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ABOUT CCC
10:30 - 11:00
9:00
9:00 12:00
ACCOUNTINGBill Waters, Chairperson, 503-594-3079
Note: Must be a minimum of 10 students enrolled for event to run. Limited to 40 students for each event. Individual Tuition Waivers Awarded - First, Second, Third. ART-VISUAL
Kelly White, Art Dept. Secretary, 503-594-3034 The Art Department offers a program & environment conducive to creative learning. Instruction encourages problem solving, technical skills, critical thinking and art appreciation. •Contest Rules1. Please register online at www.techcadre.com/skills2011 and be at the Art Center at 9:00 AM on Skills Day. 2. The competition will begin at 9:15 AM. Students will be provided with a limited amount of materials and a conceptual idea. Using the materials and concept, each student will have an hour and a half to complete the project. No other outside materials will be allowed. 3. Finished pieces will be displayed and then judged by CCC Art Department faculty. The award winners will receive notification through their High School Instructors. Notification will go out to those instructors via email by Friday, March 2nd. 4. The artwork will be exhibited in the Art Center for two weeks following the competition. Students will be responsible for picking up their artwork after the exhibition has ended. Please contact Kelly White for information on retrieving the artwork at 503-594-3034. •Release of LiabilityCCC exercises reasonable precautions to protect artwork from theft or damage; however CCC does not assume financial responsibility for damage or theft of loaned artwork relating to Clackamas Regional Skills Competition. CCC reserves the right to remove inappropriate work. •Merit Scholarship OpportunitiesIn addition to Skills Competition awards, The Art Department offers a limited number of partial tuition waivers to high school students who are planning to attend CCC. If you would like more information, or know a student who could benefit, please contact Rick True 503-594-3038, or Kelly White 503-594-3034. Individual Tuition Waivers Awarded - First, Second, Third. AUTOMOTIVE OPEN HOUSESharom Brown, Department Secretary, 503-594-3046
AUTOMOTIVE OPEN HOUSE AND HOT ROD SHOW: BROADCAST JOURNALISMAndy Mingo, Chair, 503-594-3264
Broadcast Journalism News Story: Requirements: • Teams of three to six students per school. • All participants must attend the orientation from 9:00 - 9:30 or be disqualified from the contest. • Stories must be submitted on DVD or Mini DV cassette. • Computer editing should be done at students' high schools, home, or use of the English Departments video editing labs should be scheduled. • Stories are due one week after Skills Contest Day. Turn finished product in to Student Outreach, Community Center 152 by 5:00 pm, Thursday, March 1, 2012. Team Tuition Waivers Awarded - First, Second, Third. BUSINESS COMPUTINGBill Waters, Chairperson, 503-594-3079
Note: There is a limit of six students per event from each school. Must be a minimum of 10 students enrolled for event to run. Limited to 24 students for each event. Invidual Tuition Waivers Awarded - First, Second, and Third. Bill Waters, Chairperson, 503-594-3079
Note: Must be a minimum of 10 students enrolled for event to run. Limited to 50 students per event. Invidual Tuition Waivers Awarded - First, Second, and Third. CHEMISTRY - INORGANIC/ORGANICNick Hamel, Instructor, 503-594-3353
•Official Rules1. The competition is limited to twelve teams of two students each, one team per school. Pre-registration is required. 2. Each team will be given six numbered dropper bottles, each containing an aqueous solution of an ionic compound, an acid, a base, or distilled water, and a list of the six compounds. Solutions, once used up, will not be replenished. Each team will also be supplied with pH paper, a squeeze bottle of distilled water, and a spot plate (a team may choose to use test tubes, which will also be available). The object of the contest is to identify the contents of each of the six dropper bottles in the shortest time. Teams are required to bring their own safety glasses, which must be worn during the competition, but may bring no additional equipment or chemicals. Teams should also bring any references (texts, handbooks, solubility charts, etc.) they need. None will be supplied at the contest site. Possible compounds are: the nitrate salts of aluminum, silver, barium, lead(II), iron(III), and zinc; the chloride salts of ammonium, barium, potassium, and sodium; sodium carbonate; sodium sulfate; ammonium, potassium, and sodium hydroxide; hydrochloric, nitric, and sulfuric acids; and distilled water. Orientation and set-up will begin at 9:45 a.m. and the timed competition begins promptly at 10:00 a.m. The maximum time allowed will be 60 minutes. Each team's score will be the number of minutes required to complete the identification plus a 5 minute penalty for each incorrectly identified dropper bottle. Time begins at 10:00 a.m. and ends when the team's answer sheet is received by the judge. As in golf, the lowest score wins. Teams may not receive help from the judge, fellow students, teachers, etc. Violators will be disqualified. Instructions for disposal of chemicals will be provided. Once a team has turned in its answer sheet, it must then dispose of wastes properly and clean up its work area for the entry to qualify. Team Tuition Waivers Awarded - First, Second, and Third. CHEMISTRY - ORGANICNick Hamel, Instructor, 503-594-3353
•Official Rules1. The competition is limited to twelve teams of two students each, one team per school. Pre-registration is required. 2. Each team will be provided with a molecular model kit containing atoms and bonding sticks. Teams interpret a line-angle drawing and/or condensed structural drawing to build a completed model using the model kits supplied. Model kits will contain only enough atoms and bonds to build the structure. Typical compounds will be composed of about 15-20 carbon atoms with hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorous, sulfur, or halogens to make up several common functional groups. Orientation and set-up will begin at 12:00 p.m. and the timed competition begins promptly at 12:15 p.m. The maximum time allowed will be 60 minutes. Each team's score will be the number of minutes required to complete the model plus a two minute penalty for each incorrectly used or omitted atoms or bonds. Time begins at 12:15 p.m. and ends when the team's answer sheet is received by the judge. As in golf, the lowest score wins. Teams may not receive help from the judge, fellow students, teachers, etc. Violators will be disqualified. Team Tuition Waivers Awarded - First, Second, and Third. COMPUTER SCIENCE - COMPUTER ASSEMBLYRich Albers, Instructor, 503-594-3166. richa@clackamas.edu
This is an individual contest to properly assemble a computer from parts and
get it to boot up and function correctly as quickly as possible. You’ll
be provided a working computer and the tools necessary to disassemble and
re-assemble it. You’ll then have 30 minutes to verify it Registration is required for this event and limited to 12
participants. Individual Tuition Waivers Awarded - First, Second, Third COMPUTER SCIENCE - KNOWLEDGE BOWLRich Albers, Instructor, 503-594-3166. richa@clackamas.edu
This is a knowledge bowl style contest for teams consisting of one to four contestants per team. Registration is required for this event. Individual schools may register up to three teams. The competition will consist of a written elimination round where team members will work together to answer a written multiple choice test. The top three teams will move up to the oral round where teams will compete in an interactive contest. Topics for the questions will include: HTML and website design, computer hardware, networking hardware and software, programming in various languages, computer pop culture, computer arithmetic, Windows and Linux. Team Tuition Waivers Awarded - First, Second, Third Len Eaton, Instructor, 503-594-3138 lene@clackamas.edu
Internet Scavenger Hunt! This is a chance to try your skill (and luck) at searching the World Wide Web for trivia facts, odd information and just a lot of fun. No registarion is required for this event. Stop by the main computer lab in Streeter Hall anytime between 9:00 and 11:30 and be ready to Google your way through the Internet. No one will be allowed to start after 11:30. You will be limited 45 minutes to complete this event. Individual Tuition Waiver Awarded - First. Individual Prizes Awarded - Second, Third. CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Yvonne Smith, Department Chair, 503-594-3207 The Criminal Justice Skills competitions have been designed using "real life" scenarios to afford serious students an opportunity to test their knowledge of the criminal justice system and law enforement procedures. Please don't register unless they are committed to showing up on time.
Individual Tuition Waivers Awarded - First, Second, Third. Team Tuition Waivers Awarded (Crisis Intervention) - First, Second, Third EDUCATION / TEACHINGYvonne Smith, Department Chair, 503-594-3207
Some say teachers are born, not made. However, most people agree that good teachers have some basic qualities that are developed through experiences, education, and practice. These qualities include organization, knowledge of subject, ability to communicate to a variety of audiences, poise, enthusiasm, and creativity. This fun activity will allow you, as the 'teacher', to demonstrate some of these qualities while teaching a lesson to the other student participants. Activity Information
• How to properly swing a tennis racket. 2. Since you choose in advance what you will be teaching,
there should be some preparation done prior to the day of the skills
contest. Present the lesson and review and summarize what the audience has
learned. Judging Criteria Judging will be based on a scale of 1-4 for each of the following categories:
Faculty from the CCC Education/Early Childhood Education Program will judge each of the presentations. Individual Tuition Waivers Awarded: First, Second, Third FOREIGN LANGUAGE David Miller , Chairperson, 503-594-3247 (Level represents year in school. Example: Level I Spanish means the student is in first year of Spanish)
NOTE: NATIVE SPEAKERS OF A GIVEN LANGUARE OR HERITAGE SPEAKERS (those raised in homes where that language was regularly spoken by natives) ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO TEST IN THAT LANGUAGE. Pairs of students from each school will perform "situation" skits selected by our instructors according to level and language. Skits may last no more than 3 minutes. Participants will be evaluated individually by CCC instructors and educated native speakers of each language. Criteria will include verisimilitude and quality of language. Individual Tuition Waivers Awarded - First, Second, Third GRAPHIC DESIGN - LOGOMichelle Baker, Mindy Brown, Student Life and Leadership 503-594-3040 Official RulesEntries which do not meet the requirements listed below will be ineligible. 1. Entries are to be completed before the competition and turned in at Community Center, Room 152 (across from the cafeteria) by 5:00 p.m., February 15, 2012. Logos will be on exhibit in the Community Center and awards will be posted the day of the Skills contest. 2.Designs must represent the Clackamas Regional Skills Competition, and the text "2013 Clackamas Regional Skills Competition" must be included in the design. Double check for accuracy of spelling and year. 3.Designs should be simple, bold and graphic. Clip art should not be used. 4.Designs must be presented in both 4"x4" and 1"x1" sizes on a single
8.5x11 5.List student name, grade, and school on lower right-hand corner. (No larger than 2" by 2") 6.Design must be camera ready; black ink on smooth white paper or laser printer output. No pencil. Computer screen tints should be no finer than 85 lines/inch. 7.Building Contact will be notified for each student placing 1st - 3rd prior to Skills Day and asked to submit an electronic file of their logo on a CD (an original electronic graphic, single image only file). Please use a JPEG format. The CD will need to be submitted on Skills Day to the Student Life and Leadership Office, Community Center 152. 8.The winning logo will appear on the front cover of the 2013 Clackamas Regional Skills Competition Booklet with credit given to the student and their school. Judging Criteria: Individual Tuition Waivers Awarded - First Second, Third [BACK TO TOP] HORTICULTUREElizabeth Howley, Department Chair, 503-594-3295
The event is sponsored by the Horticulture Department and is designed as learning experiences for student's interested in learning about horticulture. Department instructors will proctor the General Horticulture Knowledge test. Individual Tuition Waivers Awarded - First, Second, Third. Tuition awards will be awarded to the top three students with the highest point total. JOB INTERVIEWChelsea Kunstler, Chairperson, 503-594-3301
CONTEST RULES 1. Each contestant will choose to apply for a position as a Customer
Service Representative. To view the job description go to
www.techcadre.com/skills2012 and select Misc. Contest
Info. 2. Maximum number of participants per school is three. 3. Fifteen minutes prior to the interview, contestants will introduce themselves to the receptionist, and receive the application form. THE JUDGING BEGINS HERE! 4. After completing the application form, the contestants will return it with their resume to the receptionist. Contestants will then be introduced to the interviewer. 5. The interview will consist of questions based on the information provided from the contestant's application form and resume. NOTE: The application form must be completed in the designated reception area. Talking with other contestants in the reception area will be grounds for disqualification. Individual Awards: First, Second, and Third. JOURNALISMMilissa Jones - 503-594-3261
Individual Awards: First, Second and Third. LEADERSHIPMindy Brown, Chairperson, 503-594-3041
Contest Rules: 1. At the beginning of the competition, the Lego blocks needed to complete the assembly will be distributed among the team members. Until the timed assembly period begins, the pieces must stay in front of the team member to whom they are given and they may not be exchanged, nor lined up in an orderly manner, nor fitted together in any way. 2. Only one person at a time may leave the team's work table to look at the model. The model may not be handled in any way, nor can the Lego pieces from the work table be taken from the work table at any time. 3. Time begins when the team indicates it is ready to begin. Each team will be observed by a timer/observer. When assembly is complete, timing stops and the assembled Lego figure is taken to the judge, who will check the figure for accuracy of assembly. If the judge finds an error, he or she will inform the team that the assembly is not correct, but will not indicate what the error is. When the incorrectly assembled Lego figure is returned to the team's work table, timing resumes until the team completes reassembly and the judging process is repeated. 4. The winning team is the one which has correctly assembled the figure in the shortest time. 5. Any rule violations noted by the observer will disqualify the team's entry. (Observers will try to prevent inadvertent rule violations, but are not responsible to do so.) No formal scholarship will be given for this
contest. Team prizes awarded - First, Second, Third Mike Mattson, Chairperson, 503-594-3322
Contest Rules:Students participating in the beginning machining (Mill & Lathe) level will complete their individual projects before the skills contest. Projects will be judged and returned to students with feedback during the competition. Advanced machining and electronics participants will complete the assigned projects on the day of the contest. All participants must pass a safety test prior to registering for the competition. Blueprints and instructions will be available online by January 7th on the Skills Contest description go to www.techcadre.com/skills2012 and select Misc. Contest Info.. REGISTRATION IS LIMITED TO EQUIPMENT AVAILABILITY. Individual Tuition Waivers Awarded (for all contests) - First, Second, Third MATHEMATICSKathy Chelminiak, Mathematics Skills Coordinator, 503-594-3333
Room Assignments:Information regarding room assignments and the State COmpetition can be found under High School Skills Contest on the Math Department webpage: http://math.clackamas.edu Competition Awards:Individual Tuition Waivers Awarded: First, Second, Third Team Tuition Waivers Awards: Level I & Level II: First, Second, Third MUSICTom Wakeling, Music Department Chair, 503-594-3341
Meeting place: Niemeyer Center Lobby This is an opportunity for students to test their knowledge of music and music technology from iPods to Bach & Rock. Various instructors from the Music Department will present information about their respective disciplines while leading students in tours of our recording studio, electronic music labs, and performance areas. During these tours, competitors MAY receive information that will benefit them in the quiz that follows. Students will be quizzed in knowledge of various aspects of music including technology, beats and loops, performance, music theory, live sound engineering, rock/classical/jazz history, and more. No formal tuition waivers will be awarded for this contest. Individual Prizes Awarded- First, Second, Third SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH FAIREric Lewis, Department Chair, Social Sciences 503-594-3410
Participants in the Social Sciences Research Fair will choose a topic within the academic disciplines taught in the Clackamas Community College Social Science Department. These are: Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Sociology and Women's Studies. Project topics must fall clearly within one or more of these academic disciplines. Once a topic is chosen, a participant will research that topic and present the research and conclusions in the form of a tabletop exhibit to be judged by members of the CCC Social Sciences Department faculty. Research and exhibit preparation must be certified as having been done by the participant without substantive assistance from teachers, parents, or others. Research Projects give participants an opportunity to explore a topic in the social sciences and to learn, practice and perfect research skills that can be used to make informed decisions both in the academic and daily life. Relevant skills include:
The Social Science Research Fair is limited to the first 35 registants. Guidelines for projects, pictures and titles of sample projects and a copy of the judges' review form are available by visiting the CCC Social Science Department website at http://depts.clackamas.edu/socsci/ and also by contacting the CCC Social Science Department at alarkin@clackamas.edu Individual Tuition Waivers Awarded: First, Second, Third Various additional prizes to be awarded as available. SPELLING BEECathy Hanson, Chairperson, 503-594-3399
Join us for the 14th annual County-wide Spelling Bee. Each school is encouraged to send up to four representatives. Individual Tuition Waivers Awarded - First, Second, Third Wes Locke, Chairperson, 503-594-3321
This contest will consist of the problem stated below. All necessary supplies will be provided. This will be a continuously running contest with 11:30 a.m. being the latest starting time. Teams (of two) will be given 90 minutes to complete their work. Limit of three teams per school. PROBLEM: 1. Students will work in groups of two to design and build their structure. 2. Each group will receive the following materials
3. Any of the above items may be used to design and build the structure. 4. Each group will be judged by the height of their structure. Judges: Structure must be deemed freestanding; then measured using a tape measure. Team Tuition Waivers Awarded: First, Second, Third. Kelly White, Department Coordinator 503-594-3153
Students submit a set, lighting or costume design, in whole or in part and not necessarily produced at the school. Students will bring and display their design renderings, models, light plots, costume plots, drawings, charts, actual pieces or photographs to submit and present to the panel, as well as other participants, to explain their creative choices in relation to a published play or musical. Requirements
Awards of recognition will be given. One recipient will also receive 4 complimentary tickets to an upcoming CCC production. Individual Tuition Waivers Awarded - First, Second, Third
Megan Helzerman, Clackamas ESD Skills Contact, 503-675-4017
Goal: To capture the spirit of Skills Competition in a short video telling the story of the day. Contest Rules:
*Submit finished video in DVD format to:
*Videos are due by 4:00PM , Monday March 12, 2012 Judging Criteria:
Team Tuition Waivers Awarded: First, Second,
Third The winning video will be shown and the production teams introduced at the Awards Ceremony on Monday March 19, 2012. Sue Caldera, Contest Chair, 503-594-3065
Contest Rules: Students participating in the ENTRY LEVEL or INTERMEDIATE welding contests will complete their individual projects before the skills contest. Projects will be returned to students with feedback during the competition. ADVANCED welding participants will complete the assigned projects on the day of the contest. All participants must pass a safety test prior to registering for the competition. Blueprints and instructrions will be available online by January 13th on the Skills Contest Website go to www.techcadre.com/skills2012 and select Misc. Contest Info. Registration is limited due to equipment availability. Individual Tuition Waivers Awarded: First, Second, Third |
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