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22
Nov
2011

Registration for HEC 2012 has begun!

Registration forms for the 2012 Hokkaido English Challenge are now available. If you are interested in entering a student—or many students—please complete a registration form for each student and have it postmarked by Friday, February 24, 2012. There are separate registration forms for junior high and senior high school participants, so please be sure to complete the appropriate form for your student.

Information about how to submit the registration form and how to pay the entry fee can be found in the HEC Guide 2012, which is also available online. In addition to registration forms, there are many more documents with valuable information about this year’s HEC. The following documents are now available:

Registration forms (JHS & SHS)
HEC Guide (English and Japanese versions)
Test Preparation Packages (JHS & SHS)
Judging Rubrics (JHS & SHS)
Letter Pack (Letters to BOEs and to parents)
Approval letter from Hokkaido BOE (Japanese)
Posters (JHS & SHS / Japanese)

All these documents can be downloaded here:
HEC Documents

To help you with your preparations, past HEC tests can be downloaded here:
Past HEC Tests

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30
Sep
2011

The ‘HEC Guide for 2012’ is now available!

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The ‘HEC Guide for 2012’ is now available! The guide contains details on what the Hokkaido English Challenge is, dates, entry fees, how to register, and advice on how to succeed. At this point, only the English version is available. However, it is will presently be translated into Japanese and made available here by early November. Additional useful documents referenced in the guide will be made available shortly as well.

The ‘HEC Guide 2012’ can be downloaded with the link below or requested directly from the HEC Coordinator:

HEC Guide 2012

For those of you who have been involved with HEC in past years, please take the time to read through the new guide, but in particular, please take note of the following changes and on which pages of the guide more information can be found:

1. HEC is now open to all Hokkaido ALTs regardless of who your employer is. (Page 11)
2. The entry fee is now a flat rate of ¥2500 for every student. (Page 12)
3. There is a new HEC Scholarship available to students in financial need. (Page 12)
4. The registration and test deadlines are a little earlier this year. (Page 20)
5. All entries must be submitted in DVD format. VHS will no longer be accepted. (Page 20)
6. The number of students who will be offered spots at this year’s HEC Summer Camp has slightly changed. (Page 5)

These points as well as more details concerning this year’s HEC Summer Camp can be found in the ‘HEC Guide 2012: Repeat Participant Supplement.’

Due to an unavoidable situation, last year’s HEC Summer Camp was not able to proceed as planned. Last year’s winners have since been invited to attend this year’s HEC Summer Camp. As a result, there will be some changes that may be of interest to past and new participants alike. For more information concerning this year’s HEC Summer Camp, please see the ‘HEC Guide 2012: Repeat Participant Supplement’ available for download below or directly from the HEC Coordinator:

HEC Guide 2012: Repeat Participant Supplement

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08
Apr
2011

HEC Camp Volunteer Application for 2011

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Here is the HEC Camp Volunteer Application 2011! Please download the form, fill it out and email the completed copy to heccamp@hajet.org by FRIDAY APRIL 29th. Thank you so much for applying to be a volunteer!

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch (ideally before the 29th, as that’s not only the deadline but also the first day of Golden Week!!) by (again) contacting heccamp@haject.org

HEC 2011 Info Pack – 3.69MB MS DOCUMENT

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25
Feb
2011

HEC Judging Rubrics are available!

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Below you will find links to the judging rubrics for this year’s Hokkaido English Challenge tests. Judges will use these same rubrics to evaluate all the entries. There are separate rubrics for the junior and senior divisions, so please be sure to reference the correct one.

2011 HEC Documents

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15
Feb
2011

The 2011 HEC Test Preparation Package is now available!

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The 2011 HEC Test Preparation Package is now available! It can be found here along with all other relevant 2011 HEC files: 2011 HEC Files

The judging rubric will be available shortly. It will detail exactly what the judges will be looking for in your students’ entries. In the meantime, please refer to the Test Prep Pack for information on this year’s tests.

If you are planning on entering a student in either the junior or senior divisions of HEC this year, please have your registration forms postmarked and entry fees paid by Friday, March 4, 2011. Forms, addresses and payment information can be found in the HEC Guide. There is one exception to the deadline: Registration forms and cash payments can be made to Kyle Jorgensen in person at the HAJET winter meeting in Niseko on Saturday, March 6, 2011. If you would prefer to hand your papers and payments to Kyle in person, please email ahead of time to hec@hajet.org.

Good luck with your preparations, and as always, don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions!

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20
Dec
2010

ＨＥＣの新年。。。

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2010-2011年度のＨＥＣがスタート！！みんな、参加したい生徒・興味ある生徒を見つけられたでしょうか？！私たちも中学部も高校部もテスト作者募集中です！興味あれば、ぜひ連絡してね！

今年のガイド、ポスターと手紙パックをダウンロードできます。ＨＥＣガイドの内容は今年のコンテストの詳しい情報です。ＨＥＣを知らせるために学校用のポスターもあります。（中・高のバージョンもあります！）手紙パックでは保護者と学校に宛てて英語・日本語の手紙が載っています。ＨＥＣの説明の手紙もあるし、参加料金を頼む手紙もあります。人によって適当な手紙を出してください。

2011年度ＨＥＣのファイル
手引きとしてぜひ近年のテストを見てください。テストが近付いたら、2011年度のテストパックもアクセスできるようになります。
年のＨＥＣのテスト
これから新しい情報も日本語訳もアップロードします。質問・意見があったら、ぜひ連絡してください！

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11
Jun
2010

The 2010 HEC Camp Packets!

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The 2010 HEC Camp Packet is now available in both English and Japanese! If you’re student was lucky enough to have been invited to camp, please read the Welcome Letter below which will include all the information you need about sending your student to camp. Give them a copy of the Camp Packet and urge them to send in their response forms before the June 21st deadline!

2010 HEC Camp Packet (646KB – PDF)
Welcome Letter for ALTs (81KB – DOC)

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12
Mar
2010