Date

The National Current Events League consists of four (4) meets (Contests) held at your school during the school year. Each Meet consists of 30 multiple choice questions and may be adminstered comfortably within one class period. Each of the Meets will be based on current events in the following time frame:

Time Period	Meet Date
Sep. 1 - Oct. 21	Nov. 1, 2007
Oct. 22- Dec. 23	Jan. 10, 2008
Dec. 24- Feb. 10	Feb. 21, 2008
Feb. 12- Mar. 16	Mar. 27, 2008

Contest Operation

You will receive two copies of the questions for each Contest you enter. Please duplicate as many copies as you need. Answer keys will be provided. There is no limit to the number of students who may participate. The students are to work independently on the questions. Each test is to be proctored and graded by the school. The top ten individual's names and their scores are to be listed on the score sheets provided. The sum of these top ten scores is the school's team score. The score sheet is to be returned to the NCEL (envelope provided) where the results will be collated. All schools will receive a report of the results of the appropriate Contest. You will receive questions for meet 1 by Oct.29,2007, meet 2 by Jan. 7, 2008, meet 3 by Feb. 19, 2008, meet 4 by Mar. 24, 2008 and School Awards by Jan. 31, 2008.

Questions

Each Meet will consist of 30 multiple-choice questions. Each Meet has a time limit of 35 minutes and may be comfortably administered within one class period. This will allow you time to discuss the meet immediately after it has taken place. The questions will be selected from the following areas and will be appropriate to the individual grade level involved: General News, Arts & Entertainment, Science & Health, Business & Finance, Sports.

Awards

Each team will receive 11 awards- 1 medal and 10 certificates. Each additional team that your school registers entitles you to receive 1 additional set of awards. There are also individual and team awards on the national level. Please register by October 9, 2007.

FOCUS on the NEWS

Get students excited about current events every week while prepping for the National Current Events League contests. FOCUS on the NEWS offers 66 current events practice questions each week in a point-value quiz-game format. Students develop a greater awareness of important topics like the 2008 elections and world events while teachers get a valuable and timely curriculum resource that also includes a geography worksheet on countries making headlines and a current events crossword puzzle for about $1 a week. Subscibe now or try it for 4 weeks free. (click here)

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Application Form

Please click here to download an application form now. This download includes our informational letter and an appliction form that you can print out and mail back to us.

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Fee Determination Examples

Below are some examples for determining fees and awards. (Other combinations are possible.)

When a school registers	Fee	Awards
One 5th grade team	$70.00	1 medal and 10 certificates
One 5th grade team and one 6th grade team	$115.00	2 medals and 20 certificates
One 5th grade team, one 8th grade team and one from grades 10-12	$160.00	3 medals and 30 certificates
Two 6th grade teams and one 7th grade team	$160.00	3 medals and 30 certificates

Sample Pages From Contests

Grade Level	Samples
Grades Four, Five and Six	Page One
Grades Seven, Eight and Nine	Page One
Grades Ten, Eleven and Tweleve	Page One

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