San Jose Chinese School

2025-2026 Academic Contest Rules

1. The Academic Contest will be held on January 24, 2026 at Leland High School from

    1:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

2. The last day to register is November 8, 2025 11:59pm. Late registration will not be

   accepted.

3. All the rules and regulation will follow ANCCS’s Academic Contest more details

    (including rules, test format, sample questions, reading scripts etc.) can be found at

    website after mid-November:

www.sanjosechineseschool.org

www.anccs.org

4. Contestants must arrive at the assigned classroom 15 minutes prior to the start time of

    the contest. Late arrivals will be disqualified and banned from entering the contest room.

    No parents are allowed in the contest room.

5. No electronic devices are allowed during the contest. Those who violate the rule will be

    disqualified.

6. Contestant names and markings not explicitly approved by the test proctor are not

    allowed on the test paper. Those who violate the rule will be disqualified.

7. All the tests will be released during the contest except for Mandarin Speech, Mandarin

    Read Aloud, Chinese Calligraphy and Chinese Children’s Songs. Those will be released

    in mid-November 2025.

8. For Mandarin Speech, Mandarin Read Aloud and Chinese Children’s Song, contestants

    are not allowed to mention their names. Those who violate the rule will be disqualified.

9. For Mandarin Speech, contestants are not allowed to use scripts. Those who violate the

    rule will be disqualified.

10. Participants in the Chinese Children’s Songs category (Solo or Duet) have to perform

    their assigned song and one self-selected song.

11. In order to get the top three awards, contestants must score at least 85%. If many of the

    contestants hit the score of 85%, the highest score will be the first winner and so on.

    The honorable prize will be given to those contestants who score at least 85% but not in

    the top three awards.

12. The winners will be announced on the competition day after judging is completed.

13. The first-place winner may have a chance to represent the school to compete at the

     ANCCS Academic Contest tentatively scheduled for March 2026.

Should there be any questions, please contact academic@sanjosechineseschool.org