Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Academic Competitions

We're having some interesting conversations here at Cannon School. We've
been discussing how to meet the needs of advanced learners in the Upper
School who also have competitive spirits. As do many schools, we provide a
wide variety of opportunities to compete in athletics. We participate in
some academic competitions, but not (according to some families) nearly
enough. I'd really like to get a snapshot, albeit unscientific, of what
other schools do.

I've made a Google form to collect
responses<https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDM5Y0U4SlhoUHBST25Fb0hNdkE2cmc6MQ>and
I'd be grateful for help and more than happy to publish the results as
a
webpage shortly.

Thanks!
Sarah Hanawald
Dean of Academic Affairs
Cannon School
Concord, NC

PS--If you know of a good Chinese language competition that is suitable for
students in grades 9-12, I'd love to hear about it. That seems to be
today's burning issue.

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