Middle School Academic Day (MS)

Championship:
November 6, 2023

Location: New Providence Baptist Church
(2560 US-41, Forsyth, GA 31029)

Roster Due: 10/3/23

Region Events: 10/16/23 - 10/26/23

• LaGrange: Western Hights Baptist Church: Oct. 17
• Woodstock: The King's Academy: Oct. 19
• Covington: Oct. 24
• Douglas: First Academy: Oct. 26

Middle School Academic Day has regions all over Georgia. The Middle School Championship will be held on Monday, November 6th at New Providence Baptist Church

General Schedule:

• 8:30- Arrive and check-in
• 9:00- Coaches’ meeting for Essay, History, and Math
• 9:30- Math & Essay begin
• 9:45- History
• 11:30- Lunch Break
• 12:30 (or 1 hour after the last event finishes) 
  • Math & History Awards
  • Coaches’ Meeting for Geo & Spelling
    
• 12:45- Geo Bee & Spelling Bee begin
  
• 3:00(or earlier) - Awards for Essay, Spelling, & Geo
  

Coaches PLEASE be aware of all rules and train your students. They and you should have gone through a couple of practices to know how each event operates.  

General Information

Math Bowl (Team event for 3- 4 at a time)

• Each school may send 1 team of 4 students plus alternates
• Students may be a combination of grades 5-8 or all from 1 grade
• 4 Rounds (check the manual for details)
• Each round should last 30 minutes
• Winning team advances to State

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Middle School Spelling Bee:

• Individual event 
• A school may send a total of 3 students from middle school (any combination of grades 6-8)
• (Started in 2021) A written spelling bee using grade-appropriate words and the rules listed in this manual under Spelling Bee. Lists and rules will be up on the GAPPS website no later than Sept. 1 of the current school year. Note: only about 10-15% of the provided list will be used in the Region Spelling Bee and another 10-15% will be used in the State Spelling Bee.
• Medals are awarded to the top two placing students 
• Top 2 will go to the state competition

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.

2023 MS Practice Spelling List

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------History Bowl (Team event for up to 5 students at a time) 

• Round Robin (each team plays each team in the region minimum 3 rounds) 
• Each round has 3 periods (check the manual for details)
• Allow 30 minutes per round
• Awards are given after the last round of Quiz Bowl
• Winning team advances to State

Buzzers: www.andersonbuzzersystems.com/productoverview.html (Sets start at $250)

Middle School History Questions 2017 (Click here)

Other Study Questions

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MS Essay

• Each school may enter one (1) contestant.  The contestant may be either male or female. 
• The GAPPS office will prepare a list of topics for the Region and State Literary competitions. 
• All essays will be written in ink.
• One (1) hour will be given for writing the essay.
• No other materials, coaching, or dictionaries will be allowed in the room.
• Students will be given a choice of 3 prompts.
• Scratch paper will be provided as well as the final draft paper. 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Geography Bee

• Students in grades 5th-8th
• Geography Bee will be held during the Middle School Academic Days for Region competition.
• Individual event MS students
• A school may send 6 students 
• Students will have 3 preliminary rounds, then the top 12 will move on to Semis, and top 6 to Finals
• Medals are given to the 6 finalists, and they will go to the state competition
• Questions will be read and answered on Socrative (an online educational app)
• Three rounds of 12 questions each will be played for a total of 36 questions in the preliminary rounds, presented simultaneously.
  • The questions will be broken down as follows:
    • 12 American Geography
    • 12 World Geography
    • 12 Bible Geography