Elementary School Academic Day

Roster Due: 2/2/26

Region Events: 

  • February 19, 2026 - The King's Academy (Woodstock)
  • Febraury 23, 2026 - St. Paul (Peachtree City)
  • February 24, 2026 - Lafayette Christian (Lagrange)
  • February 27, 2026 - Heritage Christian (Brunswick)

General Schedule of the Day:

  • Morning Events
    • Math Bowl (3rd - 5th grades - one team per grade level)
    • Oral Spelling Bees Begin (1st - 5th grades - grade-specific bees)
  • Noonish - LUNCH
  • Afternoon Event
    • Quiz Bowl (3rd - 5th Grade Teams)

Math Bowl Basic Format (see Rule tab for complete rules): 

  • Individual and team event for grades 3-5 consisting of two (2) rounds.
    • Round 1 - Each student will take the same individual quiz. Students will have 30 minutes to complete the quiz. This must be done individually with no communication between students and coaches at all.  
    • Round 2 - The 4-student team will be given 20 problems to solve. They will have 30 minutes in which to solve the quiz. The team may work together or separately to solve the problems, but only one (1) answer sheet per team will be turned in.  
  • A school may send four (4) students from each grade (3rd, 4th, & 5th).

Quiz Bowl Basic Format (see Rule tab for compete rules): 

    • A team is composed of students from 3rd - 5th grade.
    • There will be 12 toss-up questions per round, plus a two-part bonus question for each correctly answered toss-up. 
    • Competitions will be set up as round robins unless otherwise stated.
    • Each round will generally last 20 minutes.

Spelling Bee Basic Format: 

  • Individual event for grades 1st-5th
  • A school may send 2 students for each grade level event
  • An oral spelling bee for grades 1-5 using grade-appropriate words and the rules listed in the Manual under Spelling Bee. Practice lists will be on the GAPPS website no later than Sept. 1 of the current school year.
    Note: GAPPS will use this list for the first two (2) rounds, then reserves the right to go off-list at the beginning of the third (or subsequent) round.
  • This Bee is currently not under Scripps, but the same rules will apply. If your school plans to advance to Scripps-Howard, you must register with Scripps individually.

GAPPS RULES - ELEMENTARY ACADEMIC DAY
Fine Arts and Academic rules begin on page 98. Click on the event name (ES Academmic Day) in the Index to access the information quickly and easily.

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Math Bowl Resources

2021 folder of tests & answers

 

Study Helps:
IXL

Mathopolis

Awesome Library

Middle School Math

Education Quizzes

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Quiz Bowl Resources:

Score Sheet: PDF

Bracket Templates for Meets

Buzzers: www.andersonbuzzersystems.com/productoverview.html 

  • Sets start at $290.

Practice questions (free): www.quizbowlpackets.com 

  • These will be a great help as you prepare your students for competition.

Study Material: www.naqt.com/YouGottaKnow 

  • This study material is designed especially for Quiz Bowl competitions.

Quiz Bowl Resources:

Patrick’s Press: http://www.patrickspress.com/

Quiz Bowl 2019 questions

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Spelling Bee Resources:

2025-26 Spelling Bee Practice Lists: 
*Note: GAPPS will use some of the words from each grade level list for the first 2 rounds, then reserves the right to go off-list.

5th Grade

4th Grade

3rd Grade

2nd Grade

1st Grade

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