LAKEPORT — Clear Lake High School”s (CLHS) Academic Decathlon team is preparing to face the best schools from 38 counties throughout the state at the California Academic Decathlon State Finals.
“This was a great class. Two of the students have been on the team for four years, others for two or three years; they were the driving force in making this a class and a team,” CLHS Academic Decathlon coach Jim Rogers stated.
The event, held at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento Hotel, Inderkum High School and Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, gets underway early Friday, according to Peggy Alexander.
The nine-member team, comprised of three “A,” three “B” and three “C” students, won at the county/district level in early February and will now participate in 10 grueling events in the academic decathlon, including art, economics, language and literature, mathematics, music, science and social science, Alexander stated.
In addition, the contestants perform prepared and impromptu speeches, write essays on a given topic and are interviewed by a panel of judges.
The theme is World War I. The final event, the Super Quiz Team Relay, will be held at Sacramento”s Memorial Auditorium before a cheering crowd Saturday afternoon, followed by the awards ceremony Sunday morning.
