Middle School Academic Day
Championship:
November 4, 2024
Location: Northway Church
5915 Zebulon Rd, Macon, GA 31210
Roster Due: 10/7/24
Region Events: 10/15/24 - 10/30/24
- LaGrange: Western Heights Baptist Church: Oct. 22
- Woodstock: The King's Academy: Oct. 17
- Lilburn: Killian Hill Christian School: Oct. 30
- Douglas: First Academy: Oct. 21
Middle School Academic Day has regions all over Georgia. The Middle School Championship will be held on Monday, November 4th at Northway Church in Macon.
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 morning 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 4 at a time)
GAPPS RULES - MATH BOWL
- 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
- The winning team advances to State
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Middle School Spelling Bee
GAPPS RULES - 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 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
- The 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.
2024 MS Practice Spelling List
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History Bowl (Team event for up to 5 students at a time)
GAPPS RULES - HISTORY BOWL
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 the History Bowl
- The winning team advances to State
Buzzers: www.andersonbuzzersystems.com/productoverview.html (Sets start at $290)
Middle School History Questions 2017 (Click here)
Other Study Questions
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MS Essay
GAPPS RULES - PERSONAL 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 to write 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.
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Geography Bee
GAPPS RULES - 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 1 preliminary round of 36 questions, then the top 12 will move on to Semis, and top 6 to Finals
- Medals are given to the top 3.
- The top 6 will move on 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