2/2/08
Nine students preparing since August took a series of exams in Science, Math, English, Literature and 6 other areas to compete in this years Region IV Academic Decathlon. The theme of the competition this year was the Civil war. The region IV competition, held at Dobson High School in Mesa, involved 20 schools. The schools in this region were mostly larger 4A and 5 A schools such as Basha HS, Dobson HS, Gilbert HS, Hamilton HS, Mesquite HS, Mountain Point HS, Red Mountain HS, and Westwood HS.
The contestants from Fountain Hills were:
Jacob Ellis
Jamie Novotny
Ryan Hanford
Emily Stone
Damen Haughey
Hannah la Luzerene
Jeff Kuchan
Luka DJordjevic
Michelle Salloum
The alternates were: Deja Beamon and Martess Green
The team won their first trophy. Fountain Hills was most improved team this year earning over 9,900 points above last year. The director of the decathlon indicated it has been a few years since a team improved that many points. Out of twenty teams Fountain Hills ranked 13th.
Teams awards to be presented Monday February 4th at the high school includes:
Jeff Kuchan - medal for team high super quiz score
Jeff Kuchan - medal for team high Language score
Jeff Kuchan - medal for team high music score
Damen Haughey -medal for team high Science score
Hannah La Luzerne - medal for team high art score
Jeff Kuchan - medal for team high math score
Damen Haughey - medal for team high Economics score
Hannah La Luzerene - medal for team high essay score
Jamie Novotny - medal for team high speech score
Hannah La Luzerene - medal for team high Interview
Jeff Kuchan received team high cumulative score 5538 points
Hannah Laluzerene received team high event score of 845 points.
Jamie Novotny and Damen Haughey will recieve scholarships for their two year participation.
The director of the Arizona Decathlon will inform all teams by this Friday 2/8/08 if they qualified for the state competition in March. The National competition will be held the end of April in California.
Dr. Paul McElligott
Science Department Chair
Summer School Director
Fountain Hills High School
16100 Pallisades Blvd
Fountain Hills, AZ 85268
480-664-5573(phone)
480-664-5599(Fax)
"If you are not part of the solution,
you are part of the precipitate!"
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