Available Competitions

Students are encouraged to explore these local-level competitions to prepare for state convention.

• Candidate:  one or two 10th/11th grade students plus skit crew participants of any grade level.

• Academics:  up to two 9th/10th grade students and up to two 11th/12th grade students per subject area.   Subjects include agriscience, language arts, math, science, social studies and Spanish

• Show Choir:  minimum of 12 students required

• Performing Arts:  one small group of 1 to 3 students

• Visual Arts: up to two 9th/10th grade students and up to two 11th/12th grade students.   Categories include digital art, drawing, fiber art, jewelry, mixed media, painting, photography, sculpture, recyclable art, and woodworking

Students must demonstrate proficiency at the leadership summit to advance to National competition.

• Lead Outside the Box:  Team of 4 presenters + other students; generally led by the president.

• Project Proposal:  Team of 3 to 5 students; generally led by the vice-president.

• Collaboration Connection:  Team of 5 to 8 students; generally led by a secretary.

• Leadership Representative:  Individual 10th or 11th grade leadership team member.

Bold-face competitions allow students to participate without physically attending convention.

Individual Competitions

• Academics:  one student from each grade level per subject area.  Subjects include agriscience, language arts, math, science, social studies and Spanish.

• Creative Writing: one 9th/10th grade student and one 11th/12th grade student

• Poetry:  one 9th/10th grade student and one 11th/12th grade student

• Speech:  one 9th/10th grade student and one 11th/12th grade student

• Onsite Art:  one 9th/10th grade student and one 11th/12th grade student per category (painting and drawing).

• Visual Arts:  one 9th/10th grade student and one 11th/12th grade student per category.  Categories include digital art, drawing, fiber art, jewelry, mixed media, painting, photography, sculpture, recyclable art, and woodworking.  The same student may compete in multiple categories.

Team Competitions

• Candidate:  only open to students who performed exceptionally well as a district level candidate

• Apparel Design:  1-2 students must present at convention; others may help prepare.

• Character Performance:  team of 3 or more students.

• Engineering: team of 3 to 5 students.  Completed onsite.

• Freshman Problem Solving:  team of 3 to 4 9th grade students.

• Living Literature:  team of 2 or more students.

• Marketing and Communications:  team of 3 to 5 students must present; others may help prepare.

• Performing Arts:  small group of 1 to 3 students or larger group of 4+ students.  We can send one small group and 1 large group.

• Portfolio:  1-2 students must present at convention; others may help prepare.

• Quiz Bowl:  team of 4 students.

• Robotics Showcase:  team of 4 to 8 students.

• Service Learning Showcase:  1 student must present at convention; others may help prepare.

• Show Choir:  minimum of 12 students required

• Technology:  2 students must present at convention; others may help prepare.

• Trading Pins:  attendance at convention optional, no limit on participants.

• Two Dimensional Design:  1-2 students must present at convention; others may help prepare.

• Three Dimensional Design:  1-2 students must present at convention; others may help prepare.