(Cazenovia, NY \u2013 May 2014) The Cazenovia Academic Decathlon team\u2019s three senior members each won a medal, and the team placed 17th out of 51 teams in the \u201csuper quiz\u201d category at the national competition held April 24-26 in Honolulu, Hawaii.<\/p>\n
Cazenovia High School senior Bob Louis won a gold medal for his essay, which was ranked No. 1 in the competition, with a score of 983 out of 1,000 points. Classmates Danielle Axelson and Emma Dudley each won a bronze medal for their interviews.<\/p>\n
The team \u2013 comprised of seniors Axelson, Dudley and Louis, juniors Remi Boissonnas, Katherine Boone, Brock Houghton, Riley Lloyd and Piper McKinnon, and sophomore Joe Mevec \u2013 advanced to nationals after winning the state title in March at State University College at Brockport. (Eleventh-graders Chase Matteson and Lars Ohlsen served as alternates on the team.)<\/p>\n
Cazenovia finished 41st overall (out of 51 schools) and 11th in the small schools division, team adviser Ben Wightman said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 41st overall finish was a little disappointing, but the 17th place finish in the \u2018super quiz\u2019 was very exciting,\u201d Mr. Wightman said.<\/p>\n
During the daylong events, competitors take seven written exams \u2013 each with 50 multiple-choice questions and a 30-minute time limit. Next, they participate in an oral relay quiz in front of an audience. In all, the students are tested in 10 categories \u2014 art, economics, essay, interview, language and literature, mathematics, music, science, social science and speech.<\/p>\n
Academic Decathlon teams are not the exclusive domains of straight-A students. According to the official rules, each AD team must consist of three A students, three B students and three C students (plus alternates).<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the first time in Academic Decathlon history, the students were allowed to collaborate with some of their teammates during the super quiz,\u201d Mr. Wightman said. \u201cWe weren’t sure what to expect from the new format at first, but after trying it, the students all said it was an improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n
The team\u2019s \u201cC\u201d squad \u2013 Boissonnas, McKinnon and Houghton \u2013 did particularly well with the change, Wightman said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey competed in the first round and had us in second place among the small schools, before we faltered a little in the subsequent rounds,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The team went into fundraising overdrive all year, in anticipation of making it all the way to nationals and then paying for the trip to Hawaii.<\/p>\n
Over the course of the year, the community donated approximately $18,000 to the team, with the majority of contributions ($12,000) coming in just under the wire, in March and April, Wightman said.<\/p>\n
While in Hawaii, the students visited Pearl Harbor, Diamond Head, Waikiki Beach, the Dole Plantation, the North Shore, Pali Lookout and other locations around Oahu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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