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West Valley High wins Academic Decathlon
West Valley High School from Hemet has won the Riverside County Academic Decathlon. The winning students from 22 teams representing 20 high schools were honored Tuesday (February 10) at the Riverside Convention Center.
Second-place honors went to Hemet High School from Hemet and third to La Sierra High School (Red Team) from Riverside. (Winning team photos | all photos).
The theme this year was the An Introduction to Latin America with a Focus on Mexico. The Super Quiz topic was An Introduction to Evolutionary Biology.
West Valley High School will go to the March 13-16 California Academic Decathlon in Sacramento. The national competition is April 22-25 in Memphis, Tennessee. The Academic Decathlon is sponsored by the Riverside County Office of Education. Students from grades nine through twelve competed as individuals and as team members in a series of ten academic tests and demonstrations.
Each team is composed of nine students, three from each grade point category, and includes three Honor (GPA 3.75 – 4.00), three Scholastic (GPA 3.00 – 3.75), and three Varsity (GPA 0.00 – 2.99) students. Students accumulate individual and team points in written events in mathematics, economics, art, music, language/literature and science. Decathletes must also write an essay, participate in a panel interview, and give prepared and impromptu speeches.
The first day of competition included the speeches, interviews, and essay writing. The second day featured academic testing and the Super Quiz.
West Valley High School won the Super Quiz, Hemet High School placed second, and La Sierra High School Red Team placed third.
Complete list of winners
For information contact:
Rick Peoples,
Public Information Officer
Telephone: (951) 826-6642
Fax: (951) 826-6199
rpeoples@rcoe.us
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