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ACSL American Computer Science League Newsletter #3 April 2011 |
CONTEST
#3
With the weather getting better in some areas of the USA, flooding disrupted school schedules in other parts of the country. Scores are still arriving. As stated earlier ACSL will accept all late scores. That being said, ACSL needs the Contest #3 scores for a team before a school can be invited to the All-Star Contest. Contest #4 scores need to be sent as soon as possible so plaques can be engraved with student and school names.
ACSL WEB SITE
The scores for Contest #3 for both teams and individuals are posted on our web site www.acsl.org. . If you note a missing score, an incorrect score or a misspelled name, please contact ACSL at info@acsl.org and we will make the corrections.
APPEALS
There were no valid appeals in any of the divisions for Contest #3
STUDENT
PROGRAMS
Students, their parents and advisors like to see their student's programs posted to our web site. To insure that a program has a chance for selection, prior to submitting the code for those students who scored a 10, please insure that the following information is in the heading of the code:
· The student’s name
· The school name
· The student’s division
SCORESHEETS
Please use the ACSL scoresheet when submitting scores. Send it as an attached .doc file and not pasted into the body of the e-mail message. The uniformity of score sheets decreases the number of entry errors. Also, Starting with Contest #2 you need to record cumulative scores for both team scores and individual student scores on all scoresheets. The cumulative score acts as a double check that scores have been recorded accurately. Remember that scoresheets are sent to scores@acsl.org.
ALL-STAR
CONTEST
The site of the 2011 ACSL Invitational All-Star Contest is North Haven HS, North Haven, CT. The host advisor is Marilynn Kramar. Her email address is kramar.marilynn@north-haven.k12.ct.us. . Hotel information for the contest is given below:
The contest date is Saturday, May 28, 2011.
To make reservations, schools are asked to call the hotel directly at 203-288-3831
and ask for ACSL group rates of $99.00 per room plus taxes. Reservations should
be made Monday thru Friday 9AM to 5PM and please ask for an email confirmation
of the confimed reservation.
Reservations MUST be made by May 2, 2011 and cancellations must be made at
least 7 days in advance or the credit card holding the reservation will be
charged one night plus taxes for each room cancellation.
The second hotel is the Best Western Executive Hotel, located about 13 miles
or 25 minutes away from North Haven High School, located at 490 Sawmill Road,
West Haven, CT 06515. The nightly rate is $79.00 plus tax per night and includes
breakfast. To make reservations, schools are asked to call he hotel directly
at 203-933-0344 and ask for the ACSL group rates of $79.00 per room plus taxes.
Reservations should be made Monday thru Friday from 9AM to 5PM and ask for
an email confirmation of your confirmed reservation.
For the past 17
years ACSL has used the same travel agent to find the best group rates at
hotels close to our Al-Star Contest sites. Elana Glinert has done an excellent
job of getting ACSL the best prices available. The staff that runs ACSL has
used Elana for personal travel also. If you are in need of a travel agent
to assist in any of your All-star Contest plans, we highly recommend her services.
Elana can be contacted by e-mail:
ALL-STAR
CONTEST COMPUTERS
The agreement with
only allows for a limited number of computers. The vast majority of those will go to the teams
coming from Europe. Teams should plan
to supply their own computers this year.
Please start planning now to insure that your invited teams will have
computers.
GEOGRAPHIC
REGIONS
ACSL has grouped
the teams in the various divisions into geographic regions. The purpose of the regions is to create more
places where ACSL can award prizes. The
highest scoring team in each region will be awarded a plaque. The highest scoring