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Certamen Preliminaries will be held at the
Convention year of 2011!
For Previous Year 2010:
We are pleased to announce two changes to the certamen
preliminary rounds for the 2009-2010 year. In brief, all
preliminary certamen rounds will be held prior to the
convention (only the final round for each level will he
held during the convention itself), and qualification
will be determined on a regional basis rather than on
the basis of one preliminary grouping.
For the purposes of certamen preliminary rounds, the
WA/BC JCL chapters will be divided into three regions
(North, Central/South, and East). For each certamen
level, one team from each region will qualify for the
finals (by winning that region's preliminary rounds for
their level).
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Region Divisions |
East
Eton Veladare Academy
Lakeside Upper School
O'Dea High School
Stella Schola
St. Michael's School
The Overlake School |
North
Marysville-Pilchuck HS
Mt. Vernon High School
Roosevelt High School
Snohomish High School
St. George's School |
South
Garfield High School
John F. Kennedy HS
Lakeside Middle School
Mt. Rainier Academy
Olympia High School
St. Mary's Academy |
A fuller description of the qualification
procedures is given below.
Decisions regarding the division into regions has been
done in an effort to ensure a competitive and numerical
balance in each region while adhering to geographical
reality as much as possible. We anticipate holding the
East and Central/South regionals at the same time and
place (in the greater Seattle area), and holding the
North regionals (at a more northern location as yet to
be determined) either a week before or after the other
two regions' date. For this reason it has been possible
to distribute the East and Central/South teams a bit
more freely than might be expected.
Although the same sets of questions can be used for both
Central/South and East region preliminaries (as they
will be held simultaneously), we will will not be able
to use the same questions for the North preliminaries.
For this reason, special care will be taken to ensure
that the sets of questions used for each region's
preliminary rounds are of similar difficulty and focus.
The Certamen rules remain unchanged from previous years-
a chapter may still enter multiple teams on any or all
levels.
A hypothetical example is
given here:
in the NORTH region,
Chapter A enters 2 novice teams, 1 intermediate
team and 1 upper team.
Chapter B enters 0 novice teams, 3 intermediate
teams and 1 upper team.
Chapter C enters 1 novice team, 0 intermediate
teams and 2 upper teams.
Chapter D enters 1 novice team, 1 intermediate
team and 1 upper team.
Chapter E enters 0 novice teams, 0 intermediate
teams and 1 upper team.
This region's Novice level consists of 4 teams.
They play their three rounds, and the overall
winner advances to the Novice certamen finals at
the convention (to play the winners of the other
2 regions' novice level preliminary rounds).
This region's Intermediate level consists of 5
teams, who play their rounds to determine the
region's champion.
This region's Upper level consists of 6 teams,
who play their rounds to determine the region's
champion. |
We hope to have the rounds scheduled fairly early in the
school year. Please let me know (as soon as you know!)
if there are any weekends which will really REALLY not
work for your chapter's students. Also, if you are
interested in your school hosting either of the
preliminary dates please contact me and we can discuss
the event requirements.
It is our hope that these changes will make it somewhat
easier for schools from farther away to participate in
the preliminary rounds, and also give everyone at the
convention more time to enjoy its various activities.
Some assistance may be available to help defray travel
and/or lodging expenses associated with these certamen
preliminary rounds; please contact me if you would like
to discuss this further. We want to make it possible for
as many chapters as possible to attend the preliminary
rounds!
Thank you for your support, and for all that you do for
our WA/BC JCL! |
Comments? Questions? Words of Wisdom? Leave them here!
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