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Guidelines | Eligibility | Format | Awards | Schedule | Registration
Click HERE to view the 2008 scoresheet
Click HERE to view the Final 16 Brackets
ATOMS - Academic Tournament Open to Middle Schools
GUIDELINES
We are pleased to announce the fourth annual AcademicTournament Open to Middle Schools[A.T.O.M.S.]. Middle Schools throughout the state of New Jersey have been invited to participate. A.T.O.M.S. is an offspring of the Bridgewater-Raritan Education Association’s high school competition, the Bridgewater-Raritan Invitational Tournament of Excellence [B.R.I.T.E.]. The B.R.E.A. has been both host and sponsor of this competition for over twenty-six years.
ELIGIBILITY
Any middle school in New Jersey may select by any means it deems appropriate six students (a four-person game panel and two substitutes) who will represent the school in competition. One of the four competitors shall be the designated spokesperson for the team and shall be the sole oral respondent.
FORMAT
Competition will take the form of a modified Jeopardy game. The questions will cover a variety of subject areas and will be graduated in difficulty. Each of these will carry a point value proportionate to its degree of difficulty. Questioning will alternate from team to team, with chances to "double score" one's opponent by correctly answering a question previously answered incorrectly by the opponent.
GAME ROOMS
In each Game Room there will be two competing teams, a timekeeper (who may be a student from either school who is not competing at the time), a scorer and a questioner. The questioner must be one of the two adult coaches present. Rounds 1, 2, and 3 are paired completely at random. Elimination rounds will be power-paired.
AWARDS
Recognition will be awarded to outstanding schools and to individual team members at the conclusion of the competition. Certificates and trophies will be awarded, and the winning schools will take home checks in a sizable amount to be deposited in the school's scholarship fund.
SCHEDULE - A.T.O.M.S. 2008
Please Note: All Rounds are played at Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School
and start promptly at 4:00 p.m.
Thursday January 10 - Round 1
Thursday January 17 - Round 2
Thursday January 24 - Round 3
Thursday January 31 (Snow Make-up, only if necessary)
Thursday February 7 (Top 16 Only) - Round 4
Thursday February 14 (Top 8 Only) - Round 5
Thursday February 21 (Snow Make-up, only if necessary)
Thursday February 28 (Top 4 Only) - Round 6
Thursday March 6 (FINALS - Top 2 teams only) - Round 7
(Held off-premise at Madeline ’s in Bound Brook)
REGISTRATION
There is a fee of $175 per team, plus the registration form. This fee entitles each team to compete in the first three rounds of competition. The top scoring teams will advance to further rounds. The registration fee is used to defray the cost of tournament operations, trophies, refreshments and monetary prizes. Registration Forms should be completed and returned to the address printed below no later than December 14, 2007. Confirmation and additional information will follow receipt of the preliminary registration form. All checks should be made payable to A.T.O.M.S.
All registration forms and fees should be sent to:
A.T.O.M.S.
Mary Scott, Registration Director
P.O. Box 6933
Bridgewater Raritan Middle School
Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807
For any questions regarding registration please call:
Mary Scott at 908-627-0818
e-mail her at mscott@brrsd.k12.nj.us
