Summary of Academic Challenge 5-8 County Matches
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The 2019-2020 Academic Challenge for 5th ,6th, 7th and 8th grades teams across four counties; Huron, Ottawa, Erie, and Sandusky are now complete! These competitions give students a chance to show what they know outside of the classroom. They develop good team working skills through practice and preparation for the matches. Public speaking and performance are enhanced as they compete in front of mixed audiences, and good sportsmanship is a must as they meet peers from different districts and skills. It is a great springboard for what becomes a chance at scholarship money at the high school level.
Overall, they show they knowledge of the assigned book, ability to compute math, awareness of history, government, economics, and geography, and finally just some fun category knowledge. These are quick paced competitions. The goal of which is to bring the brightest and best spirited students into contact with those just like them from other places to stimulate fun in learning and showing what you know across the board.
County results for this year are in order of first place to third place in each grade:
HURON COUNTY - 5th- Norwalk MainStreet, St. Joseph Monroeville
6th - Norwalk MainStreet, Bellevue MS, Western Reserve
7th - Norwalk Catholic, Bellevue, St. Joseph Monroeville
8th - Bellevue MS, Norwalk Catholic, Norwalk MS
ERIE COUNTY - 5th - Edison, Perkins, Margaretta
6th - Sandusky RCAAS, Huron, Perkins
7th - Perkins, Edison, Huron
8th - Edison, Perkins, Huron
OTTAWA COUNTY - 5th -Danbury, Port Clinton, Put in Bay
6th - Port Clinton, Danbury, Benton Carroll Salem
7th - St. Boniface, Benton Carroll Salem, Danbury
8th - Benton Carroll Salem, Port Clinton, Put in Bay
SANDUSKY COUNTY-5th - Clyde, Gibsonburg, Woodmore
6th - Clyde, Gibsonburg, Woodmore
7th - Clyde , Woodmore, Gibsonburg
8th - Clyde , Gibsonburg, Lakota
ALL those first place teams will have a chance to come together on December 3, Tuesday, at BGSU Firelands in Huron Ohio for a true face off. If you have not witnessed what today's youth know, I invite you to come on that day. The competition will start at 9:15 with 5th and 6th grade champions meeting one another in four rounds of questioning. Immediately following the results and awards for those two levels which is usually around 11:30, the 7th and 8th grade competitions will take place. Today's youth are a fun group to watch and learn with and from. Academic Challenge 5-8 is a very unique experience.