Schedule
of 2009/2010 Quick Recall Matches--Click here!
The 4th and 5th grade Academic Team competes
with other schools in the district in February at the District Governor’s
Cup Competition. Governor's Cup was founded in 1986 as a way to promote, reward
and recognize outstanding academic achievement. Since then, Governor's Cup has
become the state's premier academic event, involving over 20,000 students, and
nearly 1100 schools. Governor's Cup consists of eight events:
In Quick Recall,
a team of four students listens to questions read by a moderator and tries to
beat the clock, and the opposing team, with a correct response. Northside
competes against Southside, Huntertown, Simmons, Woodford Christian, and St.
Leo's Schools in scrimmage games during the months of December-January.
We compete against each school twice, for a total of 10 matches. All
team members will get some playing time during the scrimmages with the other
schools. Attendance, behavior and attitude in practice will be taken into
consideration when choosing who gets the most playing time in later matches in
preparation for governors cup. Team members who answer the most
questions during practice and scrimmages will be chosen to compete in the
Governor’s Cup competition. 1st and 2nd place
Quick Recall teams go on to Regional competition in March.
In addition to the Quick Recall team explained above, there
are also students who take written exams in the subject areas of science,
math, language arts, social studies, arts and humanities, and composition. If
a student is not suited to the fast tempo of quick recall, he/she may still do
quite well on the written exams and earn points for the team that way.
Students who come in 1st –5th place in Written Assessment in the
Governor’s Cup will advance to the Regionals in March. Students interested
in competing in composition should be good writers.
There is one other component of Governor’s Cup
competition called Future Problem Solving. A team of 4 students is given a
futuristic problem for which they have to come up with solutions, using a very
structured format. Students on this team should be creative thinkers who can
"think outside of the box." The competition is in February and
takes 90 minutes. 1st and 2nd place teams go on to
Regional competition in March.
Quick Recall practices begin in November. Parent volunteers
serve as scorekeepers and moderators (person who reads the questions aloud to
the teams) during matches, so if you can attend a match, you might be asked to
work in one of these roles! It’s really helpful to have a moderator at
practices also, so that you can have some practice before an actual match.
It takes a little bit of practice to be a good moderator. If you are able to
serve as a moderator at practices, let us know. We also need at least one
person who is willing to be trained as an official for the Governor’s Cup
competition. This person must attend a training session and be willing to
serve as either a judge or moderator during Governor’s Cup Competition. Our
team must supply an official in order for us to participate.
Academic Team members are expected to attend all practices
unless they have a valid excuse. Students who miss more that four practices with
out a valid excuse will be
excused from the team. Valid excuses are absences from school, or after school
doctor appointments. Conflicts with other activities are not valid excuses.
Parents
are responsible for transportation home after practices at 4:00, as well as to
and from matches. We are not allowed to transport students. Your child
may ride to a match with another parent with your permission, if you arrange
it ahead of time.
The Academic Team is not for everyone, but can be very rewarding
for the motivated student. Students get out of Academic Team what they
put into it. If your child is motivated to learn above and beyond what
is being taught in the classroom, this may be a great outlet for him/her.
This year, Missy Duncan (2nd grade teacher) and Danita DalCin (3rd grade
teacher) are the coaches. We look forward to working with your child. If
you have further questions, please feel free to call either of us at school:
846-4415 or or email us at:
melissa.duncan@woodford.kyschools.us
danita.dalcin@woodford.kyschools.us
Mrs.
Duncan and Mrs. DalCin, Coaches
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