TENNESSEE REGIONAL
BRAILLE CHALLENGE
January 28, 2010
2009 Regional Braille Challenge Application (doc)
The
Braille Challenge™
is a two-stage academic contest, sponsored by Braille Institute, designed to
motivate school-age braille readers to excel in this vital medium. Teachers of
the visually impaired from across the nation and Canada are encouraged to have
their students participate.
Students from across
the state and nearby states are invited to participate in the fourth regional
contest hosted at the Tennessee School
for the Blind on January 28, 2010 with a snow date of February 4, 2010.
The contest is
divided into five academic levels. All students are encouraged to participate:
however, students must be at or near grade level to be eligible for the National
Finals in June, held in California.
GRADES
|
LEVEL |
Competitions |
|
1-2 |
Apprentice |
spelling,
reading comprehension, proofreading |
|
3-4 |
Freshman |
spelling,
reading comprehension, proofreading |
|
5-6 |
Sophomore |
Reading
comprehension, proofreading, spelling, speed and accuracy |
|
7, 8, 9 |
Junior
Varsity |
Reading
comprehension, proofreading, speed and accuracy, charts and graphs |
|
10, 11, 12 |
Varsity |
Reading
comprehension, proofreading, speed and accuracy, charts and graphs |
For more information on the Braille Challenge go to http://www.braillechallenge.org/ or for information on the Tennessee regional event, contact Julia Hedrick at julia.hedrick@tnschoolfortheblind.org
Thanks to
our generous sponsors: B’nai B’rith Maimonides Lodge #46