academic contests
By: Gayle Mitchell
February 22, 2018
Cranberry students represented our district well at two academic contests on Thursday, Feb. 15th at the Riverview Intermediate Unit in Clarion. This was a well attended event with over 100 students vying for the titles.
The topic of the first contest was US Presidents which involves questions that incorporate historical events and their connection to each presidency. The second contest required knowledge of current events spanning ten different categories and all from 2017.
We fielded one team in each of three divisions: Senior (Grades 11/12), Junior (Grades 9/10) and Middle (Grades 7/8.) Several students played one or more grade levels above their actual division. One member of the senior team was a freshman and in the junior division, our entire team was comprised of eighth graders.
Awards earned
Senior Division:
Second Place Team in both Presidents and Current Events (Tied for first in Current Events, but lost the tie breaking procedure)
Third Place Individual High Score Presidents - Dylan Lu
First Place Individual High Score Current Events - Sam Weaver
Second Place Individual High Score Current Events - Shay Harry
Third Place Individual High Score Current Events - Trevin Chittester
Middle Division:
First Place Team in Presidents
Third Place Team in Current Events
First Place Individual High Score Presidents - Ellabay Perry
Third Place Individual High Score Presidents - Colin Zerbe
Junior Division:
Third Place Team in both Presidents and Current Events
First Place Individual High Score Current Events - Hannah Niederriter
Second Place Individual High Score Current Events - Trevor Olson
Third Place Individual High Score Current Events - Olivia Plummer
