The Amazing Race

First leg of the race –
Each grade should turn in box tops by 9:00 a.m. on Friday, February 18^th. Points will be given based on the most number of box tops per student –

		Box Tops	Number per Student
1st Place - 5 points	Grade 1	1230	26.7
2nd & 3rd Places - 4 points	Grade 4	270	8.701
	Grade 8	400	8.696
4th, 5th, & 6th Places - 3 points	Grade K	300	7.5
	Grade 7	211	5.9
	Grade 6	238	5.1
7th & 8th Places - 2 points	Grade 2	158	3.95
	Grade 3	150	2.9
9th & 10th Places - 1 point	Grade P	85	2.7
	Grade 5	100	2.6
	TOTAL	3142

Each grade should choose to do one of the following and turn them in by 9:00 a.m., Friday, February 25 –

1) Grades will earn 5 points if they turn in 10 box tops per student. (Grades 1 & 4)

2) Grades will earn 4 points if they turn in all of the following – (Grades K, 2, 5, 6 & 8)

5 box tops per student
1 gallon plastic milk jug completely filled with can tabs
2 Campbell’s labels per student

3) Grades will earn 1 point if they turn in 1 box top per student. (Grades Preschool, 3 & 7)

SURPRISE TWIST - Wednesday, Feb. 23
Each class was given an envelope today. It contained either a flyer congratulating them for "Staying on Course" (no changes) or they got a flyer telling them they had to "Yield" (give 1 box top per student to another Grade).

1^st Place	Grade 1	10 points
2^nd Place	Grade 4	9 points
3^rd Place	Grade 8	8 points
4^th Place	Grade K	7 points
	Grade 6	7 points
5^th Place	Grade 2	6 points
6^th Place	Grade 5	5 points
7^th Place	Grade 7	4 points
8^th Place	Grade 3	3 points
9^th Place	Preschool	2 points

Third leg of the race -

Each grade should turn in box tops by 9:00 a.m. on Friday, March 4^th. Points will be given this week based on the most number of box tops per student –

1^st Place – 10 points (Kindergarten)

2^ndPlace – 9 points (Grade 3)

3^rd Place – 8 points (Grade 1)

4^th Place – 7 points (Grade 2)

5^th Place – 6 points (Grade 4)

6^th Place – 5 points (Grade 8)

7^th Place – 4 points (Grade 5)

8^th Place – 3 points (Grade 6)

9^th Place – 2 points (Preschool)

10^th Place – 1 point (Grade 7)

Classes will be offered bonus points during the week for completing a task or activity from a list of choices that will be presented to each classroom. (These bonus points will be added Tuesday, March 15)

Each grade should choose to do ONE of the following and turn them in by 9:00 a.m. on Friday, March 18 -

1) Grades will earn 5 points if they turn in 5 box tops per student. (Grades K, 3, 4, 5, & 6)

2) Grades will earn 3 points if they turn in 3 box tops per student. (Grades 2 & 7)

3) Grades will earn 1 point if they turn in 1 box top per student. (Grades 1 & 8)

During the week each class was given a choice of envelopes to try for a FAST FORWARD (1 bonus point). Rooms K2, 5, 7, 11 & 12 each earned a point.

Each grade should turn in ALL the box tops they can find by 9:00 a.m., Friday, March 18^th. Points will be awarded to grades by the most box tops per student.

1^st Place – 10 points
(Gr 4) 32.13 per student

2^ndPlace – 9 points
(Gr K) 31.93 per student

3^rd Place – 8 points
(Gr 3) 25.83 per student

4^th Place – 7 points
(Gr 2) 12.85 per student

5^th Place – 6 points
(Gr 1) 12.13 per student

6^th Place – 5 points
(Gr 8) 9.63 per student

7^th Place – 4 points
(Gr P) .97 per student

8^th Place – 3 points
(Gr 6) .51 per student

9^th Place – 2 points
(Gr 7) .39 per student

10^th Place – 1 point
(Gr 5) 0 per student

5 bonus points will be awarded to each grade that can bring in more box tops during this week than they have during the other weeks of the contest. (P-85; K-600; 1-1230; 2-380; 3-700; 4-310; 5-199; 6-240; 7-211; 8-400)
(Points were awarded to Grades K, 2, 3, 4, & 8)

There will be opportunities during the week to earn bonus points.
(Classes were given the opportunity to pick from 3 envelopes. One envelope contained a FAST FORWARD which would earn 1 point, one contained a YIELD which would take away a point, and one was a STAY THE COURSE. One of the 6th grade classes earned a point, one eighth grade and 7th grade "stayed the course" and the rest of the classes that chose envelopes lost a point with a YIELD.)