The Academic Decathlon™ is a team competition wherein students match their intellects with students from other schools. Students are tested in ten categories: Art, Economics, Essay, Interview, Language and Literature, Mathematics, Music, Science, Social Science, and Speech. Gold, Silver and Bronze medals are awarded for individual events and total scores. Winning teams advance through the local, regional, and state levels of competition. The state champions compete at the national finals. The Academic Decathlon™ requires participants to prepare for ten academic events. Like the decathlon athletic contest, the Academic Decathlon does not permit participants to specialize but rather the Academic Decathlon encourages academic versatility by requiring students to prepare for all ten events. The Academic Decathlon stresses educational opportunity and academic excellence. The Academic Decathlon™ is a ten-event scholastic competition for teams of high school students. Each high school enters a team of nine students: 3 "A" or Honor students, 3 "B" or Scholastic students, and 3 "C" or Varsity students. Information courtesy of USAD.
Coach: Jessica Hutchens

We are happy to report that Pine Tree competed at the Academic Decathlon hosted by Richland High School on January 28 and 29 of this year. The results from the meet are as follows:

Essay:  Austin Fox    Second Place
            Nathan Wood    Third Place

Interview:  Nathan Wood    Second Place

Language and Literature: Lizzi Davis     Second Place

Gold Medal winners are:

Honors: Lucy Cheng
Scholastic: Lizzi Davis
Varsity: Nathan Wood

Congratulations to this year's AcaDec team for a great competition!