1st+Year+Competition

1st Year Steps
===1. Create a list- Pitt County graciously borrowed Guilford County's list in 2012-2013, but beginning in the year 2013-2014 we created our own. See the Book List page. ===

===2. Form a team of interested students-Pitt County Schools had 6 High Schools and each HS had a team of 4-12 students following the guidelines in the manual on number 4. ===

===3. Entice students to read, meet, and practice answering questions about the books. Our 6 High Schools all did it differently. It just happened that I met with my team on Club days, a few mornings and afternoons and then we began meeting at lunches. The lunch meetings worked best for us. ===

===4. Design the competition platform and set a date-we decided to make this HS version a little different. We had an individual component in addition to the team rounds. We created a manual to reflect the additional part. We used the NCSLMA Middle School manual as a template and then just modified it to fit our additional individual parts. ===

===5. Compete, have fun and reflect! We surveyed students and coaches afterwards to decide what to tweak for next year. Overall our students were happy and coaches are ready to compete again next year. ===