Welcome to The Virtual Challenge Meets™

My name is Chuck Thompson...I am the Owner and Director of:

13 years ago, I developed a system for running entire invitational academic practice meets virtually...no travel costs, no meal costs, no getting up in the wee hours on Saturday morning to drive a yellow-hammer across our great state to compete. I called it:

The Virtual Challenge Meets.

The Virtual Challenge Meet concept allows for maximum flexibility, minimal costs, and MUCH greater competition in that you will be competing with schools your size from all across the state.

The High School Virtual Challenge Meets offer unlimited entries in the following 11 events:

Number Sense
Calculator
Mathematics
Science
Current Events
Social Studies
Literary Criticism
Spelling
Computer Science
Accounting
Copy Editing (NEW EVENT FOR 2024-2025!!!)

The tests are made available to you prior to the posted start of the Meet Testing Window and you then can administer them anytime you see fit in a controlled, meet-like, secure fashion.

You then grade them and report your students' scores on this Virtual Challenge Meet website by the Score Posting Deadline of the meet, by the midnight deadline.

Starting with the 2015-2016 Season, a new component was added to the Virtual Meet Experience, The Middle School Virtual Challenge Meets...3 Meets, 16 events in each Meet, all with unlimited entries.

The Middle School Virtual Challenge Meets program operates using the same basic format, utilizing a full 4-week Testing Window for maximum flexibility in each of the 3 Middle School VCM Meets, all in the Fall.

The Middle School Virtual Challenge Meets offer unlimited entries in the following 16 events:

Number Sense (4-6)
Number Sense (7-8)
Calculator (5-8)
Mathematics (5-8)
Science (5-8)
Spelling (3-4)
Spelling (5-6)
Spelling (7-8)
Listening Skills (5-6)
Listening Skills (7-8)
Dictionary Skills (5-6)
Dictionary Skills (7-8)
Social Studies (5-6)
Social Studies (7-8)
Maps, Graphs & Charts (5-6)
Maps, Graphs & Charts (7-8)

The Results for all Virtual Challenge Meets will then be tabulated and posted on the website and/or emailed out within minutes of the end of the Meet.

We have also developed a Certificate Generator which generates 1,000's of Award Certificates for each Meet and emails them directly to each school where you can print them off.

Get the entire High School Season Ticket of 6 Meets, each with 10 tests, all for only $479 and the Middle School Season Ticket of 3 Meets, each with 16 tests, all for only $299.

BIG Discounts are available for Returning High Schools and Middle Schools.

In 2023-2024, we had 519 High Schools participate and they posted 31,025 scores on the

Virtual Challenge Meet website, while 170 Middle Schools posted 9,230 scores

We are poised for another big year in 2024-2025, so come join the fun and competition, designed to prepare your students to be successful at their UIL District/Region/State Meets, with no travel and utilizing a customized testing schedule that YOU devise to work best at your school.

Last year, 80% of the Team State Champions and 80% of the Individual State Champions competed in the Virtual Challenge Meets as part of their UIL Academic Training Program.

EMAIL FOR DETAILS AT:

[email protected]

2024 VCM & UIL STATE MEET CORRELATIONS

2024 COMMISH COMPILATIONS - UIL REGION

(these are based on the FINAL Results Posted on Speechwire and verified by UIL)

ALL EVENTS IN ONE GIANT PDF

IMPORTANT TIP:

USE THE INTERACTIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS AT THE START OF EACH EVENT COMPILATION TO MOVE FROM ONE CLASSIFICATION TO ANOTHER MORE EASILY WITHIN THAT EVENT.

FINAL VERSION - IN EXCEL

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2024 COMMISH COMPILATIONS - UIL DISTRICT

FINAL VERSION - IN EXCEL

2024 COMMISH COMPILATIONS - UIL DISTRICT - PDFs

(these are also based on the FINAL Results Posted on Speechwire and verified by UIL)

IMPORTANT TIP:

USE THE INTERACTIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS AT THE START OF EACH EVENT COMPILATION TO MOVE FROM ONE CLASSIFICATION TO ANOTHER MORE EASILY WITHIN THAT EVENT.

ENJOY!!!

**AS IS THE VCM POLICY, STARTING WITH HS VCM #3, ALL HS VCM RESULTS WILL BE EMAILED OUT TO THE SCHOOLS FOR EACH EVENT, BUT ONLY TO THE SCHOOLS THAT COMPETED IN THAT EVENT.**

THEY WILL NOT BE POSTED ON THE VCM RESULTS PAGE UNTIL AFTER THE 2025 UIL STATE MEET.

CHECK WITH YOUR COORDINATOR FOR THE LINK TO THOSE EVENT RESULTS IF YOUR SCHOOL POSTED SCORES IN THAT EVENT.

The Virtual Meet Experience, LLC

979 Jennings Lane

Azle, TX 76020

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Some schools do the Virtual Challenge Meet testing as they can fit during their normal practice times throughout the testing window, some schools have their students all meet after school or on Saturday morning as a team to take them. The most important aspect is to make the testing as much like that of a conventional meet as possible for better and more useful results.

One option that I think is the best of both worlds is to get together with 2-3 schools in your close proximity that also are enrolled in the Virtual Challenge Meets and have a little "mini-meet"...that way students are still in a competitive environment, you have additional graders, no tabbing, no costs and still get to compete with schools across the State.

Which option you choose is entirely up to you and your team, whatever works best for you and your team.

Last year, the HS VCM program had 519 schools compete and over 31,000 scores were posted in the six High School Virtual Challenge Meets.

Even more exciting is the fact that in 2024, in the ten events we offer, 48 out of the 60 Individual State Champions, and 48 out of the 60 Team Event State Champions ALSO competed in the Virtual Challenge Meets, including 284 of the Top 3 Medalists (Team & Individual).

Additionally, 13 of the top 18 Overall Academic Teams (the Top 3 Teams in each of the six Classes) competed in the Virtual Challenge Meets.

I believe that the key to having a quality and successful academic meet is that you must have two things:

GREAT TESTS and GREAT COMPETITION and we think you will find we have both...

The VCM tests are written by former UIL State Directors, current UIL State Directors (in different events), State Champion Academic coaches, and university professors that have repeatedly answered the charge of providing top-quality academic tests that will emulate the UIL tests in design, depth, and difficulty.

Combine that with the tremendous state-wide competition that is continuing to grow and I feel like VCM has the components in place to provide you and your team the best training experience possible.

I have tried to make the cost for the Virtual Challenge Meets very affordable to maximize the number of schools being able to participate. The more schools play, the better the competition and the more valuable the competition is to your kids.

The HS Entry Fee for each Meet is:

$230 total/meet for unlimited entries for all ten events.

However, most of our schools choose the "Season Ticket" package deal...all 4 Regular Season Virtual Meets, the Virtual Regional Qualifiers' Meet, and the Virtual State Qualifiers' Meet...all for only $479.

That is all 6 Meets for less than what 3 would cost. So, if you buy the Season Ticket and become a certified Virtual Challenge Meet VIP School, at a minimum you are getting 66 tests throughout the year, plus the chance to compete with hundreds of schools across the State.

Plus, once you have joined us for the Season Ticket of Virtual Meets once, you will forever qualify for the "$100 off Loyalty Discount" on all future Season Tickets...unlike your cable company, I believe in giving the best price to the loyal, returning teams, not one-time discounts to attract the new schools.

I hope offering the Virtual Challenge Meets for such a low cost will result in more schools being able to participate, which is better for your kids as they prepare for District, Regional and State competition.

So, thank you in advance for helping us spread the word and I hope you will join us in this endeavor.

Interested coaches are asked to e-mail me at:

[email protected] or [email protected]

You can also call or text me at (940) 782-9898

I look forward to hearing from you so I can add you to our contact list, answer any questions and keep everyone informed.

Thanks again!

Chuck Thompson (The Commish)