Academic Decathlon
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ACADEMIC DECATHLON Prerequisites: Willingness to do significant individual preparation. Grade 9-12 First semester (zero period) Academic Decathlon is a 10-event competition held in February each year. Mary Star of the Sea High School competes in the Southern California Private Schools Division. The winner of this competition continues to the state level of competition and that winner goes to the national competition. Students compete, both individually and as a team, against students from other schools who have similar grade point averages. The school team has nine members: three at 3.75-4.0, three at 3.0-3.74 and three at 0.0-2.99. Students with any GPA are eligible. Themes and readings are announced in the spring of the year preceding the following year’s competition. Students are expected to do significant individual preparation over the summer months. Students new to M.S.H.S. are encouraged to enroll, even though preliminary preparation is incomplete. The Academic Decathlon’s 10 events are: Essay, Speech, Interview, Music, Art, Language and Literature, Science, Math, Social Science, Economics and Super Quiz. The Super Quiz takes the place of one academic area each year. Super Quiz competition is open to the public and highlights the theme for the year. There will be a materials fee of approximately $100. Please contact Mr. Erb for more information about requirements and qualifications. |
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