Monday, December 3, 2012

On-Sets worksheets and Eqs Answer Key

The On-Sets worksheets are posted on the right.  They are due before winter break (12/21 is our last practice).  All students can get up to ten points for completion of worksheets.  Also posted is the answer key for the Equations worksheets that the students have already completed and turned in.
Linguishtik worksheets (due in January) will be posted soon.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Equations Worksheets

Equations worksheets are linked on the right. There is a packet for Elementary players (6th graders) and one for Middle players (7th and 8th grade). We will not be printing out the worksheets, so it is up to each student to print them out on their own. Worksheets are due before Thanksgiving break.

For every page completed, students will get one point added to their Friday tournament score, regardless of the number of problems they get correct. The idea is to reward effort. Students are encouraged to bring their worksheet packet with them to all practices, as we will often have times when they can work on them with other students.

6th and 7th grade students can get a maximum of 20 points from the worksheets, while 8th grade students can get points for the worksheets that deal with variations that are new this year, specifically worksheets 7T, 9G, 9H, 9I, 9J, 9K, & 10C.

Monday, October 22, 2012

The October Region B tournament took place at Huron High School over the weekend. 59 Clague team members competed among a group of 215 kids from throughout the state.The team finished first in Top Five (100 out of a possible 100) and first in average (15.98 per student, 20 is perfect)!  Clague finished with 10 perfect scores, no other team had more than one!

Top scorers (18 points or higher) for the team included:
Amritha A.
Jesse C.
Betrand C.
Miela F.
Brandon G.
Shiavni J.
Nihar J.
Rithvik K.
Justin L.
Phillip L.
Anly L.
Grace L.
Afua N.
Eileen S.
Justin S.
Sehoon T.
Leo T.
Advaidh V.
Zhuochen Y.
Henry Z.

Congratulations to all of the students who participated in the tournament.

Our next saturday tournament will be November 17 at Clague. Students need to attend at least three saturday tournaments to be eligible for the State tournament in March.

Sunday, September 30, 2012

September Tournament Results

The September practice tournament took place at Mackenzie School over the weekend. 36 Clague team members competed among a group of 323 kids from throughout the state.The team finished first in Top Five (99 out of a possible 100) and third in average (15.08 per student, 20 is perfect)!!

Top scorers (18 points or higher) for the team included:
Cyrus A.
Oliver B.
Spring G.
Justin L.
Anly L.
Grace L.
James R.
Gabi S.
Justin S.
Richard Z.

Congratulations to all of the students who participated in the tournament.

Friday, September 28, 2012

First Friday tournament results

We held our first friday tournament on Friday in preperation for our first Saturday tournament and the results were as follows:

Total Score

The Corner 79
Jumbo Shrimp 67
Neon Cats 64
Epic = AG Squared 52

Average

The Corner 4.64
Epic = AG Squared 4.33
Jumbo Shrimp 4.18
Neon Cats 3.76

Friday, September 21, 2012

Captains for 2012-13

Congratulations to our Captains for 2012-13
Grace L.
Justin S.
Miela F.
Oliver B.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Clague AG 2012-13

Welcome Back,

I hope everyone had an enjoyable and restful summer vacation. Academic Games begins for all interested students begins this Friday Afternoon from 3-5 pm. Our practice schedule will remain the same this year as it was last year, Mondays 7-9 pm, and Fridays after school until 5pm.

Our first Saturday tournament will be September 29th at Detroit MacKenzie. A complete schedule is posted to the right, and is included in the Welcome Letter that is also posted on the right. Please make sure to complete the registration form attached to the welcome letter and bring it with you to your first practice.

We would like to start something a little different this year.  As many of you can attest to, as our children get older and add more and more activities, the time and energy we parents once had for oiur non-work related pursuits gets ever smaller.  For the last few years that has been happening for me, as my son gets older (he's in 5th grade now) and more involved with travel soccer, AG, swimming, etc., the amount of time that I can dedicate to AG related preperation has gotten slimmer.  For the last few year we as a team have been really lucky to have Vivek Thanabal with us to help be a mentor for our team and to relieve me of some of the coaching burdens during practice times and at tournaments.

This year, however, we will likely not have Vivek around at practices much.  Although he is still in the UofM engineering school, his workload has increased as he prepares to graduate this year and move on to the next level of education. While we will still see him from time to time, we have made it clear to him that we want him to put schoolwork first, and he should feel no obligation to attend any one particular practice this year.

To fill the rather large gap created by his absence, I would like to put a call out to all of our AG parents out there.  As the wide range of talented students on our team suggests, we have a myriad of gifted parents among our AG group.  And as the recent success of parent run teams at both King and at other schools throughout the league shows, one need not be a lifetime Academic Gamer in order to be a successful coach (or co-coach). 

So if you have an interest in learning any of the games, or have already learned some of them and enjoy playing them, and if you have lots of patience, good communication skills and a good sense of humor, and are generally available Monday evenings or  Friday afternoons, please let me know. 

If you have any questions or concerns about any of these items, please feel free to email me (ericnelsonag@comcast.net)

Thank for your support,

Eric

Monday, January 9, 2012

Welcome Back

Hello All,

We hope everyone had a peaceful holiday season and a happy new year.

A few important dates and bits of information for you:

January 20 - Academic Games Fun Night - Our biggest fundraiser of the year. All parents of students expecting to attend the State Tournament are expected to volunteer.

January 21 - Tournament at PEC in Detroit. Remember, students need to attend three saturday tournaments to be eligible for the State tournament.

February 4 - Tournament at Northeast Elementary in Jackson

February 6 - State tournament money and preliminary paperwork due. Expect the cost to be between $275 and $300 per student. We will have scholarship money available. Much more information coming about this tournament coming soon.

Additionally, the Linguishtik worksheets are linked at the right. They will be due by February 3rd.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions

Eric & Vivek