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2008-09 Dates to Remember

Coaches' Training Day
Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 9 am, Harris County Department of Education building, 6300 Irvington Boulevard, Houston, TX 77022 5618

Region competition, January 30-31, 2009

State competition, February 27-28, March 1, 2009

Texas Academic Decathlon Octathlon, Pentathlon and
Lone Star Challenge competition, April 25, 2009

USAD National Competition
April 22-26, 2009, Memphis, Tennessee

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Check out the Resources page for the

2008-09 Decathlon, Octathlon, Pentathlon and

Lone Star Challenge curriculum outlines!

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* Graphing calculators were added to the list for the competition in 2008. Texas will follow USAD's guidelines. Please click the following link to find the list of acceptable calculators.

USAD Calculator List

* Medium school online competition was added in 2008. The enrollment number is decided by USAD and will be used to determine both the Small School and Medium School online representative from each state.

* Texas will follow USAD on the numbering of students at competition. In the past, Texas students were Varsity 1,2,3 and Honor students 7,8,9. We will reverse and Honor students will now be 1, 2, 3 and Varsity students will be 7, 8, 9.

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And check back often on the RESOURCES page for 2008-09 USAD Curriculum updates!