January 29, 2010

Walden team heading to state academic decathlon

Walden III High School took fifth place in the United States Academic Decathlon regional competition held on Jan. 8 at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Walden III competed against 12 teams and qualified for a slot at the upcoming state competition.

Academic areas covered include: math, economics, art, music, social science and language and literature. Students compete as a nine-person team and are distributed into Honors, Scholastic and Varsity categories. Walden III was represented by juniors Dylan Friss and Reese Grabowski, sophomore Kayla Simanek in the Honors category; junior Paul Hickey and sophomores Rosemary Haegerl and Hannah Gudbaur in the Scholastic category; and sophomores Antonio Moctezuma, Courtney Kitzing and Sage Sanchez in the Varsity category.

Walden III will now move on to the state competition in Wisconsin Dells March 11-12. The school has advanced to the state finals for the past three years and five times in the last nine years.

2 comments:

  1. Walden students and staff are outstanding!

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  2. Great job and good luck at the upcoming USAD state competition!

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