Academic Decathlon Winners
Angels Camp, CA — On Saturday February 4th, Sixty-nine students competed in the 31st Annual Regional Academic Decathlon Competition. Summerville won for the 10th year in a row.
Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools, Joe Silva says this was the second year for Sonora high school to have a team. There were also students from Bret Harte high school and Mountain Oak high school competing. Silva offered his congratulations to the teams for their participation.
The Summerville team won with 38,622 points. Bret Harte scored 31,850 points and like Summerville will also have the opportunity to participate in the State Competition in Sacramento on March 14 through 17.
According to Calaveras County Superintendent of Schools Kathy Northington, a $5,000 grant from the Teichert Foundation and help from volunteers to judge and organize the event makes it possible to hold this regional competition.
The competition consists of eight, 30 minute multiple choice tests in the subjects of: economics, art, music, language and literature, mathematics, science, and social science. In addition students are awarded points for a planned four minute speech, an impromptu two minute speech, and they have 50 minutes to write an essay. Lastly, the Academic Decathletes must answer questions within seven seconds in the “Super Quiz Oral Relay”. This year’s theme was “Russia”. The questions are the same for competitors across the State, it is not known how the local scores compare to statewide scores yet.
The national competition began in 1982. California won the national title last year and has the past ten years in a row.
Here is a list of the 2013 Academic Decathlon Winners:
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Honors:
1st Tie Riley Gervin Summerville High School
1st Tie Kai Kellerman Summerville High School
1st Tie Rebecca Boulden Mountain Oaks Charter
2nd Tie Jonathan Howard Bret Harte High School
2nd Tie Ellen Luce-McKay Summerville High School
3rd Tie Elaina Vieira Sonora High School
3rd Tie Isabella Wills Mountain Oaks Charter
Scholastic:
1st Daniel Kristofic Summerville High School
2nd Logan Moody Mountain Oaks Charter
3rd Felecia Frizado Sonora High School
Varsity:
1st Shane Zelmer Bret Harte High School
2nd Tie Joseph Finch Mountain Oak Charter
2nd Tie Colton Hanson Summerville High School
3rd Tie Lawrence Thompson Mountain Oaks Charter
3rd Tie Oscar Martinez Sonora High School
ESSAY
Honors:
1st Kai Kellerman Summerville High School
2nd Rebecca Boulden Mountain Oaks Charter
3rd Ellen Luce-McKay Summerville High School
Scholastic:
1st Sheamus Vaughan-Warde Summerville High School
2nd Daniel Kristofic Summerville High School
3rd Anna Shampain Summerville High School
Varsity:
1st Colton Hanon Summerville High School
2nd Oswego McBeth Summerville High School
3rd Lawrence Thompson Mountain Oaks Charter
SPEECH
Honors:
1st Kai Kellerman Summerville High School
2nd Christian Wilson Mountain Oaks Charter
3rd Riley Gervin Summerville High School
Scholastic:
1st Sheamus Vaughan-Ward Summerville High School
2nd Anna Shampain Summerville High School
3rd Logan Moody Mountain Oaks Charter
Varsity:
1st Colton Hanson Summerville High School
2nd Lawrence Thompson Mountain Oaks Charter
3rd Shane Zelmer Bret Harte High School
INTERVIEW
Honors:
1st . Kai Kellerman Summerville High School
2nd Riley Gervin Summerville High School
3rd Elaina Vieira Sonora High School
Scholastic:
1st Sheamus Vaughan-Warde Summerville High School
2nd Anna Shampain Summerville High School
3rd Logan Moody Mountain Oaks Charter
Varsity:
1st Tie Colton Hanson Summerville High School
1st Tie Shane Zelmer Bret Harte High School
2nd Katie Hooper Sonora High School
3rd Christopher Mills Bret Harte High School
ART
Honors:
1st Riley Gervin Summerville High School
2nd Jonathan Howard Bret Harte High School
3rd Kai Kellerman Summerville High School
Scholastic:
1st Logan Moody Mountain Oaks Charter
2nd Sheamus Vaughan-Warde Summerville High School
3rd Anna Shampain Summerville High School
Varsity:
1st Tie Colton Hanson Summerville High School
1st Tie Lawrence Thompson Mountain Oaks Charter
2nd Tie Shane Zelmer Bret Harte High School
2nd Tie Joshua Massal Bret Harte High School
3rd Eric Lewis Summerville High School
