Extracurricular Events
Elementary District-Wide Competitions
MLK Oratory
Date:
February 7, 2025
February 14, 2025 - Snow makeup date
Where:
High School Performing Arts Center
More 2025 Information coming soon.
The Clear Creek Amana Community School District MLK Jr. Oratory Competition started in 2023. Presenters memorize and recite an excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech, with the addition of their own writing/thoughts based on the excerpt they choose. The memorized portion may be shared at any time in their speech. Notes may not be used during the competition and the total length of the speech should not be less than 2 minutes, not to exceed 3 minutes.
Competition:
Each building holds a building level competition where the building finalists are chosen to advance to the District competition held in the Performing Arts Center at the High School.
Families of the students competing are welcome to come to the Performing Arts Center at the High School to watch the District competition. The event will be live streamed and a link will be available closer to the date of the event. All families attending the competition will need to follow the district check-in process and bring a driver's license.
Judges will evaluate each speech/presenter on poise, eye contact, posture/gestures, voice/volume, and effect of message.
There will be four district winners:
- One 3rd grade winner
- One 4th grade winner
- One 5th grade winner
- One overall district winner
CCA Spelling Bee
Date:
March 28, 2025
April 4, 2025 - Snow makeup date
Where:
High School Performing Arts Center
How can interested students prepare?
Printed copies of the spelling word lists by grade level are available to any students interested in participating. Students may request the lists from the building office starting September 15. If you have further questions, please contact your building principal.
How do students qualify for the District Spelling Bee Competition?
Classroom Competitions
All students that are interested may participate in the classroom competition.
Classroom Spelling Bees will take place the week of February 26, 2024
Building Competitions
The building spelling bee competition will include the classroom winners and they will participate in a spell down to finalize students from 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade that will move on to the district spelling bee competition.
Building Spelling Bees will take place the week of March 4, 2024
District Competition:
Families of the students competing are welcome to come to the Performing Arts Center at the High School to watch the competition. The event will be live streamed and a link will be available closer to the date of the event. All families attending the competition will need to follow the district check-in process and bring a driver's license.
Winners for district competition:
- One 3rd grade winner- medal
- One 4th grade winner- medal
- One 5th grade winner- medal
- 3rd grade winner, 4th grade winner, and 5th grade winner will compete to determine one overall winner for a trophy
CCA Battle of the Books
When:
- May 2, 2025
- May 9, 2025 - makeup date
Where:
High School Performing Arts Center
The Battle of the Books is a competition that encourages students in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade to read throughout the school year. Students have from September to April to read books from a selective list. Students form teams of 4 and have fun in May competing against peers to answer questions about each book. There is a 3rd grade student book list and a book list for 4th and 5th grade students.
Instructions:
- Read the 16 “Battle of the Books” titles in your school library.
- You may read the books in any order you would like.
- You will receive a book journal to add notes and interesting details about each book to prepare your brain for the “Battle”.
- As you finish reading each book, use your book journals to record things you would like to remember about the book in your book journal. Have an adult at your home sign the bottom of the page congratulating you for completing the book. Be sure to show your teacher librarian the signed book journal page for another celebration!
- Teams will consist of four students from like grade levels to represent their school in the district competition.
- Members of each team will “battle it out” by answering questions about the 16 books on the grade level list.
Competition:
- Teams will consist of four students from like grade levels to represent their school in the district competition.
- Members of each team will “battle it out” by answering questions about the 16 books on the grade level list.
Awards will be given to the grade level team with the most points and a travelling trophy is given to the team with the highest overall points.
- one 3rd grade team winner
- one 4th grade team winner
- one 5th grade team winner
- Battle of the Books Champion Team (the team with the overall highest points will get to display the traveling trophy at their school for the next school year!)
Talk to the teacher librarian at your school to get signed up TODAY!
Families of the students competing are welcome to come to the Performing Arts Center at the High School to watch the District competition. The event will be live streamed and a link will be available closer to the date of the event. All families attending the competition will need to follow the district check-in process and bring a driver's license.
