Academic Decathlon of New Jersey

Welcome to New Jersey's Premier High School

Academic Competition

Latest News--NJ Teams Compete
at the 2024 USAD Nationals in Pittsburgh, PA.

""Technology and Humanity" was the theme for 2023-2024

PLACE SCHOOL TEAM TOTAL
1 Westwood Regional HS 38429 State and Medium School Champion and National Qualifier
2 Rutherford HS 35908 Medium School Online National Qualifier
3 Hackensack HS 34864 Division IV National Qualifier Large School Champion
4 Ramapo HS 32428
5 Hanover Park HS 31557
6 Clifton HS 29909 Large School Online National Qualifier
9 Kinnelon HS 26979 Small School Champion

State Champion: Westwood Regional High School

WEST WINDSOR PLAINSBORO HS ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM

RUTHERFORD HS

ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM

HACKENSACK HS

ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM

A New Theme Each Year

The overall theme for the

2024-2025 Academic Decathlon is

Our Changing Climate

Competing in the Academic Decathlon is not about demonstrating how good a student you already are.

It’s about working on a team, mastering college-level material, and practicing skills, like public speaking, that might be wholly new to you. It’s about the people you’ll meet along the way—the coaches who will mentor you, the competitors who will challenge you, and the teammates who will become your lifelong friends.

No other activity will better prepare you for university.

As a Decathlete, you will study an exciting new theme each year, themes like Russia, World War I, the 1960s and New Alternatives in Energy. You will explore seven subjects connected to https://usad.org/Curriculum/2024-2025-Curriculum.aspxthat theme, from art and science to math and economics.

Here is the link to the 2024-25 Study Materials

https://usad.org/Curriculum/2024-2025-Curriculum.aspx