2027 Competition Information

Old Testament Testing

• Genesis

New Testament Testing

• Mark
• Acts

Bible Quizzing

Note: If SH teams plan to attend the Nationals, they need to pay close attention to details found on AACS website for start of competition at Nationals. It is an earlier start time than other Nationals events.

• Senior High
  • Mark
  • 1 John
  • 2 John
  • 3 John
  • Jude
• Junior High
  • Mark 1-12
  • 1 John
  • 2 John
  • 3 John
  • Jude
• Elementary
  • Mark 1-16

Bible Memory

The Wisdom of God (see the GSACS manual for the complete verse list)

Debate

Resolved: The United States federal government should establish national health insurance in the United States.

Extemporaneous Speaking

Topics are drawn from January, February, and March issues of World and Time. Students may research and refer to other sources in their speech.

Expository Writing: Essay

The essay must be the student’s original work. This is an essay, not a research paper. Students may review the topic, but no statistics or other quotations requiring source citations are allowed. This competitive event is done in January/February coinciding with the GSACS academic competition. See the manual for more instruction and guidelines. $10 per test.

Spelling

The Spell-It lists are no longer available. AACS published four lists that will be used (www.aacs.org/competition/spelling/). For further need of advanced rounds, we will use the Merriam-Webster contest dictionary. (SH are responsible for all the lists and any words in the contest dictionary should the event move to advanced rounds; JH would study the A lists first, and their advanced rounds would use the B lists; the elementary list for 4-6^th grade can be found online at AACS and their advanced rounds would use the A lists if needed).