General Information

The following awards will be given:

• One medal to each of the top three individuals in each event.

• One individual medal to the high scorer in the Biology, Chemistry, and Physics sections of the Science contest.

• One trophy/plaque to the top Accounting, Calculator, Mathematics, Computer Science, Current Issues & Events,  Journalism, Literary Criticism, Number Sense, Science, and Spelling teams. 

Rules: UIL rules will apply. Coaches are responsible for checking their own students' papers after they have been graded to confirm correct scores.  

• School Address: Ryan High School, 5101 E. McKinney St., Denton, TX. 76208

• Tab Room: The tab room will be in the conference room across from the main office, which is just down the hall from the Commons (cafeteria). Sarah Schreiner is the meet director and can be found there most times. 

• Registration: A representative from each school should come to the tab room to register as soon as you arrive on campus. 

• Food for coaches/graders - Hospitality will be available for coaches and bus drivers (in Room 112, located in the main hallway between the Commons and most contest rooms)

• Drop Off, Pick up and Parking - Please drop students off at the main entrance. Cars and buses can park in the front parking lot. 

• Student Holding - RHS has a large cafeteria (known as the Commons) for holding. Please make sure that your students know that they should not be in any classroom without the supervision of an adult and only in classrooms designated for competition. 

• Drops/Adds - Drops, Adds, and substitutions in testing events can be made in the testing room from this point forward. Additions will be invoiced after the tournament.

• Grading - Schools with students in an event are expected to have a representative available to grade.  Please report to the specified grading room indicated on the schedule/map for grading 10 minutes before the end of testing. 

• Verification - With so many schools, verification will be done in the grading room once grading is completed with coaches only, unless there is a concern that would necessitate bringing a student in for clarification.

• Computer Science - Contestants will need to bring their own laptops to create code and will submit the code on USB flash drives. Contestants must bring at least 1 USB flash drive - 2 flash drives are preferred.

• Testing equipment and materials - Students and coaches should bring with them the materials needed for testing/competing (i.e. approved calculators where allowed, AP style guides, pens, paper, pencils, etc.)

• Results - Results will be announced after verification is completed in the Commons. Awards not picked up at that time will be placed in competition bags to be picked up after the tournament.

• Testing materials - Your testing materials will be in your bags that can be picked up at the end of the day. Clean copies will be provided after the testing window closes via email.

• Journalism - Coaches are expected to help grade entries.  We will give awards for the top three in each event. We will also provide a trophy/plaque to the top Journalism Team. We will have dell desktop computers for students to use, but your students are welcome to bring their own equipment or hand write if they would like. For printing, a printer will be provided. 

• Ready Writing - This contest will be hand written only. Students may not use a computer. Contestants must bring paper and a pen (no pencil).

• Spelling - The Spelling contest will be administered online via ASW Spelling Programs. We will provide a computer lab for the contest. Please have students bring wired earbuds/headphones to connect to the desktop (bluetooth will not work). We will have a *limited* number of earbuds/headphones available in case a student forgets, but it will be first come, first served.