Contest Notes
Information for Speech Contestants:
Grading
IMPORTANT: “For prose and poetry documentation, please use the recently developed interactive form (created by Jana Riggins) for Poetry A&B, as well as Prose A&B. These will be used for the State Meet as well. These forms can be found on the Oral Interpretation page — they are called State Meet Interp Poetry Form, State Meet Interp Prose Form. Submit any necessary documentation by attaching (or scan and email) the appropriate documentation to the corresponding form.
The contestant shall prepare and provide for the contest director and each judge a hard copy of the UIL Documentation online form (for each category of each event) that lists the theme of the performance, as well as titles and poets included in the performance, for the purpose of insuring that no theme/subject matter or poet is being used in both categories.
Also, each school is required by the UIL to provide one judge for the speech contests.
Please email this information and the forms to Dr. Julie Welker, jwelker@hputx.edu by Friday, April 6, 2018, for documentation. Original sources should be available for review at the Regional Meet.
Procedure
Following each event, the contest director will tabulate results in a designated grading room separate from the contest room.
Grading Assistants
Team sponsors will assist in grading in the following events: Calculator Applications, Computer Applications, Number Sense, Science, Spelling/Vocabulary, Social Studies, Literary Criticism, Accounting, and Mathematics.
Verification Period
The contest director will remain in the grading room for a short period of time to answer questions concerning tabulations and to verify results.
Questions addressed to anyone other than the appropriate contest director at any other time than the verification period will be disregarded.
Location
Location of grading room will be posted on the door of each contest room or announced before contest.
Verification/Awards
Students, coaches, and/or other school officials are urged to attend all verification periods and awards meeting. Regional meet directors are under no obligation to contact winners who fail to attend with results and winner's packets. Any awards not picked up at the Academic contest can be picked up by the school's track coach at the Regional Track meet April 27-28.
Winners packets
Information regarding the UIL Academic State Meet is posted on the UIL web site at www.uiltexas.org. Winners Information will not be mailed to schools. Coaches and contestant must go to the UIL web site for tentative schedule, UT parking, UT campus map and other vital State Meet information. Responsibilities for knowing times, dates and sites of State Meet events rests solely with coaches and contestants.
UIL Information Center - Located in TBD
Official Results
Following the test administration, the official results will be delivered to the Regional Director's headquarters in TBD.
Information Headquarters
Following the test administration, the official results will be delivered to the Regional Director's headquarters in the Phillips Education Building.
The information headquarters will be located in the Phillips Education Building.
Dining in the Campus Center
The cafeteria in the campus canter will be open for all students, teachers and coaches, and parents during the academic contest. There is also Einstein Bagels that will be open throughout the day for bagels, muffins, and drinks.
Awards
Contestants or a school representative may pick up medals and winner's packets at headquarters immediately after results arrive. Awards will not be released without a signature. Any awards not picked up at the Academic contest can be picked up by the school's track coach at the Regional Track meet.
Contest Packets
Schools should pick up tests and critiques at headquarters on the day of the contest. All testing materials will be recycled after the contest. We do not mail remaining materials. Please have someone from your school be responsible for picking up any or all tests, answer sheets, critiques, and essays from the headquarters table on the day of the Academic contest.