Required Reading : A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story: Park, Linda Sue
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WHO?
Academic Pentathlon teams should consist of a maximum of nine team members and a minimum of six team members. Each team must consist of at least two students in the following GPA groups:
Honor (3.80 to 4.00), Scholastic (3.20 to 3.799), and Varsity (Under 3.199). The team score will be determined by the sum of the top two student scores in each GPA category. A perfect team score is 30,000 points (6 students x 5 events x 1000 points possible per event).
The “focus semesters” for GPA computation are the fall and spring semester grades of the previous year plus any summer school grades from the session preceding the current grade. If the contestant is an eighth grader in September of the competition year, then the semesters that are used for GPA computation are all of the seventh grade semesters. Likewise, if the student is a seventh grader in the fall, the focus period for GPA computations includes all of the sixth grade semesters. This same “one year rule” applies to all students. When computing the GPA, there is no rounding up. Thus, a 2.9974 is a 2.99, or Varsity. A grade given in a summer school class taken as a repeat course is used in computing GPA. The makeup class grade is counted in whatever year the class was originally taken. If the summer class is not a repeat class, it is included in the GPA for the following year. If a student failed seventh grade, then repeated and passed, use the repeat grades.
The only courses to be used to determine GPA are: Language Arts (English and Reading), Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Foreign Language, Art History/Appreciation, and Music History/Appreciation. If Language Arts consists of just English, only this grade should be used. Regardless of the system used to determine a GPA locally, these criteria must be followed to ensure uniformity and equity among all participants in the U.S. Academic Pentathlon.
WHAT
The following testing events and times for the Practice Competition, Regional, State tests.
Literature: Students will not only write a short essay but will also participate in a multiple-choice test which includes 30 questions with a value of 20 points each. Students will be allowed 40minutes to complete their essay and 20 minutes to complete their objective test. Highest combined possible score is 1000 points.
Mathematics: 35 problems with a value of 28.57 points each Science: 50 questions with a value of 20 points each
Social Science: 50 questions with a value of 20 points each
Fine Arts: 50 questions with a value of 20 points each A student’s maximum possible score is 5000 points (5 events x 1000 points).
Subject Description
Fine Arts 50 question multiple-choice test (25 minutes)
Literature 35 question multiple-choice test (20 minutes)
Mathematics 35 question multiple-choice test (30 minutes)
Science 50 question multiple-choice test (30 minutes)
Social Science 50 question multiple-choice test (25 minutes)
Important Dates (For States Participating with USAP)
Registration Documents Due – December 10, 2021
Scrimmage – Subject Area Exams Only - January 13, 2022
Essay for Regional Competition - January 27, 2022
Regional Competition - February 17, 2022
Essay for State Competition - March 10, 2022
State Competition - March 31, 2022
National Competition Registration Due – April 11, 2022
Essay for National Competition - April 21, 2022
National Competition Mesa, AZ - May 19-21, 2022