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So in my life, every day is Coffee Day, but apparently in the US it's National Coffee Day (9/29)! Most of our staffers are fans of coffee or other caffeinated drinks, so if you are hosting a tournament at your school as a fundraiser, why not have coffee and treats for sale to raise more money for your team? And if you think your school might be interested in hosting a regional tournament as a fundraiser, please reach out to the info desk via info@iacompetitions.com with what division you are interested in hosting, and we will get you in contact with the regional coordinator for your area. #nationalcoffeeday #quizbowl #historybee #iacompetitions
Breaking IAC News! It's Official! Our Co-Executive Director Nolwenn Madden, originally from France, has taken all the steps necessary and is officially an American Citizen today! Congratulations, Nolwenn! We are all so proud of you and the hard work you put in to get to this point. #uscitizen #welldone
Did you know.... Between 1848 and 1855, the California Gold Rush saw the migration of prospectors, or “forty-niners”, after gold nuggets were found in the Sacramento Valley. Bonus fact: The NFL team for the city of San Francisco gets their name and mascot from these prospectors! (which hurts your social media person to say as the fan of another team!) For more of these trivia facts, look at our red set study guide for the EMS tournaments, on https://usa.iacompetitions.com/study-guides/ #triviatuesday #goldrush #iacompetitions #historybee #quizbowl
Calling all artists! We need your help designing a new logo for our International Environmental Science Olympiad! We want it to incorporate the Puerto Rican Parrot, the only one that lives in Puerto Rico, and it's an endangered species! If you want to try your hand at designing the new image to go with our logo, submit your high resolution file as well as one with a transparent background (png file) to kiersten@iacompetitions.com by October 8th at 3pm. If we choose your logo, you will get a $100 discount on your IESO registration, as well as a Starbucks Gift card and IAC Tervis Tumbler! @washuqb @kyquizbowl @bhs.quizbowl @ihs.brainteam @livi_qb @7lakesquizbowl @batesvillequizbowl @lsgh.history @shsscholasticbowl @bahamagray @awalkerp15 @waubonsiequizbowl
Fundraiser Friday is all about the fun this week! Battle of the Bands! Music is a hobby for many middle and high school students, as well as local garage bands. Why not organize a battle of the bands at your school, charging a small entry fee for the bands and then sell tickets and concessions to raise funds! It makes for a great night out for all involved, and it is a great way to help kids of all kinds shine! #fundraiserfriday #historybee #historybowl #quizbowl #music
So while I wait for more people to send in teachers they are nominating for Teacher Spotlight Thursday, I've asked our staffers to pick teachers from their educational journey who made a lasting impression on them for the better. Since I can't ask them to do something without being willing to do it myself, here's mine! Carol Medcalf was my journalism teacher in at Las Vegas Academy of ISPVA (now Las Vegas Academy of the Arts) in Las Vegas, Nevada. She has since retired in the past couple years, but she still works as a substitute and she's one of the strongest ladies I know. She taught me how to research everything, to write from my heart, and how to take care of those who need it. The fundraising page we have is inspired by what she taught me on how to find the means to get what you want the most. When my family couldn't afford for me to attend journalism conferences in high school, she taught me how to find programs and fundraising to be able to go to places I had only dreamed of going so I could learn and sharpen my skills in design and writing. She could have just done all the leg work and writing the letters, making the calls, but she believed in the philosophy that learning lasts a lifetime. I owe a lot of who I am as a person to Ms. Medcalf, and her talent as a teacher shines on in all her former students. Thanks, Meddy, for being you! If you have a teacher or coach who you think should be highlighted, no matter where you are in the world, message me at kiersten@Iacomeptitions.com with a photo and why they should be highlighted. #teacherspotlightthursday #lvacademy #iacompetitions #historybee #historybowl
Trivia Tuesday pulls from this season's Red Set Study Guide for the EMS tournaments! The Jurassic Period is the second period in the Mesozoic Era. During the Jurassic, megafauna such as the dinosaurs were the dominant life form on Earth. I don't know about you, but one of my favourite shows to watch with my kids was Dinosaur Train! It's a great public television show that was well written and researched, and did some great science based storylines that entertained both kids and adults alike. It was a great way to study all those dinosaurs and differentiating between the different time periods in the Mesozoic. #triviatuesday #sciencebee #historybee #quizbowl
Materials Monday! Study Guides for the EMS Red set of questions are now available at https://usa.iacompetitions.com/study-guides/ These guides give you a general picture of what the questions will be about in the red question set competitions, which can be seen on the registration page for which competitions are which set! Good luck to all players! #historybee #geographybee #quizbowl #sciencebee #iacompetitions @materialsmonday
IAC Executive Director David Madden spent this past Saturday helping out at the Early Fall Tournament in Norman, OK run by Oklahoma University's quiz bowl team. While there he caught up with Sreekar Vajjha from Classen SAS, the top individual scorer in the prelims of this high school tournament as a 9th grader! Sreekar played IAC events in middle school and is a great example of how players who start playing the National History / Geography / Science Bee in middle (or elementary!) school have a huge leg up when they move into high school quiz bowl. If you're a high school player or coach, you can get a major advantage for your team by getting your feeder middle schools involved in our events! See usa.iacompetitions.com for details on how to register as a sponsor for the 2023-24 Middle & Elementary School Bee competitions.
So with registration now open for our tournaments, I thought we should highlight a state that will be one of the first to host this season! Georgia is a popular site for quiz bowl, and one of our first EMS tournaments will be at a Georgia School! For the chance to win one of our Tervis Tumblers, can you name the school hosting the first EMS Georgia tournament? A bonus entry if you can name the teacher who always hosts that tournament who schedules most of our tournaments! Open until 9/21 at 5pm to US and Canada players only. #giveaway #iacompetitions #historybowl #historybee #travelswithstarbucksmugs
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