Literary Rally Contests
Agriscience
Agriscience I (Agricultural Science I)
ELIGIBILITY: Students enrolled in the first year of Agricultural Science. This objective-type test is based on the beginner's Basic Agricultural Science as outlined in the Agriculture I course of studies.
Agriscience II (Agricultural Science II)
ELIGIBILITY: Students enrolled in the second year of Agricultural Science. This objective-type test is based on advanced Basic Agricultural Science as outlined in the Agriculture II course of studies. Students currently enrolled in Agricultural Science II are not eligible to compete in Agricultural Science I unless the school is on block scheduling.
Agriscience III (Agricultural Science III)
ELIGIBILITY: Students enrolled in the third year of Agricultural Science. This objective-type test is based on Agricultural Areas of specialization, Farm Management, and Farm Mechanics as prescribed in the Agriculture III course of studies. Students currently enrolled in Agricultural Science III are not eligible to compete in Agricultural Science I and II unless the school is on block scheduling.
Business
Accounting I
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than one unit in Accounting I. Primarily a short answer, objective-type test including multiple choice and/or matching items. Emphasis on elementary fundamentals of Accounting I: work sheet, adjustments, trial balance, bad debts, complication of notes, and inventories. Minimum of basic financial statement preparation. No extended mathematical calculations although tie-breaker questions may require more involved calculations.
Introduction to Business Computer Application
ELIGIBILITY: Students enrolled in the primary Business Computer Application course. Students who have completed Introduction to Business Computer Application and are enrolled in Business Computer Application or Business Computer Application I are not permitted to test in this event. This written, objective-type test acquaints students with advanced principles associated with information processing. Students must be versed in advanced computer concepts, software applications and computer systems. Emphasis is on skill development in using technology to perform advanced information processing. Topics of study include computer concepts, word processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation software applications. Communication skills, keyboarding, decision-making, technology, and critical-thinking skills are reinforced through business application projects.
Business Computer Application
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than one unit in Business Computer Application or Business Computer Application I. This written, objective-type test includes basic computer application skills. Students are expected to have knowledge in the touch method of operating a computer keyboard to produce simple business documents. Emphasis is on basic computer concepts, both hardware and software, word processing, and spreadsheet applications.
Principles of Business
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than one unit in Introduction to Business who are regularly enrolled or were enrolled last semester. Objective-type questions cover the following topics: living and working in our economy; the nature of American business; business and the consumer; saving and investing money; practical money management; banks and banking services; economic risks and insurance; communication and transportation; our economic world; and government, business, and labor.
Economics
Students with less than one unit in Economics are eligible. The test consists of objective-type questions covering the following topics: politics, sociology, law, psychology, geography and history, at local and global levels.
English
English I, II, III, and IV test students' knowledge of all aspects of their work in English in their respective grade levels. They are expected to demonstrate that they are able to read and interpret literature, understand the principles of writing correctly and effectively, and have a working knowledge of English grammar.
English I
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than one unit in English.
English II
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than two units in English. Students currently enrolled in English II are not eligible to compete in English I unless the school is on block scheduling.
English III
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than three units in English. Students currently enrolled in English III are not eligible to compete in English I and II unless the school is on block scheduling.
English IV
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than four units in English. Students currently enrolled in English IV are not eligible to compete in English I, II, and III unless the school is on block scheduling.
English Literature
(District Competition Only)
English Pronunciation
(District Competition Only)
Journalism
ELIGIBILITY: Students currently enrolled in Journalism I with less than one unit of Journalism or students who were regularly enrolled in a half-unit course during the fall semester. Objective-type questions cover the following topics: principles of journalism, news writing, editing, news concepts, press law as it relates to scholastic journalism, word usage, design principles, style, editorial concepts, and the role of journalism in the high school community.
Spelling 9 (District Competition Only)
Open to 9th grade students. The Spelling 9 test consists of 100 ordinary but difficult words drawn primarily from lists in language handbooks and representing a variety of spelling rules and exceptions to rules.
Spelling 10 (District Competition Only)
Open to 10th grade students; guidelines follow Spelling 9.
Spelling 11 (District Competition Only)
Open to 11th grade students; guidelines follow Spelling 9.
Fine Arts
Fine Arts Survey
Students enrolled in the Spring Semester of Fine Arts Survey for at least a half Carnegie Unit or students who were enrolled in at least a half-Carnegie Unit course during the Fall Semester are eligible. The test consists of objective-type questions drawn from the interrelationship of the four arts-Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Arts-as applied in contemporary society and their daily lives. The course includes the examination of aesthetics, historical perspective, and critical analysis of each of these arts in order to develop a familiarity and respect for cultural differences. This course also analyzes great works of art relative to the content and uses of artistic elements.
Foreign Languages
A student who is a native speaker (one whose main language at home is other than English) is considered to be a native speaker of that particular language and therefore ineligible to participate in that foreign language event. Objective-type questions test the student's abilities in structural analysis and reading comprehension. In structural analysis, the student is tested on the different grammatical structures involving parts of speech, idiomatic expressions, etc. In reading comprehension, the student is tested on his/her ability to understand what he/she reads and correctly answer questions based on these passages. Students must also meet the criteria described on the Foreign Language Entry Blank.
French I
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than one unit in French. Junior high (ninth-grade) students are eligible to enter.
French II
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than two units in French. Students currently enrolled in French II are not eligible to compete in French I unless the school is on block scheduling.
French III
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than three units in French. Students currently enrolled in French III are not eligible to compete in French I and II unless the school is on block scheduling.
Spanish I
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than one unit in Spanish. Junior high (ninth-grade) students are eligible to enter.
Spanish II
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than two units in Spanish. Students currently enrolled in Spanish II are not eligible to compete in Spanish I unless the school is on block scheduling.
Spanish III
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than three units in Spanish. Students currently enrolled in Spanish III are not eligible to compete in Spanish I and II unless the school is on block scheduling.
Family and Consumer Sciences
Family and Consumer Science (Consumer Homemaking)
ELIGIBILITY: 9th or 10th grade students who are currently enrolled in Consumer Homemaking I and who have less than one full unit in Family and Consumer Sciences. The objective-type test is based on the content of basic units in Consumer Homemaking I, a comprehensive, introductory course in Family and Consumer Sciences. The basic units include Food and Nutrition, Consumer Education, Human Development and Family Relationships, Clothing and Personal Appearance, and Housing.
Nutrition and Food
ELIGIBILITY: Students who are enrolled in Consumer Homemaking II; students who have completed or who are enrolled in Food and Nutrition, Advanced Food and Nutrition, Nutrition Education, or Advanced Nutrition Education; or students who are enrolled in Preparatory or Cooperative Food Services. The objective-type questions are drawn from these content units.
Health
ELIGIBILITY: Students who are regularly enrolled or were enrolled last semester with less than one unit in the subject. Test topics include concepts related to: health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health; the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors; the assessment of valid information, products, and services to enhance health; the use of interpersonal communications skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks; the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce personal, family, and community health risks; and identifying effective strategies to overcome barriers or attitudes when communicating on health issues.
Mathematics
Advanced Mathematics - Pre Calculus (formerly called Advanced Mathematics I)
ELIGIBILITY: Students who are regularly enrolled at present or who were enrolled the previous semester. Test topics include: definitions of circular functions which relate real numbers with real numbers, graphs of circular functions, identities and conditional equations, trigonometric functions, and polar coordinates. Calculus I and Calculus II students are not eligible to compete in this event.
Advanced Mathematics - Functions and Statistics (formerly called Advanced Mathematics II)
ELIGIBILITY: Students who are regularly enrolled at present or who were enrolled last semester. Test topics include: field properties (regulations and function); methods of proof; sequences and series; permutations, combinations, and binomial theorem (complex numbers); vectors; and conic sections. Calculus I and II students are not eligible to compete in this event.
Algebra I
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than one unit in Algebra. Test topics include: rational numbers, polynomials, relations and functions, rational expressions (quotients of polynomials), and systems of linear equations-solutions.
Algebra II
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than two units in Algebra. Test topics include: linear equations, polynomials, relations and functions, rational numbers and expressions, complex numbers, and exponential and logarithmic functions. Students currently enrolled in Algebra II are not eligible to compete in Algebra I unless the school is on block scheduling.
Financial Mathematics (Business/Financial Mathematics)
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than one unit in Business/Financial Mathematics. Test topics include: cash recording, payroll, budgeting, buying, borrowing, investing, paying taxes, insurance, and owning real and personal property. Math needed for every consumer will be used in both personal and business applications.
Calculus I
ELIGIBILITY: Students who are regularly enrolled at present or who were enrolled the previous semester. Test topics include: vertical and horizontal asymptotes; one-sided limits, limits found algebraically, trigonometric limits, infinite limits, limits of infinity; derivatives of algebraic, trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions; application of the derivative; definite and indefinite integrals and applications of the integral to find the area, volume, work, average of a function, and arc length.
Calculus II
Eligibility: Students with less than two units in Calculus. Test topics include: Definition of the derivative, continuity, limits (approaching both real numbers and infinity), derivatives, and antiderivatives of rational, trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions, continuity and differentiability on intervals, horizontal asymptotes, applications of the derivative, Mean and Intermediate Value Theorems, average value of functions, solutions of differential equations, Riemann sums, definite integrals and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, improper integrals, calculating area between curves, arc length, volumes of solids of revolution, sequences, infinite series (including Taylor, Maclaurin, geometric, alternating, and p-series), power series and intervals of convergence, Taylor and Maclaurin polynomials, derivatives and antiderivatives of functions in polar coordinates and parametric equations, and Euler's Method for approximating solutions to differential equations.
Computer Science I
ELIGIBILITY: Students who are regularly enrolled or who were enrolled the previous semester with less than one unit in the subject. The objective-type questions prepare students in the evolving discipline of computer science. Focus includes programming methodology, algorithm selection and analysis, and selection of appropriate data structures.
Geometry
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than one unit in Geometry. Several problems will have multiple parts to minimize the number of identical scores. Test topics include: lines, angles, polygons with associated elements; coordinate geometry of line segments in the Cartesian plane, points of division of line segments; circles and all elements associated with circles; and solid geometry - polyhedrons, Cavalieri's Theorem, and regular polyhedrons.
Science
Limited use of calculators is permitted.
Biology
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than one unit in Biology. 9th grade junior high students are eligible to enter. Objective-type questions cover the following topics: man and his various physiological systems; growth and development, cells and heredity; vertebrates (classes) and invertebrates; Mendelian Laws; classification; evolution; and rudimentary plant biology.
Biology II
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than two units in Biology. Objective-type questions cover the following topics: historical concepts of anatomy and physiology, scientific investigation, taxonomy, cytology and histology, genetics, skeletal and muscular systems, digestive systems, nervous and endocrine systems, circulatory and respiratory systems, reproduction system, plant anatomy and physiology, photosynthesis, and ecological relationships. Students currently enrolled in Biology II are not eligible to compete in Biology I unless the school is on block scheduling.
Chemistry
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than one unit in Chemistry. Objective-type questions cover the following topics: atomic theory, properties and families of the elements, solutions, writing and balancing equations, formulas for elements and compounds, mole weight, ionic reactions, bonding, acids, bases, density, weight, valence, electron dot formula, gas laws, ionic bonding, exothermic and endothermic reactions, solutions, isotopes, and organic formulas. Periodic charts are allowed, but are not provided.
Environmental Science
ELIGIBILITY: Students in junior or senior high school with less than one unit in Environmental Science. Objective-type questions draw from the following areas: ecology and its sub-topics, resources and its sub-topics, energy and its sub-topics, pollution and environmental health and their sub-topics.
Physical Science
ELIGIBILITY: Students in junior or senior high with less than one unit in Physical Science. Objective-type questions cover the following topics: the nature of science, measurement, forces, work, matter (including changes of state, chemical and physical changes, elements, compounds, and mixtures), the chemistry of matter (including the atom, the periodic table, compounds, solutions, acids, and bases), and energy (including types of energy, wave motion, sound, light, electricity, magnetism, heat and nuclear energy). Periodic charts are allowed, but are not provided.
Physics
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than one unit in Physics. Questions test the student's range of information with regard to the principles of physics, knowledge of practical applications, and ability to solve problems and interpret formulas. Objective-type questions cover the following topics: vectors, motion, force and Newton's Laws; energy, periodic and circular motion, heat, and wave motion. Other items may include electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics. Students currently enrolled in Physics are not eligible to compete in Physical Science unless the school is on block scheduling.
Social Studies
U.S. History (American History)
ELIGIBILITY: Students with les than one unit in American History. Objective-type questions cover the following concepts: change, cause and effect, values and beliefs, landmarks, and traditions in America during the period 1877 to the present. Specific topics include: landmark legislation, decisions, treaties and elections; America traditions; political, literary, social, and religious figures involved in basic American values and beliefs' and foreign relations.
Civics
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than one unit in Civics. Objective-type questions cover the following topics: the U.S. Constitution (structure, amendments, interpretations, etc.); structure and powers of the three branches of the Federal Government; structure and powers of local and state government; American economic system; American (local, state, federal) judiciary; foreign relations; citizenship; and democracy.
Psychology
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than one unit in Psychology. Objective-type questions cover the historical framework that relies on effective collection and analysis of data. Other topics include: theories of human development, personality, motivation, and learning.
Sociology
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than one unit in Sociology. Objective-type questions cover the following: the family, home, community, culture, social change, ethnic groups and their contributions, behavior and moral/spiritual values.
World Geography
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than one unit in World Geography. Objective-type questions cover the following topics: physical and cultural aspects of the earth relative to natural features, landmarks, etc.; location, topography, climate, ecology, natural resources, and economics of the various areas and cultures of the Earth.
World History
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than one unit in World History. Objective-type questions cover the following topics: values and beliefs among ancient/early people; cause and effect of significant political, social, and religious changes occurring in history; traditions; famous/celebrated landmarks; significant contributions of individuals; foreign relations; and continuity.
Government
ELIGIBILITY: Students with less than one unit in Civics are eligible. The test will consist of objective-type questions covering the following topics: The philosophy behind the U.S. Government, the American Founding, the U.S. Constitution (structure, amendments, interpretations, etc.); structure and powers of the three branches of the Federal Government; voting, elections, and candidates; and the media and political polling.