Academic Contest
Promote the atmosphere of learning Chinese and the knowledge gained since learning Chinese comes from evaluation
2024-2025 Academic Contest Information
1. The Academic Contest will be held on January 25, 2024 at Leland High School from 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
2. The last day to register is November 09, 2024 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:
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 2024.
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 a lot of contestants hit the score of at least 85%, the higher the 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 at the ANCCS
Academic Contest tentatively scheduled for March 2025.