American Scholastic Achievement League

Scholastic Challenge 2024

The American Scholastic Achievement League extends to you an invitation to enter your students in Scholastic Challenge 2024 taking place online in February, 2024 For the past twenty-three years, eighth grade students have been provided with an entertaining and challenging enrichment activity that allows them to demonstrate a variety of problem solving skills and knowledge in many academic areas. Thirteen years ago, we introduced a second division that is designed to academically challenge students in the sixth grade.

Your students will enjoy competing in our online competition with other sixth grade or eighth grade students in schools everywhere. They will be able to compete as individuals and also as members of your school's team in a unique, interesting and educational program.

Trophies, plaques, medals, and certificates will be awarded for achievement in individual and school team categories in both the 6th grade and 8th grade divisions.

To register your sixth grade or eighth grade students, or both, please select the grade appropriate Teacher Registration link from our navigation above, and complete and submit by December 15, 2023.

It is our hope that Scholastic Challenge 2024 will stimulate your students' quest for knowledge, and provide them with the joy and satisfaction of meeting new academic challenges.

We look forward to your participation.

Scholastic Challenge 2023 January Update - Happy New Year!

Please note the following:

1. If you have not yet registered but still wish to enter your students in Scholastic Challenge 2023, please go to the grade appropriate Teacher Registration link above and register your 6th grade or 8th grade students, or both, as soon as possible.

2. If you have registered your students in Scholastic Challenge 2023, you will receive an email containing instructions and User Names and Passwords for your students between January 11 and 13. Teachers are asked to complete the competition with their students between January 17 and February 28.

3. Our last two contests posed numerous challenges due to Covid-19, such as lockdowns of many businesses (our awards and trophy providers) as well as frequent disruptions to in-class learning. We are committed to providing Scholastic Challenge 2023 as in pre-pandemic years, with results and awards being mailed by early April.

​Thank you for your support and participation.

Stay safe and healthy. Wishing you all the best in 2023!

Season's Greetings!

The teachers and students of the American Scholastic Achievement League would like to wish you and your students a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and a happy holiday season to those of all faiths.

We would also like to thank teachers who have already registered their students in our annual academic competition, Scholastic Challenge 2023. You will receive contest details and your students' usernames and passwords by email between January 11 and January 13. The contest will be available online from January 17 to February 28, with results packages and awards mailed the first week of April as in pre-pandemic years.

For teachers that have not yet registered, please register as soon as possible, so that you will receive our "Instructions and Student Codes" email that we will be sending mid-January.

For more information, or to register, click on amschoolschallenge.com , go to the "Teacher Registration" dropdown, click on the grade appropriate registration link, and complete all necessary fields.

Thank you for your continued support and participation; and wishing you a safe and happy 2023!

Scholastic Challenge 2022 January Update - Happy New Year!

Please note the following:

1. If you have not yet registered but still wish to enter your students in Scholastic Challenge 2022, please go to the grade appropriate Teacher Registration link on our website at amschoolschallenge.com and register your 6th grade or 8th grade students, or both, as soon as possible.

2. If you have registered your students in Scholastic Challenge 2022, you will receive an email containing instructions and User Names and Passwords for your students between January 12 and 14. Teachers are asked to complete the competition with their students between January 16 and February 25.

3. Our last two contests posed numerous challenges due to Covid-19, such as lockdowns of many businesses (our awards and trophy providers) as well as frequent disruptions to in-class learning. We are committed to providing Scholastic Challenge 2022 as in pre-pandemic years (avoiding more lockdowns), with results and awards being mailed by early April.

​Thank you for your support and participation.

Stay safe and healthy. Wishing you all the best in 2022!

Happy Halloween!

Don't trick your students, treat them to our academic enrichment competition, Scholastic Challenge 2022, taking place online in February. Challenge your students to demonstrate their general knowledge and problem-solving skills by answering a new set of questions developed by the teachers and students of the American Scholastic Achievement League.

If you are one of the many teachers that has already registered their students in Scholastic Challenge 2022, you will receive contest details and your students' User Names and Passwords by email the second week of January.

For more information, or to enter your students in our 22nd edition of Scholastic Challenge, please visit the links above.

We really need your support during these uncertain times, and hope that you will find Scholastic Challenge 2022 a valuable addition to your academic enrichment program.

Scholastic Challenge 2022 Update

Happy Columbus Day!

Dear Colleague,

We would like to thank the many teachers who have already registered their students in Scholastic Challenge 2022.

In spite of the Covid-19 pandemic, the teachers and students involved with the American Scholastic Achievement League will present Scholastic Challenge 2022 to students in 6th and 8th grade as in the past, with contingency plans that will enable us to adapt to circumstances that may still develop as a result of the pandemic.

We would also like to celebrate the academic achievements of our sixth grade award winners from last year's contest in this Columbus Day update.

Scholastic Challenge 2021 Sixth Grade National Champion

Ayan Mahajan from Long Island School for the Gifted, South Huntington, NY

Team Champions:

Gold Medal Team is from Tyrrell Middle School, Wolcott, CT

Connor Silva, Thea Miles, Matthew Gajecki, Nathaniel Plona

Silver Medal Team is from Holy Trinity Catholic School, Grapevine, TX

Jack Swindle, William Burgdorf, William Madl, Peter Hasik

Bronze Medal Team is from Charles F. Patton Middle School, Kennett Square, PA

Timothy Sherman, Ameya Masuraha, Winston Cai, Clare Voss


Please use the following link to visit our website http://www.amschoolschallenge.com/ for contest details and information, past champions, and to register your students.

We hope that you will continue to support our academic enrichment competition for 6th and 8th grade students, and look forward to your participation in Scholastic Challenge 2022.

Please stay safe and continue the great work you do for your students, your school, and your community.

Scholastic Achievement League - American Scholastic Challenge 2022 | Scholastic Achievement League The American Scholastic Challenge is a 1 hour competition with fun and educational questions. For grades 6 or grade 8 students the contest is conducted annually early in the year with sign up in the Fall before.

Dear Colleague,

I am contacting you on behalf of the students and teachers of the American Scholastic Achievement League to thank you for having included your students in past competitions, and to announce:

Scholastic Challenge 2022

Once again, we extend to you an invitation to enter your sixth and eighth grade students in our annual competition that allows them to demonstrate their general knowledge and problem solving skills in many academic areas.

We would also like to thank school conveners for their flexibility and understanding in dealing with our response to lockdowns and closures experienced because of Covid-19.
We are hoping to present Scholastic Challenge 2022 as in the past, before the disruptions caused by the pandemic.

Please use the following link to visit our website www.amschoolschallenge.com for contest details and information, all of last year's winners, and to register your students.

Trophies, plaques, medals and certificates will be awarded for achievement in individual and school team categories in the sixth and the eighth grade divisions.

We hope that you will continue to support our academic enrichment competition for sixth and eighth grade students, and we look forward to your participation in Scholastic Challenge 2022.

Scholastic Achievement League - American Scholastic Challenge 2022 | Scholastic Achievement League The American Scholastic Challenge is a 1 hour competition with fun and educational questions. For grades 6 or grade 8 students the contest is conducted annually early in the year with sign up in the Fall before.

Scholastic Challenge 2021 January Update - Happy New Year!

Please note the following:

1. If you have not yet registered but still wish to enter your students in Scholastic Challenge 2021, please go to the grade appropriate Teacher Registration link on our website at amschoolschallenge.com and register your 6th grade or 8th grade students, or both, as soon as possible. We really need your support and participation more than ever during this pandemic.

2. If you have registered your students in Scholastic Challenge 2021, you will receive an email containing instructions and User Names and Passwords for your students between January 13 and 15. If you are unable to retrieve that email, please check your spam folder or contact us as soon as possible after January 19, as our email may have been blocked.

3. Last year's contest posed numerous challenges due to Covid-19, such as lockdowns of many participating schools, as well as our awards providers. We are hoping that by extending our competition time frame, and avoiding another total lockdown, we can offer Scholastic Challenge 2021, with results and awards being sent out by the end of April, as in pre-pandemic years.

​Thank you for your support and participation.

Stay safe and healthy. Wishing you all the best in 2021!

Scholastic Challenge 2020 Pandemic Update

As of today, we have all scores in the system, have identified awards winners, and have submitted names for engraving. Normally we would have packaged and mailed results by the first or second week of April. However, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, our supply chain of medals, certificates, and trophies has been upended, and it appears as though many schools may not reopen this school year. Therefore we have emailed all schools their student scores, but will not send awards packages and trophy boxes until early September, when hopefully, all schools will have reopened and will be able to receive our mailing.

Please note the following:

1. We have emailed the contest questions with answers to each participating school on Monday, April 27.

2. We have emailed student scores and our final letter with winners' names to all participating schools.

3. We will post national and state champions names to our website archives at the end of June. Some schools will be holding virtual awards assemblies, giving teachers a chance to acknowledge students and their awards. Hopefully other teachers have a way of communicating contest results to their students even though many schools will be closed.

4. Teachers changing schools should provide us with an updated address so that we may direct the results package to the appropriate address.

We thank you for your understanding. Please stay safe and continue the great work you do for your students, your school, and your community.

Scholastic Challenge 2020 February Update
Please note the following:

We are still accepting registrations for Scholastic Challenge 2020.

1.To register your students in Scholastic Challenge 2020, please go to the grade appropriate Teacher Registration link above and register your 6th grade or 8th grade students, or both, as soon as possible, and you will receive instructions and student User Names and Passwords shortly thereafter.

2. Our "instructions and logins" email was sent to previously registered schools on January 22 or 23. If that email has been blocked or spammed, and you cannot retrieve that email, contact us so that we can re-send the instructions and a new set of User Names and Passwords.

3. Please schedule the contest by Friday, February 28, so that your students' scores can be included in the national results.

4. For technical support, please call 1 866 928 3265 (9 am to 5 pm EST weekdays). For all other issues, please call me at 905 987 3633, or email me at [email protected].

Thank you for your support and participation.

Scholastic Challenge 2019 January Update - Happy New Year!

Please note the following:

1. If you have not yet registered but still wish to enter your students in Scholastic Challenge 2019, please go to the grade appropriate Teacher Registration link above and register your 6th grade or 8th grade students, or both, as soon as possible.

2. If you have registered your students in Scholastic Challenge 2019, you will receive an email containing instructions and User Names and Passwords for your students between January 15 and 18. If you are unable to retrieve that email, please check your spam folder or contact us as soon as possible after January 19, as our email may have been blocked.

​Thank you for your support and participation.

Wishing you all the best in 2019!