Lone Star Challenge
Coaches’ Meeting
October 21, 2015 – Bonham Building
Presented By: Sharla Hudspeth
Agenda
 Welcome
 Department Functions
 Study Materials
 Schedule, Date & Transportation
 Coach Agreement Form
 Questions & Answers
Department Functions –
Student Activities

Coordinate Academic Competitions
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Academic UIL
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Elementary – Middle – High School
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Academic Decathlon
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Academic Pentathlon
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Lone Star Challenge
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Destination Imagination
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Dallas Urban Debate Alliance
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TMSCA
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Robotics
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Chess
Department Functions –
Student Activities, cont.
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Oversight
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JV Cheerleading
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Varsity Cheerleading
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Drill Team
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Newspaper
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Yearbook
Evaluation & Assessment
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Surveys for students and coaches
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Sarina Rapini – Program Evaluator
Lone
Star Challenge
Lone Star Challenge is the elementary
competition equivalent to Academic
Decathlon and Academic Pentathlon.
Nine-member teams are comprised of:
3 Fourth Grade
3 Fifth Grade– 3 Sixth Grade
Forming A Team
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One Team per School
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Nine Member Team
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Multiple Grade Levels per Team – 4, 5, 6 or 4, 5, 5
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Categories by Grade Level
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Red (4th Grade)
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White (5th Grade)
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Blue (6th Grade)
Note: Recruit more than 9 students
Study Materials
Lone Star Challenge

Theme-Based Competition
̶ The 1960s
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Novels for Participants
̶ The Wednesday Wars
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Essay prompts based on novel

Competition Manual
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Student Study Guide
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Electronic Files
Note: Materials are provided by the Student Activities Department
Lone Star Challenge Schedule, Date & Transportation
Competition Schedule
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Breakfast and Registration
9:50 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Test Instructions – General
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Mathematics/Science Test
10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Test Instructions
11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Language/Social Studies
11:45 a.m.
LUNCH
1:00 p.m.
Line up for Super Quiz March-In
1:15 p.m.
Super Quiz
2:45 p.m.
Awards Presentation
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Lone Star Challenge
̶ Saturday, May 7, 2016
Conrad High School
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Transportation
̶ Scheduled and funded by the
Student Activities Department
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Campus responsible for Field
Trip Forms
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Submit Transportation Request
Form 21 days in advance
[email protected]
Coach Agreement Form
 www.dallasisd.org/domain/156
 Under Forms
 Stipend is per campus
 May be split among multiple coaches
Q&A
Sharla Hudspeth
[email protected]
Leonidas Patterson
[email protected]
www.dallasisd.org/domain/156