Tournament of Champions Qualifier
The Tournament of Champions is the statewide written scholastic championship for middle school students. It is sponsored by the OAAC.
In order to attend the TOC 6th, 7th and 8th grade students must earn a spot by placing 1st, 2nd or 3rd at a qualifying tournament. There are several TOC Qualifying tournaments held across the state. In addition, The OAAC will be hosting TOCQ's in several different locations.
1. Qualifying at a TOC qualifier will NOT give a student an advantage at the TOC in April.
2. A school may attend only one OAAC TOC qualifier per year. A school may attend as many non-OAAC TOCQ as they would like. See the list under Other Qualifying Tournaments link at the left.
3. At an OAAC TOCQ no more than 3 students from one school per grade per test
4. At an OAAC TOCQ only 3 time slots available. Students must choose between the two subjects offered.
Schedule for an OAAC TOCQ
First Hour: Current Events & Science (Current Events covers the year from the date in 2010 - the date in 2011-12)
Second Hour: Social Studies & Language Arts
Third Hour: Mathematics & Humanities
5. Medals will be given to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each grade for each test.
6. Entry fee $3.00 per student per test.
2011-12 Humanities focus period
1885-1920
The Romantic Era, Victorian Era and Edwardian Era
Art ~ Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism
Music ~ The Romantic Era, Victorian Era, Tin Pan Alley, Gilbert & Sullivan, Ragtime
Philosophy ~ Existentialism, Nihilism, Pragmatism
Literature ~ The Victorian Period, Pre-Raphaelites, Transcendentalism, Age of Realism, Edwardian Period, Naturalism, early years of The Moderns. Look for works published between 1855 and 1920