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ACADEMIC DECATHLON ANNOUNCES
2011 NATIONAL COMPETITION RESULTS Three schools from New Jersey participated in the United
States Academic Decathlon national competitions held on April 27-30, 2011.
West Windsor Plainsboro High School South, this year’s New Jersey State
Champion school, participated in the competition held in Charlotte, North
Carolina. Rutherford High School and
Waldwick High School competed in online competitions for medium and small
schools respectively. Based on the model of the athletic decathlon, the Academic
Decathlon requires participants to compete in ten academic events – Art,
Economics, Essay, Interview, Language and Literature, Mathematics, Science,
Social Science, Speech, and Super Quiz™.
The 2011 Curricular Theme was “The Great Depression” and the Super Quiz™
topic was “An Introduction to Geology.”
Gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded for individual events and
total scores in each of the three levels of competition (Honors, Scholastic and
Varsity). West Windsor Plainsboro High School South placed 10th
overall and 6th in Division 1 at the competition in Charlotte.
Gautham Sajith received a perfect score of 1000 in the Interview
competition at the Scholastic level.
In the Mathematics competition Jeffrey Kuan and Ming Ming Tran won bronze medals
at the Honors level, and Kevin Luo won a bronze medal at the Scholastic level. Rutherford High School placed 9th in the Medium
Schools online competition. Patrick
Ross won the gold medal in the Essay competition at the Honors level. Waldwick High School placed 10th in the Small
Schools online competition. In the
Economics competition David Brunkhorst won a silver medal at the Varsity level,
and Kayley Angele won a bronze medal at the Scholastic level. The Academic Decathlon of New Jersey has been providing
academic competitions to New Jersey high school students for over 25 years.
If you would like additional information, please contact Glenn Koegel at
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