Cooperative Link:Winter 2005

MN Academic Decathlon

MN Academic Decathlon Students Compete Regionally

The Midwest Wireless Civic Center in Mankato was the site for regional Academic Decathlon competition on February 1st. Nine teams competed locally along with two teams from northern Minnesota. Mankato West took home first place honors for the overall high team score and for the highest large school overall score, followed by St. Peter, Hermantown, and Lakeville respectively.

Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial took first place team honors in the small school division, followed by Windom, Red Rock Central, and MACCRAY respectively. Nine member teams of students from all academic abilities and achievement levels compete in ten events for gold, silver, and bronze medals. Medals are awarded for individual events and total team scores.

For a complete listing of competition results, please visit the South Central Service Cooperative website at: www.mnscsc.org and click on Minnesota Academic Decathlon.

The Academic Decathlon competition was created to provide opportunities for students to experience the challenges of rigorous team and individual academic competition. A new theme of study is established every year with topics that are relevant, current and challenging. This year’s theme is Exploring the Ancient World, and the Super Quiz portion of the competition focuses on Astronomy.

Students travel to Cragun’s in Brainerd for the statewide competition, to be held February 28 –March 1. Students will compete in ten events including the composition of an essay based on the theme, the performance of a prepared speech and an impromptu speech, and participation in an interview before a panel of community volunteer judges.

A South Dakota team from Canton also traveled to Mankato on February 1st for their first experience in academic decathlon competition. This premiere national scholastic competition for high school students is a new academic challenge for the state of South Dakota. Students and coaches at Canton are hoping more districts will join in South Dakota to provide for a challenging state competition next year.

Winners of the state competition will compete at the USAD nationals competition to be held April 13–16, 2005 in Chicago. Good luck to all students and coaches in the state and national competitions!


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