About
History
Scholastic Bowl is a competition that tests a teams knowledge of literature, math, science, social studies, fine arts and miscellaneous information. Competitors answer trivia questions in a race against teams from other schools.
Team Members are sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students who have a strong academic background in one or more areas, love trivia, are willing to learn, and enjoy a little friendly competition. A permission slip is required to join and must be returned within the first week of practice.
Individual Practice is encouraged. Students can work on knowledge building activities with family, friends or on their own.
Team Practices are scheduled Monday through Thursday after school from 3:15 pm until 4:40 pm. Team members learn how to play the game and build their knowledge through the following activities:
Playing the game
Learn the rules of the game
Select the five member starting positions
Develop substitution strategies
Actively listen to practice questions
Develop answer strategies
Use the buzzer system
Practice matches
Keep score
Have fun
Building Knowledge
Assess team member knowledge
Determine team member specialties
Review missed question topics
Assign material we need to learn
Create and grow lists of information
Research areas of weakness
Write practice questions
Play trivia games
Study flashcards
The Coaches
Mrs. Robb
8th Grade Social Studies
arobb@d118.org
Mrs. Jokiel
8th Grade Science
wjokiel@d118.org