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"The Academic Decathlon is a ten-event scholastic competition for teams of high school students. Each high school enters a team of nine students: 3 "A" or Honor students, 3 "B" or Scholastic students, and 3 "C" or Varsity students.
http://www.usad.org
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Register by school or individual and start having fun with these challenging math, science and social studies contests. Three tests are offered through out the year. They are made available from the website and are taken with pencil and paper, not online. At least four students are needed to form a team. Newsletters are sent out after each contest.
http://www.academicleagues.com/
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"U.S. Academic Triathlon is a five-person challenge for students grades 5 through 12. The Triathlon rewards strong performance in the areas of general intellect; specific academic abilities; leadership and psycho-social dynamics; visual and performing arts; and creative/productive thinking."
http://www.academictriathlon.org
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Love math, and like a challenging competition? Well then test your way to the top with the American Mathematics Competitions. First students have the chance to compete to be a part of the USA Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) or the American Invitational Mathematical Examination (AIME). Such challenges include taking a "six question, two day, 9 hour essay/proof examination." The top twelve scoring students, from across the nation, receive an invited to the awards ceremony in Washington DC. Then, six of the twelve students will compete in th...
http://www.unl.edu/amc
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This is an annual national mathematics competition. High school students form teams of 15 to represent their city, state, county or school and compete against the best students from the United States and Canada. The event consists of Team, Power, Individual and Relay rounds and usually takes place the first Saturday after Memorial Day. Currently, ARML is held simultaneously at three sites: Penn State, The University of Iowa and The University of Nevada - Las Vegas. The ARML Power Contest is open to classes of high school students and consists o...
http://www.arml.com/
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The U.S. National Olympiad (USNCO) is a multi-tiered competition designed to stimulate and promote achievement in high school chemistry. The Goals of the USNCO and the schedule are set by a subcommittee of the ACS Society Committee on Education (SOCED).
http://www.acs.org/education/student/olympiad.html
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ACSL organizes computer science contests and computer programming contests for junior and senior high school students. ACSL is approved by the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP).
http://www.acsl.org/
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The purpose of the poetry contest is to bring recognition to poets both young and old. Winners share over $70,000 in prizes. With most contests regionally based, poets are competing against their peers in both age and location. In addition to the winning poems, other poems of high merit are accepted to be published in a hard bound anthology. Within the guidelines of accepting less than 50% of the poems that are entered in each contest, the contest is selective so that it is an honor to be accepted, yet not so exclusive that it is discouraging t...
http://www.poeticpower.com/
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Destination ImagiNation is an international organization for kindergarten through college students and community groups that teaches life skills and expanding imaginations through team-based creative problem solving. Teams of five to seven members work together to apply creativity, critical thinking and their particular talents to solve a Team Challenge.
http://www.destinationimagination.org/
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For students in grades 5-8, this contest fosters the exploration, understanding and communication of science. More than 60,000 children from around the country enter science projects in one of the science and engineering fairs affiliated with Science Service. Between June (the deadline for entering) and early September, judges choose 400 semifinalists among the entries. In October, 40 finalists receive an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. for the competition finals, consisting of a series of team challenges and oral presentations. The ...
http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/dysc/
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