News and Updates

 

Houstonfest Scholarships

 

Gail Cope Scholarships at State

 

Scholarships for winning research papers at State

 

Plays will be performed at Houstonfest

 

Venue 2012

 

Concession stand at Houstonfest

 

Daily log of changes to state-qualifier list

 

Important Dates

 

Mar. 2, 2012 Houstonfest Scholarship applications due

 

Mar. 9, 2012 Gail Cope Scholarship applications due

 

Jan. 14, 2013:  Houstonfest e-mail registration due by 11:59 p.m. in order to qualify for regular price of $10 per student

 

Jan. 21, 2013:  Last day to submit late registration ($12 per student) and last day to postmark payment check

 

Jan. 29, 2013 Proof sheet of entrants sent to teachers for final verification and changes

 

Jan. 31, 2013, 8:00 p.m. Deadline to submit changes (adds, drops, substitutions).  After this point, no more additions or substitutions will be allowed in individual events.  Substitution of students in group events may continue in emergency situations.

 

Feb. 2, 2013 Houstonfest

 

Feb. x, 2013 State online registration due by 11:59 p.m. in order to qualify for regular price of $10 per student.  Online registrations submitted after this point incur the late registration fee of $12 per student.

 

Feb. x, 2013 State payment check must be postmarked

 

Feb. 23, 2013 Texas State German Contest, University of Texas at Austin

Results

 

The results of Houstonfest can be viewed in an Excel spreadsheet by clicking the link below.  When the spreadsheet opens on your computer, you will see four tabs across the bottom representing these four worksheets:

  • Original 1-10:  The original, unaltered list of winners from Houstonfest.  This list will never be altered (unless errors are discovered), so that the original list of winners will always be available.

  • Updated 1-10:  The current list of places 1-10, reflecting all drops and move-ups to date.  This spreadsheet will be updated daily between the date of Houstonfest and the date of State.  If State were held today, the students in slots 1-5 in each event would be the competitors.

  • Sweepstakes Totals:  The original list of winners, resorted by school and showing each school's total sweepstakes points.

  • School Codes:  A key to the four-letter school codes.

     

    Open results spreadsheet

Tips for teachers:

  • The spreadsheet can be a very flexible and useful tool for you.  You can save it to your computer and re-sort it in various ways.  For instance, because "School" is a separate column, you can re-sort the list by school and thereby group all of your winning students together.

  • To simplify the process of monitoring changes to the state-qualifier list that affect your students, you can also view a daily log of changes.

  • E-mail me (Rustin Buck) if you have any students who will not attend State so that I can drop them from the qualifier list and move up the next student.

Archived results:

2011

2010

2009

2008

 

When is the next Houstonfest?

 

Saturday,

February 2, 2013,

8:00 a.m.

 

Where is Houstonfest?

 

In 2013, probably back at its customary location at Lanier Middle School in Houston.

 

Link to Texas State German Contest