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2023 COMMISH COMPILATIONS - UIL REGION
(these are 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!!!
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2023 COMMISH COMPILATIONS - UIL DISTRICT
- Here are the "FINAL VERSION - IN EXCEL" Commish Compilations for 2023 District.
- Rather than unsortable pdfs, EVERYTHING in this version is in one Excel Document.
- That way, you can sort each Tab any way you wish.
- There are two separate Tabs for each classification of each event, one for Individual and one for Team.
- I am basing this FINAL VERSION on the fact that the FINAL UIL Wild Cards were posted on the UIL website.
- Here is the link to the UIL Wild Card Page in case you are having trouble locating it on the UIL website:
https://www.uiltexas.org/academics/regional/wild-card-team-qualifiers
- As you can see from the additional notes on the UIL Wild Card Page, there are several Districts that did not have reported scores in an event here and there, plus one District that did not post any scores.
- Also, in 6A-28 Current Events, the total scores on Speechwire are incorrect.
- It seems to me that in the Essay column, they mistakenly posted objective+essay, which in essence counted the objective score twice.
- It will be an easy fix for Speechwire/UIL to subtract the posted Objective score from the posted Essay score to get the ACTUAL Essay score, then resubmit the ACTUAL Essay score, and let the Speechwire Tabulator recalculate the correct Overall Scores.
- UIL may in fact do that down the road, but at this point, they have not.
- I did not want to hold up the entire Commish Compilations just in case they don't, so here we are.
- The incorrect individual scores do not have any bearing on the 6A-28 place order and CE Team Scores are unaffected by the essay scores.
- I am not comfortable editing the current UIL/Speechwire scores on the Compilations, which are designed to be exactly what UIL posts.
- However, all YOU need to do if you desire to adjust your 6A CE Compilation is to look at the 6A-28 CE posted scores on Speechwire and replace the Score on your downloaded Commish Compilation Excel Doc with their posted Speechwire Essay score and re-sort.
- I will let you do that on your own if you wish.
- That is the only score "issue" I am aware of...if not, let me know.
Quick General Sorting Note:
To sort a set of Results on a given Tab:
- the Column Headers are static
- meaning you will just need to highlight ALL of the data (no headers)
- select Sort in your Excel editing options
- and sort by whatever header you want.
If you try to select all, then go to sort, the sort option is/may be ghosted out.
Tell me how you like this version.
It takes a lot of work/time to "gussie up" the Excel Version, but I am glad to do it if it makes your job easier, which is the whole point of
The Commish Compilations.
Additionally, here are the usual Final PDF Versions of the 2023 Commish Compilations - District.
2023 COMMISH COMPILATIONS - UIL DISTRICT - PDFs
(these are also based on the FINAL Results Posted on Speechwire and verified by UIL)
- ACCOUNTING
- CALCULATOR
- COMPUTER APPS
- COMPUTER SCIENCE
- CURRENT EVENTS
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- MATHEMATICS
- NUMBER SENSE
- SCIENCE
- SOCIAL STUDIES
- SPELLING
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 2023 UIL STATE MEET.
CHECK WITH YOUR COORDINATOR FOR THE LINK TO THOSE EVENT RESULTS IF YOUR SCHOOL POSTED SCORES IN THAT EVENT.
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Get the entire High School Season Ticket of 6 Meets, each with 10 tests, all for only $450 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 2021-2022, we had 481 High Schools participate and they posted over 25,400 scores on the Virtual Challenge Meet website, while 138 Middle Schools posted over 7,000 scores, all in the middle of a stinkin' pandemic!!!
WE are poised for another big year in 2022-2023, 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, 83% of the Team State Champions and 73% of the Individual State Champions competed in the Virtual Challenge Meets as part of their UIL Academic Training Program.
EMAIL FOR DETAILS AT:
cthompson1313@gmail.com
My name is Chuck Thompson...I am the Owner and Director of:
10 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 10 events:
- Number Sense
- Calculator
- Mathematics
- Science
- Current Events
- Social Studies
- Literary Criticism
- Spelling
- Computer Science
- Accounting
The tests are made available to you several days prior to the posted date of the Meet 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 posted date of the meet, by the midnight deadline.
Starting the 2015-2016 Season, a new component was added to the Virtual Meet Experience, The Middle School Virtual Challenge Meets.
The Middle School Virtual Challenge Meets program operates using the same basic format, except we utilize a 3-week Testing Window for added flexibility.
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 I (5-7)
- Science II (8)
- 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. We have 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.
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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.
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Last year, the HS VCM program had over 350 schools compete and over 24,000 scores were posted in the six High School Virtual Challenge Meets.
Even more exciting is the fact that in 2018, in the ten events we offer, 34 out of the 60 Individual State Champions, and 37 out of the 60 Team Event State Champions ALSO competed in the Virtual Challenge Meets, including 220 of the Top 3 Medalists (Team & Individual).
Additionally, 9 of the top 18 Overall Academic Teams (the Top 3 Teams in each of the six Classes) competed in the Virtual Challenge Meets.
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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 $450.
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 60 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:
virtualchallengemeets@gmail.com or cthompson1313@gmail.com
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)