Both Pearland High and Dawson High AcaDec teams bound for state

PHS, DHS AcaDec teams bound for state

Academic Decathlon teams from Pearland and Dawson high schools will advance to state after victories at the regional competition hosted at home Jan. 25-26.

The state meet will take place Feb. 22-24 in El Paso. PHS decathletes will advance to state once again after taking the lead in the large-school division and ranking as team gold in Super Quiz and overall score.

DHS competitors will make their first appearance at state after ranking as team bronze in Super Quiz and overall score during the regional competition.

The top two student scores in each of the three competition levels -- varsity, scholastic and honors -- determine each team’s final score.

PHS Scores

Varsity Division:
• Kaitlyn Harbuck: Gold in essay, silver in music and overall bronze medalist in varsity division
• Levi Nussman: Gold in interview, math, music, social science, language/literature and science; silver in economics and art; bronze in essay; and overall gold medalist in varsity division
• Kyler Plotts: Gold in speech and economics; silver in interview, math and social science; bronze in language/literature, art and science; and overall silver medalist in varsity division

Scholastic Division:
• Aaron Engler: Gold in interview and math and overall fifth-place individual in scholastic division
• Shiv Patel: Gold in speech and science; silver in music; bronze in economics and social science; and overall gold medalist in scholastic division
• Josephine Thomas: Gold in essay; silver in math and language/literature; bronze in speech and music; and overall bronze medalist in scholastic division

Honors Division:
• Shivam Dave: Gold in essay, math, music, economics, social science (tie), language/literature and art; bronze in science; and overall gold medalist in honors division
• Jimmy Thai: Gold in social science (tie) and science; silver in art; and overall fourth-place individual in honors division

Also competing on the PHS team was Marcella Saboe. Robert Layne, Scott Crossno and Corey Cogswell coach the PHS Academic Decathlon team.

DHS Scores

Scholastic Division:
• Kayla Scott: Silver in music and science
• Janie Vo: Gold in art, silver in science and economics and overall fifth-place individual in scholastic division

Honors Division:
• Kevin Shao: Gold in social science; silver in math, economics and essay; and overall fourth-place individual in honors division
• Benjamin Tran: Silver in essay and bronze in math

Other DHS decathletes included Katherine Cheng, Billiana Tran, Sara Wilks, Carson Woodford and Lucia Zhan. Coaching the DHS Academic Decathlon team are Chastity Hall, Stephanie Havemann and Shiree Rice.

A scholastic competition for high school teams, Academic Decathlon allows students to test their academic prowess through challenging competitions against other schools.

Teams progress through local, regional and state competitions to national finals.

During meets, students compete individually in multiple-choice tests in science, math, economics, language/literature, art and music. Competitors also take a written quiz in the Super Quiz topic -- this year Russia -- and complete speech, interview and essay contests.

To prepare for competitions, students attend an Academic Decathlon class and study and research after school and at home.

(2/6/2013)

Information Provided by Pearland ISD

A big congrats to all the kids and coaches for all there are hard work.  Good luck at State!  John Rogers