Regional Contest Order Form
Coordinators — Order contests for your Regional Challenge from December through March.
As a Regional Coordinator, you will be contacted with supporting documents and information on how to begin registering and planning for your regional event!
If you are a Regional Coordinator and have questions about the contest order form, please contact BrailleChallenge@brailleinstitute.org.
The contest order form is for Regional Event Coordinators ONLY to order contest packets. If you are a teacher administering the tests to your students, please use the Preliminary Contest Request Form for Teachers to register your students.
If you would like your students to participate in a regional event, please contact the regional event hosting agency directly to register.
Click here to see the list of regionals.
For questions, please contact:
Rachel Antoine at rantoine@brailleinstitute.org
Contest Age Groups
Apprentice—1st and 2nd grades
Freshman—3rd and 4th grades
Sophomore—5th and 6th grades
Junior Varsity—7th, 8th and 9th grades
Varsity—10th, 11th and 12th grades
Determining Grade Level
All students at all academic levels are welcome to participate in the Preliminary Contest, both individually and at a regional event. Every student who completes a Preliminary Round Contest will be acknowledged with a certificate and a special prize, so everyone is a winner.
Taking a Contest That is Below a Student’s Grade Level
Only students who take the preliminary contest in contracted braille that corresponds to their age-appropriate academic grade level will be eligible to be invited to the Finals. However, to encourage full inclusion and maximum participation in the preliminary round, a student may take any level of contest. Also, the Apprentice preliminary contest is offered in uncontracted braille and also can be taken by students of any age.