The Scholars Cup: Cantharus Optimus 2020-21 Due Date
- What
- The Scholars Cup: Cantharus Optimus 2020-21 Due Date
- When
- 2/19/2021
All our students will have the opportunity to compete for The Scholars Cup! Also known as the Cantharus Optimus competition, students from the BCSI-affiliated schools complete a series of challenges that highlight our distinctive classical curriculum.
This year we will compete at all grade levels and each student will submit an entry. More information will be provided by the homeroom teacher, but here is a brief description of each challenge:
Kindergarten - Beautifully label and color a world map with the seven continents and four oceans.
First Grade - Draw and beautifully illustrate the phases of the moon and label each stage.
Second Grade - Solve a specific word problem.
Third Grade - Answer a specific set of questions and illustrate one of the questions.
Fourth Grade - Draw and color an antelope headdress of the Bamara people of Mali. Give the picture a title and write an explanation.
Fifth Grade - Create a story that accurately portrays 5 3/4 divided by 1/2. Solve the problem and explain your answer.
Sixth Grade - Letter to Socrates convincing him to flee the city.
Seventh Grade - Write a brief encounter with characters from Fahrenheit 451.
Eighth Grade - Write an argumentative whether or not Atticus Finch (To Kill A Mockingbird) is a good father.
Ninth Grade - Choose a hero from one of the major epics (The Illiad, The Odyssey, or The Aeneid). Write an essay on who would you least like to follow into battle.
Tenth Grade - Choose one element from the periodic table. Draw its Lewis structure and electron configuration. Write a few paragraphs describing the history of the element and its physical and chemical properties.
Eleventh Grade - Imagine that you are a British citizen at the time of the American Revolution. In 500 words or less, write a letter to your extended family in the colonies persuading them to side with the King.
Twelfth Grade - In 500 words or less, write a letter as a parent of a college-educated Bolshevik revolutionary trying to convince your son or daughter that the radicalism they have embraced will only end in ruin.