The entry fee for the State competition is $300 per team. This fee partially covers the cost of the following: All testing materials, awards, ten tickets to the awards banquet, shirts. UAD has agreements with hotels in St. George to provide a fair and reasonable rate for rooms at the state competition on a first come first serve basis. Housing costs shall be funded by the individual schools.
Teams must also provide for their transportation to and from the State competition. While some teams have these costs paid by their school or district, many of our participating teams raise their own funds to cover the costs of housing and transportation, as well as the costs of their curriculum materials.
The state championship team will have to pay for their travel to and from their hometown to the National Competition site and rooming costs. The UAD is able to assist with a dinner at the offering of the state director and does what it can to make the trip memorable. All extra activities and food not provided by UAD will be at the expense of the team.
Late Fee
$50 late fee for teams not registered by the deadline.
Purchasing Your Study Materials
Curriculum materials should be ordered from USAD. They provide curriculum materials in sets of 10 (schools participating with fewer than 10 team members should contact USAD for a per item cost breakdown). Each set of 10 curriculum packets will cost in the $500 range. This will equip a nine-person team plus the coach. All USAD curriculum materials and test materials are based on the subject area outlines published in the USAD Study Guide. Competition test writers will derive 50% of the items on each language and literature, music, and science test from the information presented in the Subject Area Resource Guide for that subject; writers have been instructed to derive the remaining 50% of the test items from sources beyond these guides.
Test writers will construct tests such that at least 10—15% of the questions on each test will require the use of higher order thinking skills. USAD's Higher Order Thinking Skills booklet is included in the curriculum package or can be ordered a la carte.
On the following page you will see the minimum materials recommended for preparing your team to compete and are all included in the USAD Basic Curriculum Package. Please see “The Study Guide” on the following page.