Academic Decathlon
COACH: Karina Reyes karina.reyes@juneauschools.org
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http://jdhsacadeca.blogspot.com/
Spring 2020
Congratulations to the 2020 JDHS Academic Decathlon team that took home the third place trophy in the large school division of the 36th Annual Academic Decathlon State Competition.
Additionally, students brought home multiple medals and tied for third place in the Super Quiz event thus ensuring every team member received a medal! This also means that JDHS decathletes know ALL their academic subjects well after several months of studying our acadeca curriculum. With an impassioned speech that made it clear: no learning is useless, Claire beseeched her listeners to go out and learn something that is different, maybe even uncomfortable. For this Claire won first place in Speech and was the Honors Category showcase speaker during the Banquet. Here are the results per subject:
SPEECH - Claire Scott: Gold medal; Alex Eagan: Bronze medal; Richard Corpuz: Silver medal
MATH — Richard Corpuz: Gold medal; Julian Quiere: Silver medal; Alex Eagan: Bronze medal
ECONOMICS — Richard Corpuz:Silver medalSCIENCE — Alex Eagan: Silver medal
LITERATURE — Abram Lazo: Gold medal; Richard Corpuz:Silver medal; Alex Eagan: Bronze medal
ART — Claire Scott: Bronze medalMUSIC — Richard Corpuz: Bronze medal
INTERVIEW — Richard Corpuz: Bronze medal
In the overall tournament, Alex Eagan placed 5th in the state.
Richard Corpuz also was awarded $1000 college scholarship to any post- secondary institution
Sam Marnon was the highest scoring student of team two
Alex Eagan was the highest scorer of team one
Winter 2020
Congratulations to the Academic Decathlon team that competed in Ketchikan during the Southeast Regional Acadeca Tournament. JDHS Yadaa.at Kale students took first and second place in the entire tournament and every JDHS Acadeca student placed in the top 10 of one or more subjects tested in the competition.
Alex Eagan placed 1st overall highest scoring student in the competition; 1st in Econ; 2nd Soc Sci & Lit; 3rd Science & Math; 5th Music & Art; 6th Interview; 7th Speech; 8th essay
Claire Scott placed 2nd overall highest scoring student in the competition; 1st in Lit, Math Speech; 3rd Interview & Art; 5th Econ, Essay; 6th Music; 8th Science
Christopher Degener placed 10th overall highest scoring student in the competition; 4th Math & Econ; 5th Music; 7th Science; 8th Art
Julian Quiere placed 11th overall highest scoring student in the competition; 2nd Math; 6th Essay, Lit; 7th Econ, Art, Science; 10th Music, Soc Sci
Krishna Bathija: 4th place Speech; 5th Soc Sci, 8th Lit; 10th Music & Science
Richard Corpuz: 3rd place in Math; 5th in Soc Sci; 6th in Econ; 7th Science
George Corpuz: 2nd place in Math & Science
Abram Lazo: 5th place in Science; 7th Music & Art; 8th Lit; 10th Math & Econ
Kean Buss: 3rd place in Interview; 6th Math; 10th Econ
Will Woolford: 5th place in Econ; 6th Soc Sci; 8th Lit & Interview; 9th Math; 10th Music & Science
Sam Marnon: 7th place in Soc Sci; 8th Lit & Math; 9th Music
Maggie Polizzotto: 10th place in Literature
Jowielle Corpuz: 6th place in Essay; 8th Econ; 10th Music
Leo Reyes-Boyer: 6th place in Music; 10th Math
Fall 2019
Congratulations to the JDHS Academic Decathlon 2020 Team —
every team member placed in at least one subject test during the Southeast Regional Academic Decathlon Competition
Honors
Claire Scott — 1st place overall in the tournament; 1st in Art & Interview; 2nd in Math, Music; 3rd in Social Studies; 4th in Science, Speech; 6th in Economics; 9th in Essay
Alex Egan — 1st in Math, Music, Economics; 2nd in Science; 4th in Social Studies; 5th in Art; 8th in Essay
Joweille Corpuz — 5th in Interview; 7th in Science, 9th in Soc Sci
Kean Buss — 3rd in Essay; 9th in Interview & Math
Will Woolford — 2nd in Essay; 3rd in Music; 4th in Math
Krishna Bathija — 1st in Speech; 4th in Math; 9th in Econ
Sam Marnon — 2nd in Speech; 6th in Math; 8th in Music
Maggie Polizzotto — 8th in Econ
Chris Degener — 3rd in Math; 4th in Econ; 8th in Music
Scholastic:
Abram Lazo — 3rd in Interview; 4th in Music; 7th in Soc Sci; 8th in Science
Julian Quiere — 8th in Math, Soc Sci, & Art
Leo Reyes-Boyer — 9th in Math
Varsity:
Richard Corpuz — 1st in Math; 7th in Interview
George Corpuz — 1st in Math; 5th in Science; 6th in Econ; 8th in Music
ACADEMIC DECATHLON
Scores well at 2019 State Meet!
George, Richard, Murphy, Alex, Abram, Sam, Nicole, Julian, River, Claire, Eva, Anna and Finn and Ms Reyes!!
January 2019
JDHS AcaDeca does it again at their second Southeast Competition
Alex Eagan - first place overall; 1st place Economics; 2nd place: Essay, Math, Literature, Science; 3rd place: Art, Interview; 6th Speech; 9th Soc Science
River Reyes-Boyer - second place overall; 2nd place: Economics, Art, Interview; 3rd place: Social Science, Literature, Music; 5th Speech; 6th Math; 8th Science
Claire Scott - third place overall; 1st place Literature; 2nd place: Art, 4th Speech, Music; 5th Math, Econ, Interview; 6th Science; 8th Social Science
Murphy Delgado - fourth place overall; 1st place Music; 2nd Speech; 3rd Math; 4th Economics, Interview; 6th Science
Richard Corpuz - eight place overall; 1st place Math; 6th Economics, Essay; 9th Speech
Finn Yerkes - ninth place overall; 1st place Interview; 3rd Speech; 8th Soc Sci; 9th Math, Economics, Music
Julian Quiere - eleventh place overall; 5th place Art; 6th Math; 8th Interview, Science; 9th Economics
Eva Sturm - 6th place Literature, Music
George Corpuz - 4th place Essay; 8th Math
Abram Lazo - 5th place Interview; 6th Science
Sam Marnon - 4th place Music; 7th Speech
December 2018
Congratulations to the JDHS Acadeca students who competed in Craig during the Southeast Regional Academic Decathlon Tournament. Academic Decathletes spent this past weekend proving how much they know about this year’s comprehensive curriculum on The Sixties, a Transformational Decade.
Three JDHS decathletes were the highest scoring competitors in this regional tournament:
Overall 1st place: Alex Eagan
Overall 2nd place: Claire Scott
Overall 3rd place: River Reyes-Boyer
Additionally, every JDHS student decathlete placed in the top ten at least once in a subject test:
Essay – Alex Eagan 4th; Eva Sturm 9th
Math – Richard Corpuz 1st; A. Eagan 2nd; Murphy Delgado 3rd; Nicole Mannix 4th; Claire Scott 5th; River Reyes-Boyer 6th; Finn Yerkes 8th; Cody Roomsburg 9th
Social Science – A. Eagan 1st; C. Scott 6th ; N. Mannix & R. Reyes-Boyer 7th (tie); F. Yerkes 10th
Science – A. Eagan 1st; C. Scott 5th; F. Yerkes & M. Delgado 6th (tie); N. Mannix, R. Reyes-Boyer, George Corpuz 10th (tie)
Art – C. Scott & R. Reyes-Boyer 1st (tie); E. Sturm & A. Eagan 3rd (tie); Abram Lazo & Julian Quiere 6th (tie); M. Delgado 8th; Anna Wayne 10th
Economics – A. Eagan 1st; R. Reyes-Boyer 2nd; C. Scott & M. Delgado 3rd(tie); F. Yerkes & N. Mannix 6th (tie); G. Corpuz 7th
Literature - C. Scott 1st; E. Sturm 6th; A. Eagan 7th; R. Reyes-Boyer & M. Delgado 8th (tie); N. Mannix, A. Lazo, & R. Corpuz 9th (tie)
Speech – C. Scott 3rd; A. Lazo 8th; N. Mannix 10th
Interview – F. Yerkes 2nd; A. Eagan 5th
Music – M. Delgado 1st; C. Scott 2nd; R. Reyes-Boyer 3rd; A. Eagan 8th; J. Quiere 9th; A. Wayne 10th
DECEMBER 2017
Acada-Deca takes on SE Alaska!
Congratulations to JDHS Academic Decathlon Students! Over the weekend, 65 students from Southeast high schools competed in the Southeast Regional Academic Decathlon Tournament held in Ketchikan on December 1 & 2, 2017. This year’s theme is AFRICA . Our students did exceptionally well. Six JDHS decathletes placed in the top ten of the entire competition. For this to happen, students needed to be consistently high scorers in multiple subjects: essay writing, literature, art, history, music, science, math, economics; additionally, they needed high scores in their speeches and interviews.
All JDHS decathletes placed in the top 10 in one or more competitive event.
Alex Eagan - First Place overall in the tournament; 1st place in Math, 1st in Science; 2nd in Economics, 2nd Music, 3rd in Science, 2nd in Art; 8th in Essay
Gillian Smith — Second Place overall in the tournament; 1st place in Art; 2nd in Literature; 4th in Social Science; 4th in Music; 5th in Economics, 5th in Science, 5th in Math; 7th in Speech
River Reyes-Boyer — Fourth Place overall in the tournament; 1st place in Interview; 2nd in Art; 2nd in Science; 3rd in Music; 4th in Speech; 6th in Economics; 7th in Math; 8th in Literature
Claire Engstrom — Sixth Place overall in the tournament; 2nd place in Art; 2nd in Speech; 3rd in Literature; 7th in Music; 8th in Math
Theo Houck — Eight Place overall in the tournament; 3rd place in Essay; 3rd in Music; 4th in Math; 4th in Art; 7th in Economics
Nicole Mannix — Tenth Place overall in the tournament; 1st place in Essay; 6th in Speech; 7th in Math; 8th in Music; 9th in Art; 9th in Literature
Janessa Goodman —1st place in Speech; 7th in Art; 7th in Econ; 8th in Literature; 8th in Music; 10th in Math
Kaitlyn Rapp — 6th place in Science; 6th in Essay; 7th in Math; 8th in Music; 9th in Literature
Ramiro Garcia — 5th place in Literature; 7th in Math; 10th in Music; 10th in Science
Ethan Gilbert — 10th place in Interview
If you know any of these students, congratulate them when you see them. If you have questions about the program or know of any student interested in joining the team next year, let me know.
Thanks!
Karina Reyes
JDHS Acadeca Advisor
Congratulations to ACADECA 2016-17
The JDHS Academic Decathlon team brought home 21+ medals and $2000 scholarship and placed 4th overall in the 33rd annual GCI Alaska Academic Decathlon state competition. They won third place in the Division 1 super quiz challenge which requires in depth knowledge of all the academic subjects. Additionally each member received the Fleetwood Achievement Medal which recognizes the school that had the highest percentage of improvement from the previous year’s competition (67% or 14,000 points more than last year!).
Congratulations to the following students:
In the honors category:
Gillian Smith won $1000 scholarship; silver medal in Literature, silver in interview, bronze in music; iPad mini for top scorer in team 1
Emme MacDonald won gold in Interview
Alex Eagan won gold in Science, silver in Economics, bronze in Social Studies
Janessa Goodman showcased her speech which won a gold in the honors alternate category
She also won a gold medal in math & gold in essay
Raven Ward received an iPad mini for highest scorer in team 2
In the Scholastic Category:
Matthew Woodland won silver in Math
Finn Yerkes won bronze in Science
Tasha Elizarde won gold in Literature, bronze in Art
In the Varsity Category:
Theo Houck won $1000 scholarship; gold in Literature, silver in Speech, silver in Music, silver in Interview
Nowielle Corpuz won bronze in Science
January 2017
Congratulations to the Academic Decathlon team at 2nd tournament of year. 5 JDHS students placed in the top ten for the Southeast Regional Competition held in Metlatkatla this weekend.
First place with a score of 7,050: Gillian Smith (and the only one to break the 7,000 mark)
2nd place with 6,540 points: Theo Houck
5th place with 6,165 points: Thomas Kappler
9th place with 6,014 points: Alex Eagan
10th place with 5,952 points: Tasha Elizarde
November 2016
CONGRATULATIONS to the Academic Decathlon team who finished strong in the first Southeast Regional tournament of the season held here at JDHS. Seven JDHS students placed in the top 10 overall highest scoring student decathlete ranking.
Gillian Smith: 1st place in Essay, 2nd in Music; 2nd in Economics, 3rd in Lang&Lit, 4th in Art and Math; 2nd place overall in competition
Alex Eagan: 1st place in Science, 2nd in Art; 2nd in Social Science; 3rd Lang & Lit; 4th Music; 4th Economics; 6th Math; 4th place overall in the competition
River Reyes-Boyer: 2nd place in Lang&Lit; 3rd in Music; 4th in Social Science, Speech, and Economics; 5th place overall in competition
Theo Houck: 1st in Interview; 3rd Music; 3rd Art; 7th place overall in competition
Tasha Elizarde: 1st in Language & Lit; 2nd Speech; 8th place overall competition
Thomas Kappler: 3rd in Math; 9th place overall competition
Raven Ward: 2nd in Math; 4th in Speech; 10th place in overall competition
For more details and placements and details about the program, check out our blog: http://jdhsacadeca.blogspot.com