South Central District Rally Day Agendas

March 24, 2012Literary, Art and Speech Rallies

8 8:30 a.m.Rally Coordinator Check-InStudent Union Ballroom

Literary Rally Registration

Test Administrator Check-InGalliano Cafeteria

Speech Rally Check-InTalbot Theater

8:45 a.m.Welcome SessionStudent Union Ballroom

Speech Rally beginsTalbot Hall

9:30 10:30 a.m.Literary Rally testsNicholls campus

Rally Association MeetingGalliano Cafeteria, Captain’s Room

10:30 a.m. 1 p.m.Art Rally DisplayAmeen Art Gallery (Talbot Hall) Student Activities

Block PartyStudent Union
LunchCafeteria or Snack Bar

1:30 p.m.Awards Ceremony Student Union Ballroom Students pick up Art Rally pieces Ameen Art Gallery (Talbot Hall)

March 31, 2012Drama and Music Rallies

8:30 a.m. untilDrama Rally Registration begins Talbot Hall – first floor

Music Rally Registration beginsTalbot Hall – second floor

9a.m.Drama Rally Coordinators meetingTalbot Theater
Music Rally beginsTalbot Hall rooms as scheduled

9:30 a.m.Drama Rally beginsTalbot Theater

TBADrama Rally trophies awardedTalbot Theater

Monday, April 2nd, 4:30p.m.Music rally results will be posted to internet.

2012 District Rally Registration and Dues Form

SCHOOL

ADDRESS

PHONE and FAX

PRINCIPAL

PRINCIPAL’SE-MAIL ADDRESS

COORDINATOR

COORDINATOR’SE-MAIL ADDRESS

DIVISION (circle one)

I II III IV V

South Central District Rally Dues and Fees

DUES / LITERARY and SPEECH Rallies: Please use the following guide to determine your school’s division. (Junior High Schools should use their enrollment of ninth grade students only.)
$110 Div. I (1001 and more); Div. II (501 – 1000 students)
$105 Div. III (251-500); Div. IV (151-250); Div. V (1-150 students) / $
ART Rally: $25 fee per school competing (maximum of 5 entries per school) / $
DRAMA Rally: $40 fee per school competing / $
MUSIC Rally: $25 fee per school competing / $
Please make all checks payable to NICHOLLSSTATEUNIVERSITY
Mail this form and check to the South Central District Rally Office
Simone M Harris
District Rally Registration
P. O. Box 2119
Thibodaux, LA 70310 Total amount due by March 2, 2012 / $

Rules and Regulations Governing the

2012 South Central District Literary Rally

Eligibility for all District Literary Rally Events is limited to students enrolled in a LHSRA member school and certified by their High School Rally Coordinator as a Bona Fide Qualifier.

Student Eligibility:

Test in no more than one District Literary Rally event.

Any student currently enrolled – or having been enrolled – in a course during the current school year will be eligible to participate in District and State Rally competition. (Policy statement adopted by the 1997 General Assembly of Principals)

Exception: Schools offering courses on an alternating yearly or semester basis may enter students who have completed Carnegie credits in those courses.

A student repeating a course for a higher grade may not participate, while a student repeating due to failure is eligible to participate.

Be a student who is taking a Carnegie unit in the school in which he/she is enrolled.

Meet the requirements for the Carnegie unit in the setting of the LHSRA member school. A student enrolled in a correspondence course may participate.

Not be “primary” speakers in the foreign language in which they test. The main language spoken at home is considered the primary language.

Not have represented a school more than once in the same event.

Students should not seek advantage by competing in events for which advanced credit has been earned or having been earned for courses in advanced standing (i.e., competing in Physical Science after having enrolled in Chemistry).

Bring sharpened No. 2 pencil(s) to take the exam; answer sheets and extra paper will be supplied.

General Information and Rules:

Educational aides are not permitted (dictionary, thesaurus, English handbook, etc.) except those supplied by the individual Test Administrators. Calculators will be allowed in mathematics and science events as outlined in Calculator Usage Policy.

Dues: The District Rally membership by March 2, 2012. NO EXCEPTIONS. In addition, schools must pay State Rally dues by March 2, 2012 (received) or that school will not be eligible for District and State Rally competitions during the 2011-2012 year.

Contestant Registration Form: Attached to this rally booklet are contestant registration forms for all rallies (literary, speech, art, drama, and music). These forms can be utilized as a “work in progress” for you to secure and finalize participants from your school. Contest names for all rallies are dueMarch 2, 2012. NO EXCEPTIONS. Changes in contestants need to be done in writing (email). NO ONE will be allowed to compete the day of Rally unless that name has been previously submitted.

Rally Headquarters will be located in the Nicholls State University Student Union, Lafitte Room. Any inquiries, lost/found items and emergency situations should be brought to this office and their phone number is 985-448-4444.

Welcome Session/Awards Ceremony: A few words of welcome for all contestants and Rally Coordinators will be held at 8:45 a.m. Immediately following, the students will be dismissed to respective classrooms for testing. An Awards Ceremony honoring the First, Second and Third Place Overall Winners in each event (regardless of division) will be held at 1:30 p.m. where these overall winners will receive a medal and a certificate. The Awards Ceremony is an integral part of the Rally experience and we ask that as Rally Coordinator, you encourage your students to attend.

Business Meeting: A BRIEF Business Meeting of the South Central Louisiana Rally Association will be held March 24, 2012, at 9 a.m. in the Student Union Captain’s Room. Attendance at this meeting is not mandatory; however, each school is encouraged to attend.

Literary Rally Qualification Quotas for State Rally:

Number of schools Number of qualifiers

entered by division:per division (per event):

1-52 6-10 3 11-15 4 16-20 5 20-over 6

NOTE FOR ALL RALLIES: WINNING FIRST, SECOND, OR THIRD PLACE OVERALL DOES NOT NECESSARILY QUALIFY A STUDENT FOR STATE RALLY! For example: If all three Overall Winners were in the same division, but only five schools competed in that event, then only two students can go on to the State Rally. Hence, the Third Place Overall Winner would not qualify for State Rally.

Drama and Speech Rally Qualification for State Rally:

To be eligible for State Rally, students entering Speech Rally Events must earn a “superior” rating from their District Speech Rally. Schools entering a play in Drama Rally competition must earn a “superior” rating from their District Drama Rally.

Music Rally Qualification for State Rally:

Students who meet one of the following criteria are eligible to enter the Music Rally Events: (a) certified by District Rally Director as bona fide qualifier or (b) verified by official results of LMEA District Music Festival as “superior” rated performer.

ACT Calculator Use Policy

Can I use a calculator?

Yes. You may use a calculator on the ACT Assessment Mathematics Test (but not on any of the other tests in the ACT Assessment).

You may use any four-function, scientific, or graphing calculator, unless it has features described in the Prohibited list. For models on the Permitted with Modification list, you will be required to modify some of the calculator's features.

Prohibited Calculators

These types of calculators are prohibited:

pocket organizers
handheld or laptop computers
electronic writing pads or pen-input devices—The Sharp EL 9600 is permitted.
calculators built into cellular phones or other wireless communication devices
calculators with a typewriter keypad (keys in QWERTY format)—Calculators with letter keys not in QWERTY format are permitted.
calculators with built-in computer algebra systems—Prohibited calculators in this category include:
Casio: Algebra fx 2.0, ClassPad 300, and all model numbers that begin with CFX-9970G
Texas Instruments: All model numbers that begin with TI-89 or TI-92
Hewlett-Packard: hp48GII and all model numbers that begin with hp40G or hp49G

Calculators Permitted with Modification

These types of calculators are permitted, but only after they are modified as noted:

calculators with paper tape—Remove the tape.
calculators that make noise—Turn off the sound feature.
calculators that can communicate wirelessly with other calculators—Completely cover the infrared data port with heavy opaque material, such as duct tape or electrician's tape (includes Hewlett-Packard HP-38G series and HP-48G)
calculators that have power cords—Remove all power/electrical cords.

Each Rally test is a paper and pencil objective test which does not exceed one hour. Tie-breaker questions are included and identified on most tests. On others, tiebreakers are used from questions allocated from the general test questions. Students are not allowed to use any educational aids (i.e., dictionaries, thesauruses, etc.) during examinations. All South Central District Rally tests are administered from 9:30 – 10:30 am.

Literary Rally Contests

AGRICULTURE

Agriscience I:

Eligibility:Students enrolled in the first year of Agricultural Science. The objective-type questions will be based on the beginner’s knowledge of Basic Agricultural Science information as outlined in the Agriculture I Course of Studies.

Agriscience II:

Eligibility:Students enrolled in the second year of Agricultural Science. The objective-type questions will be based on the advanced Basic Agricultural Science as outlined in the Agriculture II Course of Studies.

Agriscience III:

Eligibility:Students enrolled in the third year of Agricultural Science. The objective-type questions will be based on Agricultural Areas of Specialization, Farm Management, and Farm Mechanics as prescribed in the Agriculture III Course of Studies.

BUSINESS

Accounting I:

Eligibility:Students with less than one unit in Accounting I. Primarily a short answer objective-type test including multiple choice and/or matching items. Emphasis on elementary fundamentals of Accounting I: work sheet, adjustments, trial balance, bad debts, complication of notes, and inventories. Minimum of basic financial statement preparation. No extended mathematical calculations, although tie-breaker question could include more involved calculations.

Introduction to Business Computer Application

Eligibility:Students who are enrolled in the primary introductory Business Computer Application course.

Students who have completed Introduction to Business Computer Application and who are enrolled in Business Computer Application or Business Computer Application I are not permitted to test in this event. A written, objective-type test will be administered and will include basic computer application skills based on Office 2007. Students will be expected to have knowledge in the touch method of operating a computer keyboard to produce simple business documents. Emphasis will be placed on basic computer concepts both hardware and software, word processing, and spreadsheet applications.

Business Computer Application

Eligibility:Students with less than one unit in Business Computer Application or Business Computer Application I. A written, objective-type test will be designed to acquaint students with the advanced principles associated with information processing based on Office 2007. Students must be versed in advanced computer concepts, software applications, and computer systems. Emphasis will be placed on skill development in using technology to perform advanced information processing. Topics of study include computer concepts, word processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation software applications. Communication skills, keyboarding, decision-making, technology, and critical thinking skills are reinforced in this course through business application projects.

Free Enterprise:

Eligibility:Students who are regularly enrolled or were enrolled last semester with less than one unit in the subject. The test will consist of objective-type questions covering the following topics: the American free enterprise heritage; the nature of the American economy as a free enterprise system; the roles of the individual, money and banking, business, labor, and government in the Free Enterprise System; the American Free Enterprise System and other economic systems; and problems, benefits, and future of the American Free Enterprise System.

Principles of Business:

Eligibility:Students with less than one unit of Principles of Business who are regularly enrolled or were enrolled last semester. The test includes objective-type questions covering the following topics: living and working in our economy; the nature of American business; business and the consumer; saving and investing money; practical money management; banks and banking services; economic risks and insurance; communication and transportation; our economic world; and government, business, and labor.

ENGLISH

English I, II, III, and IV: will test students’ knowledge of all aspects of their work in English in their respective grade levels. They will be expected to demonstrate that they are able to read and interpret literature, understand the principles of writing correctly and effectively, and have a working knowledge of English grammar.

English I:

Eligibility:Students with less than one (1) unit in English.

English II:

Eligibility:Students with less than two (2) units in English.

English III:

Eligibility:Students with less than three (3) units in English.

English IV:

Eligibility:Students with less than four (4) units in English.

Journalism I:

Eligibility:Students currently enrolled in Journalism I with less than one unit of Journalism or students who are regularly enrolled in a half unit course during the Fall Semester. The objective-type questions will cover topics including principles of journalism, news writing, editing, news concepts, press law as it relates to scholastic journalism, word usage, design principles, style, editorial concepts, and the role of journalism in the high school community.

FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES

Family and Consumer Science:

Eligibility:Students who are currently enrolled in Family and Consumer Science, formerly known as Consumer Homemaking I, and who have less than one full unit in Family and Consumer Sciences. The objective-type test will be based on the content of basic units in Family and Consumer Science – a comprehensive, introductory course in the Family and Consumer Sciences. The basic units include Food and Nutrition, Consumer Education, Parenthood Education (formerly Human Development and Family Relationships,) Clothing and Personal Appearance, and Housing.

Food & Nutrition:

Eligibility:Students who are enrolled in Consumer Homemaking II, students who have completed or who are enrolled in Food and Nutrition, Advanced Food and Nutrition, Nutrition Education, or Advanced Nutrition Education, and students enrolled in Preparatory or Cooperative Food Services. The test consists of objective-type questions drawn from these content units.

Parenthood Education:

Eligibility:Students who are enrolled in Consumer Homemaking II, students who have completed or who are enrolled in Home and Family, Parenthood Education (formerly Human Development & Family Relationships,) Child Development, or Advanced Child Development, and students who are enrolled in Preparatory or Cooperative Child Care Services. The test consists of objective-type questions drawn from these content units.

Environmental Applications:

Eligibility:Students who are enrolled in Consumer Homemaking II, students who have completed or who are enrolled in a semester course in clothing and Textiles, Advanced Clothing and Textiles, Consumer Education, Adult Responsibilities, Management of Resources, and/or Housing, and students who are enrolled in occupational classes in Clothing and Textile Services; Institutional, Home Management, and Supporting Services; or Housing and Design Services. The test consists of objective-type questions drawn form these content units.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

A student who is a native speaker* of a foreign language is not eligible to participate in that foreign language event. French I, II and Spanish I, II, and III tests consist of objective-type questions drawn from the two parts that test the student’s abilities in the following: structural analysis and reading comprehension. In structural analysis, the student is tested on the different grammatical structures involving parts of speech, idiomatic expressions, etc. In reading comprehension, the student is tested on his/her ability to understand what one reads and correctly answer questions based on the passages read. * One whose main language at home is other than English is considered to be a native speaker of that particular language.

French I:

Eligibility:Students with less than one (1) unit in French. Ninth grade Junior High students are eligible to enter.

French II:

Eligibility:Students with less than two (2) units in French.

French III:Students with less than two (3) units in French.

Eligibility:

Spanish I:

Eligibility:Students with less than one (1) unit in Spanish. Ninth grade Junior High students are eligible to enter.

Spanish II:

Eligibility:Students with less than two (2) units in Spanish.

Spanish III:

Eligibility:Students with less than three (3) units in Spanish.

HEALTH

Health:

Eligibility:Students who are regularly enrolled or were enrolled last semester with less than one unit in the subject. Test topics include concepts related to: health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health; the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors; the assessment of valid information, products, and serviced to enhance health; the use of interpersonal communications skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks; the ability to use decision-making skills and goal-setting skills to enhance health; the ability to practice health- enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce personal, family, and community health risks; and identifying effective strategies to overcome barriers or attitudes when communicating on health issues.

MATHEMATICS

(Special Instructions: Students may use an LHSRA approved calculator on all Mathematics tests. See LHSRA Calculator Usage Policy for details.)

Advanced Math- Pre-calculus:

Eligibility:Students who are regularly enrolled at present or who were enrolled the previous semester. Test topics include definitions of circular functions which relate real numbers with real numbers, graphs of circular functions, identities and conditional equations, trigonometric functions, and polar coordinates.

Advanced Math- Functions & Statistics: