Last updated February 12, 2005
| Organization |
Program |
Description |
Contact |
| The American Computer Science League (ACSL) | Computer Science Contest |
ACSL organizes computer science contests and computer programming contests for junior and senior high school students. | http://www.acsl.org/ |
| DECA, An Association of
Marketing students |
DECA |
DECA's co-curricular Competitive Events Program with more than $40,000 in cash awards annually to international competitive event winners | http://www.deca.org/ |
| Future Business Leaders of
America - Phi Beta Lambda |
FBLA-PBL National Leadership
Conference |
FBLA-PBL’s National Awards
Program recognizes and rewards excellence in a broad range of business
and career-related areas. |
http://www.fbla-pbl.org/ |
| Lincoln Center |
Essentially Ellington High
School Jazz Band Competition and Festival |
The Essentially Ellington High
School Jazz Band Competition & Festival (EE) is unique among jazz
programs for high school bands in the U.S. and Canada and American
schools abroad. EE extends the legacy of Duke Ellington by widely
disseminating his music, in its original arrangements, to high school
musicians for study and performance. Utilizing Ellington's music
challenges students to increase their musical proficiency and knowledge
of the jazz language. |
http://www.jazzatlincolncenter.org |
| The Mathematical Association of
America |
AMC 10 AMC 12 |
The American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) is dedicated to the goal of strengthening the mathematical capabilities of our nation’s youth. We believe that one way to meet this goal is to identify, recognize and reward excellence in mathematics through a series of national contests called the American Mathematics Contest 8 (AMC 8), the American Mathematics Contest 10 (AMC 10), the American Mathematics Contest 12 (AMC 12), the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME), and the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO). | http://www.unl.edu/amc/ |
| National Council of Teachers of
English (NCTE) |
Achievement Awards in Writing. Promising Young Writers Program. |
The awards recognize excellence
in writing by high school juniors. |
http://www.ncte.org/ |
| National Foundation for
Advancement in the Arts |
ARTS (Arts Recognition and
Talent Search) |
Arts Recognition and Talent
Search Program® (ARTS) Cash Awards, Scholarships, and Presidential
Scholars in the Arts Awards for high school seniors and other 17- and
18- year-old artists in the disciplines of Dance, Film and Video, Jazz,
Music, Photography, Theater, Visual Arts, Voice and Writing. |
http://www.artsawards.org/ |
| National History Day Organization |
National History Day |
NHD is a year-long education program that engages students in
grades 6-12 in the process of discovery and interpretation
of historical topics. Students produce dramatic performances,
imaginative exhibits, multimedia documentaries and research papers
based on research related to an annual theme. These projects are
then evaluated at local, state, and national competitions. |
http://nationalhistoryday.org/ |
| National Scholastic Press
Association |
Journalism Contests and Critiques |
NSPA and the Newspaper
Association of America Foundation have
co-sponsored the Pacemaker competition since 1971. NSPA began the
awards in 1927.
Judges select Pacemakers based on the following: coverage and content, quality of writing and reporting, leadership on the opinion page, evidence of in-depth reporting, design, photography, art and graphics. |
http://www.studentpress.org/nspa/ |
| Science Olympiad Organization |
Science Olympiad Tournaments |
Science based competitions. |
http://www.soinc.org/ |
| Science Service |
Intel International Science and
Engineering Fair |
The world's largest pre-college
science competition—provides an opportunity for the best young
scientists from around the globe to share ideas, showcase cutting-edge
science projects, and compete for over $3 million in awards and
scholarships. |
http://www.sciserv.org/ |
| Technology Student Association
(TSA) |
TSA National Competitive Events |
Imagine an activity so
captivating that your students spend hours working on it after school
for weeks at a time. That's exactly what happens when TSA members start
working on their entries in TSA's competitions. Only TSA members have
the opportunity to compete at exciting state conferences and the
National conference, one of the highlights for any TSA member. Expert
judging by technology educators and industry representatives inspires
the best from participants. Members are rewarded not only with medals
or trophies but also with memories of the camaraderie and the challenge
of a TSA conference. |
http://www.tsaweb.org/ |
| Organization |
Program |
Description |
Contact |
| FIRST Lego League |
Robotics Tournament |
FIRST LEGO League inspires
future scientists and engineers. Guided by imagination and adult
mentors, teams of FLL students, 9 to 14, face real world engineering
challenges, discover career possibilities and learn to make positive
contributions to society. FLL is a result of a partnership between
FIRST and LEGO Company and offers the opportunity to design, build and
program robots using LEGO MINDSTORMS� technology, learn teamwork and
other life skills, and research challenges facing today's scientists. |
http://www.usfirst.org/jrobtcs/flego.htm |
| Future Business Leaders of
America - Phi Beta Lambda |
FBLA-PBL National Leadership
Conference |
FBLA-PBL’s National Awards
Program recognizes and rewards excellence in a broad range of business
and career-related areas. |
http://www.fbla-pbl.org/ |
| The Mathematical Association of America | AMC 8 |
The American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) is dedicated to the goal of strengthening the mathematical capabilities of our nation’s youth. We believe that one way to meet this goal is to identify, recognize and reward excellence in mathematics through a series of national contests called the American Mathematics Contest 8 (AMC 8), the American Mathematics Contest 10 (AMC 10), the American Mathematics Contest 12 (AMC 12), the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME), and the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO). | http://www.unl.edu/amc/index.html |
| National Geographic Society |
National Geographic Bee |
Each year thousands of schools in the United States participate in the National Geographic Bee using materials prepared by the National Geographic Society. The contest is designed to encourage teachers to include geography in their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject, and increase public awareness about geography. | http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographybee/ |
| National History Day Organization | National History Day | NHD is a year-long education program that engages students in grades 6-12 in the process of discovery and interpretation of historical topics. Students produce dramatic performances, imaginative exhibits, multimedia documentaries and research papers based on research related to an annual theme. These projects are then evaluated at local, state, and national competitions. | http://nationalhistoryday.org/ |
| Science Olympiad Organization | Science Olympiad Tournaments | Science based competitions. | http://www.soinc.org/ |
| Science Service | Intel International Science and Engineering Fair | The world's largest pre-college science competition—provides an opportunity for the best young scientists from around the globe to share ideas, showcase cutting-edge science projects, and compete for over $3 million in awards and scholarships. | http://www.sciserv.org/ |
| Technology Student Association
(TSA) |
TSA National Competitive Events |
Imagine an activity so
captivating
that your students spend hours working on it after school for weeks at
a time. That's exactly what happens when TSA members start working on
their entries in TSA's competitions. Only TSA members have the
opportunity to compete at exciting state conferences and the National
conference, one of the highlights for any TSA member. Expert judging by
technology educators and industry representatives inspires the best
from participants. Members are rewarded not only with medals or
trophies but also with memories of the camaraderie and the challenge of
a TSA conference. |
http://www.tsaweb.org/ |