If you’re a serious scholar who embraces learning but also likes to have fun and compete, you MUST sign up for Public Speaking Honors, which is also known as Academic Decathlon or Aca Dec. To capture the spirit of this special course, here is an excerpt from the USAD website:
“There are lots of wonderful academic competitions out there. You can go prove you’re the best writer, or the best physicist, or the best speller.
Academic Decathlon isn’t about any of that, though. It’s not about demonstrating how good a student you already are. It’s about daring to push your limits, to master college-level material and to practice skills, like public speaking, that might be wholly new to you. It’s about the people you’ll meet along the way—the coaches who will mentor you, the competitors who will challenge you, and the teammates who will become your lifelong friends.”
At Harlan, our Aca Dec team is serious but also loves to have fun, and we’re a tight-knit group; so when we meet once a week during summer to start prepping, yes, we study together, but we also share a ton of laughs and offer endless support for each member of our team.
If you’re ready to explore an exciting new theme with us in a few months, we’d LOVE to welcome you to our Academic Decathlon family!
CONTACT: sandra.figueroa@nisd.net