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News and Updates
Houstonfest Scholarships
Gail Cope Scholarships at
State
Plays will be performed at Houstonfest
Changes to rules and critique sheets
for 2010
Scholarships for winning research
papers at State
Daily log of changes to
state-qualifier list
Important Dates
Mar. 5, 2010: Houstonfest
Scholarship applications due
Mar. 10, 2010: Gail Cope
Scholarship applications due
Jan. x, 2011: Early-bird registration ($8) must
be postmarked and online
registration must be submitted by 11:59 p.m.
Jan. x, 2011: Regular registration ($10) must be
postmarked and online
registration must be submitted by 11:59 p.m.
Feb. 5, 2011: Houstonfest, Lanier Middle School,
Houston
Feb. x, 2011: State early-bird registration due
(submit online registration and mail payment; payment must arrive by Feb. x)
Feb. x, 2011: State regular registration due
Feb. 26, 2011:
Texas State German
Contest, University of Texas at Austin
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Houstonfest
Scholarships 2010
The 2010 contest is now closed.
2010 Winners - Herzlichen Glückwunsch!
1. $500 - Ana Builes, who earned 94 sweepstakes points for
Clements High School
2. $100* - Luke Chen, who earned 50 sweepstakes points for
Seven Lakes High School
3. $400 - Jessie Jones, who earned 47 sweepstakes points for Deer
Park High School
4. $350 - Philip Meyer, who earned 42 sweepstakes points for
Cinco Ranch High School
T5. $325 - Samantha Birchard, who earned 39 sweepstakes points
for Taylor High School
T5. $325 - Tracilynn Roberts, who earned 39 sweepstakes points for
Langham Creek High School
* The second-place award would normally be $450, but because Luke
won a $400 scholarship in 2009 and because the lifetime limit is $500, he
receives $100 this year. This allows us to award 6 scholarships instead of
5.
Rules:
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Scholarships of $500, $450, $400, $350, and $300 will be awarded,
perhaps more.
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The deadline for entry is
11:59 p.m. on
Friday,
March 5, 2010.
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Any student currently in 11th or 12th
grade who placed in the top five in three or more events at
Houstonfest 2010 is eligible. (Students who win a scholarship as juniors
are eligible to be nominated again their senior year, but if they win their senior
year, their total winnings over the two years will be capped at $500. The
philosophy here is to spread the wealth around. For instance, if a student
wins $350 as a junior and then qualifies for the $400 scholarship the following
year, he/she will receive $150 the second year, for a two-year total of $500,
and the remaining $250 the second year will go to create a scholarship for
someone else further down in the rankings.)
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The student must be nominated by his/her German teacher.
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Each school may nominate only one student.
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The entry must be submitted on this
downloadable form as an
e-mail attachment to
rustin.buck@fortbendisd.com. Tip: click the link, then save the
form to your computer before editing and e-mailing it.
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Scoring will be based solely upon how many sweepstakes points the
student contributed to his/her school’s sweepstakes total, with the following
provisions:
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Only points earned for 1st through 5th place
will be considered. Points earned for 6th through 10th
place will NOT be considered.
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Only the original placing will be considered. If a student who
placed 6th through 10th in a particular event later became
eligible for State because someone in 1st through 5th
place dropped out of that event, that event will not be considered.
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Individual events and group events are treated equally, i.e., enter the full
number of sweepstakes points earned for each event, regardless of whether the
student worked on the event alone or in a group.
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The accuracy of your entries may be checked against the results
spreadsheet and the alpha lists submitted at the time of registration for
Houstonfest. Inaccurate or dishonest entries will result in the
disqualification of the application.
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Sweepstakes points can be found on the original
results spreadsheet. Tip:
a quick way to find out the best student to nominate and how many points he/she
earned is to re-sort the original results spreadsheet in this way: select
"Sort" from the "Data" menu and then sort by "School" then by "Winner" then by
"Place." Find the section where your school's students are listed, and
compare the points earned by your various students. Look only at places
1-5 (ignore the gray rows for places 6-10) -- but don't forget to factor in
group events, as well.
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Ties will be broken by the 100 words or less written by the
nominating teacher.
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Scholarship payment will be in the form of a check made out to the student and
mailed to the teacher by
May 14, 2010.
2008 Winners
$500 - Brian Clark, Clements High School
$450 - Amalie Barras, Cy-Fair High School
$400 - Courtney Svatek, Taylor High School
$350 - Abby Spitzer, Cy
Woods High School
$250 - Lucas Center, Westside High School
2009 Winners
$500 - Stephanie Sladek, Kingwood High School
$450 - Alice Lin, Clements High School
$425 - Garrett Steiger, Friendswood High School
$400 - Luke Chen, Seven Lakes High School
$375 - Daniel McBride, Deer Park High School
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