all schools before the end of May.

Interested high schools must officially register and pay the entry fee per team for the Local Competition. Contact the WIAD Office <acadec@cesa7.k12.wi.us> for a free copy of this year's official study guide.

2011-2012 Registration Form

2011-2012 Alternate Team Registration Form w/Policy

New schools to the program may be eligible for a Supply Grant.

The grant provides the majority of study materials needed to start in the program.

Click Here to request more information.

COMPETITION DAY SCHEDULE

Generally the test day will begin at 9:00 a.m. and finish approximately 3 hours later.

Your starting time will be identified by your CESA - times may vary, but all tests

will be conducted in the morning. Here is a tentative schedule:

TEAM REGISTRATION	8:30	-	9:00
ORIENTATION	9:00	-	9:10
Art	9:10	-	9:30
Language & Literature	9:35	-	9:55
Math	10:00	-	10:30
*BREAK*	10:30	-	10:45
Economics	10:45	-	11:05
Science	11:10	-	11:30
Music	11:35	-	11:55

School Size Divisions - Board Review May, 2011

All teams are assigned to a size division based on high school enrollment.

Next board review will be the spring of 2013.

The current division sizes are:

Division 1 - 1250+ Enrollment
Division 2 - 700 - 1249
Division 3 - 285 - 699
Division 4 - Under 285

USAD® Calculator Policy for 2011-2012

Graphing Calculators Allowed -- provided it has none of the features listed in

Section III of the USAD® Calculator Policy.

Competitors are expected to honor the that they are not to refer to information stored in the graphing calculator memory during the mathematics test.

Review calculator policy at www.usad.org. Or...............

2011-2012 USAD®Calculator Policy

"Short" list of USAD® approved calculators

"Short" List of USAD® Approved Calculators:

Casio: FX - 115MS Plus, FX - 260, FX - 250 HC, FX - 300

Hewlett Packard: HP 6S, HP 9S, HP 20S, HP 30S, HP 32S

HP 32SII, HP 33S

Sharp: EL 501 VB, EL 506 VB, EL 531 VB, EL 531 VBBL, EL 531 W

Texas Instruments: TI 10, TI 15 Explorer, TI 30 XA, TI 30 X II B, TI 30 X II S,

TI 34 II, TI 36X

"Short" list of USAD® Approved Graphing Calculators:

TX Instruments	Hewlett-Packard	Casio	Sharp
TI-73	HP9g	Fx-6000 series	EL-5200
TI-81	HP 28 series	Fx-6200 series	EL-9200
TI-82	HP 38 series	Fx-6300 series	EL-9600
TI-83 Plus	HP39g	Fx-6500 series	EL-9900
TI-84 Plus	HP48g	Fx-7000 series
TI-85	HP50g	Fx-7300 series
TI-86		Fx-7400 series
		Fx-7500 series
		Fx-7700 series
		Fx-8000 series
		Fx-8500 series
		Fx-8700 series
		Fx-8800 series
		Fx-9700 series
		Fx-9750 series
		FX 9850G
		FX 9860G

Prohibited Calculators:

Calculators with any of the following features are NOT allowed in USAD® competitions:

pocket organizers
hand-held or laptop computers
electronic writing pads or pen-inut devices
models with an elphabetic (QWERTY) keypad; e.g. TI-92 or HP-95
models with paper tape
models that make noise
models that can engage in wireless communication (transfer data or information with other calculators
models that require a power cord
models with CAS (computer algebra systems); e.g. TI-89

COACHES: Be sure to check the Coaches' Corner for news and weekly updates. This is a secured site for coaches' use only.

Coaches will receive the user name and password via e-mail once their

team is registered. Password will be changed after each competition.

All scoring reports for the three levels of competitions will be posted on the

Coaches' Corner, as well as information specific to the coaches.

LOCAL COMPETITION 2011-2012 TEST SITE ASSIGNMENTS
Each CESA Test Coordinator (listed below) will notify Local teams as to their assigned test site by October 21st.

CESA	TEST COORDINATOR

CESA 1	Teresa Barch

CESA 2	Peggy Sue Strong

CESA 3	Marianne Krogen

CESA 4	Cheryl Hanson

CESA 5	Don Stevens

CESA 6	Tania Kilpatrick

CESA 7	Margie Marcks

CESA 8	---

CESA 9	Karen Heldt

CESA 10	Carol Zabel

CESA 11	Cindy Becker

CESA 12	---

Every effort has been made by WIAD (Wisconsin Academic Decathlon) to ensure

the accuracy of the information provided on this web site.

Please report any errors, omissions or comments to acadec@cesa7.k12.wi.us

WIAD is not responsible for information that is misinterpreted or altered in any way.

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