Great Job at Rockwall Practice Meet
The Acadec team attended the Rockwall Practice Meet this weekend. There were 16 schools there, and most of them were 5A schools from Dallas and Houston. Only schools who were past state qualifiers were invited. The following students received multiple awards:

Troy Kim
Mitchell Hagler, and
Sean Downey

Overall, we placed 3rd within the 4A group. It was a tough competition, and the students represented PT with class!

Click Here for Team Movie(It's tiny. Sorry)
Overview

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.

Educational Experience

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.

Program Description
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. The theme for the 2006–2007 Academic Decathlon season is "China and Its Influence on the World." Information courtesy of USAD.


The Pine Tree Academic Decathlon team will be selected in December of '07. Current coaches are Neda Morrow and Faye Gode.