Polk County Public Schools, Students
WHO?
One team of six students and one coach is selected from each grade to represent the middle school in the district in this tournament.
WHAT?
The tournament is an academic, quiz-bowl type competition for middle school students. This is not a quick response, trivial pursuit contest. Instead, it is a slower-paced tournament in which players are asked questions from the areas of economics, mathematics, science, language arts and social studies. The questions are written by educators from district schools to mirror existing curricula.
WHERE and WHEN?
The Lakeland Center will host the 2009 tournament which begins with the Semifinal Round on Tuesday, March 24. The County Championship on Wednesday, March 25 will feature the six school teams from the Semifinal Round with the highest scores. The public is invited and encouraged to attend this competition. There is no charge for admission.
WHY?
E-Team's goal is to provide an arena of competition in which middle students are challenged to display their knowledge of basic economic terms and concepts along with their knowledge in the core subject areas of language arts, mathematics, science and social studies.
At the Semifinal Round, each student is awarded a blue ribbon for being selected to represent their school at the tournament, and each grade-level team is provided with a dinner coupon. Individual and school "Best in Grade Level" trophies are awarded to the highest scoring sixth, seventh, and eighth grade teams based on scoring during the Semifinal Round. Individual trophies are awarded to each team member and the coach of the six finalist teams at the conclusion of the County Championship. In addition, each of the six finalist schools is awarded a trophy.
HOW?
Polk County's Middle School E-Team Tournament is sponsored by the School Board of Polk County and the Polk Economic Education Council. T-shirts, coupons, ribbons and trophies are provided by the Pok Economic Education Council.