Academic Decathlon
COACH
Karina Reyes karina.reyes@juneauschools.org
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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
January 2019
JDHS AcaDeca does it again at their second Southeast Competition
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
- 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
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
2017
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