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Showing
off their Region 2 Arizona Academic
Decathlon Rookie of the Year trophy
and medals are (top, left to right)
Alan Mijes, Chrystelle Marshall,
Sam Stevenson, Billy Jones, Nic
Resteiner, and Sean Assad; (middle
row, left to right) Scott Berlin,
Miranda Browitt, Kelly Krepcho,
Katrina Vargas and Elissa Thomas;
and (front row, left to right)
John Doyle and Rosalyn McDermott,
BCHS language teacher and Academic
Decathlon coach.
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BCHS
academic team takes No. 1
Staff
Reports
ANTHEM
– Boulder Creek High School Academic
Decathlon team took three silvers,
two bronze and Rookie of the Year
at the Region 2 Arizona Academic Decathlon
on Feb. 2‑3, according to a
news release from the Deer Valley
Unified School District.
“Out
of 50,000 total scoring points, BCHS
team scored 32,153 which qualify the
nine‑member team for state competition,”
the district reported.
Taking
individual awards at the Academic
Decathlon were Elissa Thomas, Silver
Art Honors; Elissa Thomas, Silver
Art Overall; John Doyle, Bronze Music
Scholastic; Scott Berlin, Silver Interview
Scholastic; and Katrina L. Vargas,
Bronze Interview Scholastic.
The
team is coached by Rosalyn McDermott,
BCHS Language Arts Teacher.
Region
2 consists of all schools in Deer
Valley, Dysart, Glendale Union, Paradise
Valley, Peoria, Phoenix Union, and
Tolleson Union school districts,
plus Xavier College Prep.
Academic
Decathlon is an honors‑level
class for grades 10, 11 and 12. It
is a rigorous course of study on an
exclusive topic which is announced
each year by the United States Academic
Decathlon curriculum committee.
This
year’s theme is “China and its Influence
on the World,” with an emphasis on
climatology and globalization.
Students
explored the topic through history,
literature, economics, art, music,
math and science.
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