A.T.O.M.S.
Academic Tournament Open to Middle Schools
Directions to the Tournament (Click Here)
Click here to see the scores for 2010
Congratulations to Bridgewater Team Two, our 2010 Champions!
ATOMS is designed to provide the academically talented students of your middle school (grades 6-8) a forum in which to excel and earn both prestige and prize money for the schools they represent. The tournament follows a "quiz bowl" format, pitting one school against one of many other schools in three (3) rounds of competition.
Guidelines
We are pleased to announce the fifth annual AcademicTournament Open to Middle Schools (ATOMS). Middle Schools throughout the state of New Jersey have been invited to participate. ATOMS 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-REA has been both host and sponsor of this competition for over twenty-seven 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 - ATOMS 2010
Please Note: All Rounds will be played at the Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School and will start promptly at 4:00 p.m. Attendance is extremely important as registration slots are evenly allotted.
Round 1 - Thursday January 14
Round 2 - Thursday January 21
Round 3 - Thursday January 28
Round 4 (Top 16 teams only) - Thursday February 4
Make-up / Snow Day Round if necessary - Thursday February 11
Round 5 (Top 8 teams only) - Thursday February 18
Make-up / Snow Day Round if necessary - Thursday March 25
Round 6 (Top 4 teams only) - Thursday March 4
Round 7 (Top 2 teams only) - Thursday March 11 - 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 24, 2009. Confirmation and additional information will follow receipt of the preliminary registration form. All checks should be made payable to ATOMS.
All registration forms and fees should be sent to:
ATOMS
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
Telephone-231-8661 EXT. 688
e-mail her at mscott@brrsd.k12.nj.us
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