The United States Academic Decathlon National Competition was April 30th - May 3rd, in Garden Grove, California where teams from all over the country competed in the National Competition. The theme for this year was the Civil War. The goal is to promote, motivate & acknowledge excellence in academic efforts & educational achievement through a program of academic competitions for high school students of all scholastic achievement levels. Arizona has one of the most competitive programs in the nation & our teams always place high at the national competition!
Results from the National Competition:
Mt. View scored over 50,000 points & placed 3rd in the large school division & 4th in the overall competition, behind California, Wisconsin & Texas. They took home 11 individual medals along with one student in the varsity division with a bronze in the Ten Event Top students. As a team they also took 3rd place in the Super Quiz.
Individual Awards:
Art
Joseph Kjar - Bronze
Rachel Thomas - Gold
Music
Rachel Thomas - Silver
Interview
Samuel Hord - Silver
Lang/Lit
Joseph Kjar - Gold
Science
Joseph Kjar - Gold
Christian Peterson - Silver
Rachel Thomas - Silver
Super Quiz
Samuel Hord - Gold
Christian Peterson - Silver
Rachel Thomas - Bronze
Top Ten Event:
Joseph Kjar - Bronze
Team Awards:
Super Quiz 3rd place team
In the end the top 2 overall teams were only separated by 23 points and that was out of over 53,000.