Creating a Comprehensive Scholastic Program in Your School

Comprehensive Scholastic

Program

11 Steps to Creating a Comprehensive Scholastic

Program in Your School(s)

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North Carolina Association for Scholastic Activities

What is a CSP

A Comprehensive Scholastic Program is

analogous to your sports program.

A CSP offers scholastic competitions

and activities in all scholastic areas:

• Language Arts

• Mathematics

• Science

• Social Studies

• Fine Arts

• Cross-Discipline

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Scholastic Competitions

• Language Arts: The Quill, Poetry Out

Loud, Spelling Bee

• Mathematics: MATHCOUNTS, State

Mathematics Contest

• Science: Science Olympiad, Science

Fair, Future Cities Competition

• Social Studies: National History Day,

National Geography Bowl

• Fine Arts: WPU Show Choir, Art

Showcase

• Multi-Disciplinary: Speech and Debate,

Quiz Bowl, Odyssey of the Mind

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Why do we need a CSP

Why do you have a sports program in your

school? All the same reasons apply.

• Allows students to explore their passion

• BEST VALUE in enrichment to very high

performing students

• Teaches teamwork, sacrifice, dedication

• Additional recognition for your outstanding

students

• Engage hundreds of students in your school

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Why do we need a CSP

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Additional

recognition for

your outstanding

students

Meredith Hemphill,

2013 NCASA

Student of the

Year

Forming a CSP in Your School

I’m Ready! Where do I begin?

1 – Find a Champion – someone with a

passion for success. Someone who won’t

take no for an answer!

This is your Scholastic Director

Usually this is an Assistant Principal or

teacher who already coaches a team.

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Jason Kline, Myers Park HS AP and Scholastic Director


2 – Get buy-in and support from

administrators.

Why? They will help with:

• Funding Sources (including district-level

funding)

• Perks for coaches

• Marketing the program

• Recognition of teams

• School scheduling opportunities

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Kathy Fox, Principal of Jay M Robinson MS of Charlotte


3 – Funding: Identify potential first-year

funding sources and educate them on the

benefits of a CSP. Secure key areas including

NCASA and competition registration, travel,

and essential resources.

- Possible Funding Sources:

- School District

- PTA

- Who funds your sports teams?

- Local businesses

- Key parents

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2012 Twelve

State Final


4 – Engage School Staff

Form a small committee to determine the

competitions in which your school will

participate.

Sell them on the benefits of the program

• Be a salesman!

• Describe the benefits of the program

through the student lens

• Perks for coaches

• Glory to your school!

• Find sponsors / coaches for each

competition

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NCSSM Quiz

Bowl Team at

2013 State

Finals


5 – Join NCASA

• Many competitions at a low cost.

• Ongoing assistance with competition

registrations and information

• May 12 conference???

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Mitchell High

School Show Choir

at 2013 State

Finals


6 – Market the program to students and

parents

• Build excitement

• Put up posters

• Announce on website, morning meetings

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First Place submission in 2013 Art

Showcase State Final from Jay M

Robinson Middle School


7 – Have formational meetings for each team

Engage students in first meeting with

aspects of competition to build excitement

Create a comprehensive calendar for all

school competitions so conflicts can be

resolved well ahead of time.

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River Road Middle School from Elizabeth City at 2013 Quiz Bowl State Finals


8 – Distribute funds to teams so they can

obtain resources

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Atkins High

School Show

Choir from 2013

Regionals


Before the first competition ends….

9 - Engage key parents to form a

SCHOLASTIC BOOSTER CLUB

This has the same purpose as your athletic

booster club: raise funds to support your

scholastic teams.

Benchmark your athletic booster club, find a

key parent to lead the effort.

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First Place submission in 2013 Art Showcase State Finals


10 – COMPETE!

11 – Celebrate your participation and

successes through websites,

announcements, school board meetings, etc.

Questions?

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