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Lemoore's Middle College High School earns fifth Academic Decathlon in a row
The team is coached by Allen Tong, a teacher at Lemoore’s Middle College High School, currently housed on the West Hills College Lemoore campus. His talented squad amassed 41,904.30 points to win the 35th Annual Kings County Academic Decathlon.
Lemoore High School, coached by Frances Bracamonte, an English teacher at the comprehensive high school, finished second, totaling some 33,034 points.
In the last 10 years of the Kings County Academic Decathlon, a Lemoore school has won the top title nine of 10 times. The only Kings County school to break into the select group was Corcoran in 2010.
"These students received the curriculum last July and went through some rigorous preparation," said the team's teacher, Allen Tong. "They sacrificed several days of the Christmas break, many after school review sessions, and speech practice sessions. These last three weeks have been particularly strenuous, but it was well worth it."
In the 35-year history of the Academic Decathlon, Lemoore High School has dominated the county competition.
This year’s Super Quiz theme was World War II.
Teams from Avenal High School, Corcoran High School, Hanford High School, Hanford West High School, Lemoore High School, Lemoore Middle College High School, and Sierra Pacific High School (a total of 73 students) competed in a rigorous set of academic examinations demonstrating their versatility in a variety of academic categories. Each team is comprised of “A”, “B” and “C” students.
Team members participated in ten grueling events in the Academic Decathlon, including Art, Economics, Mathematics, Music, Language & Literature, Social Science, and Science. In addition, the contestants performed prepared and impromptu speeches, wrote essays on a given topic, and participated in interview competitions. The culminating activity was the Super Quiz.
Hanford High took third with 27,821 points. Fourth place went to Corcoran High while Avenal took fifth, and Hanford West was fourth. Sierra Pacific finished seventh.
Lemoore Middle College High School, will now advance to the State Academic Decathlon competition in Sacramento in March.
At the event awards ceremony individual medals and scholarships were won by students from each participating high school. More than $5,000 in scholarships was awarded to top placing Kings County students.
Super Quiz Winner: Macy Gage with 8,046.40 points.
Top Decathlete- Macy Gage, Lemoore Middle College High School, $1000 scholarship
Top Varsity Student- William Young, Lemoore Middle College High School, $500
Top Scholastic Student- Sidney Sever, Lemoore Middle College High School, $500
Top Honors Student- Macy Gage, Lemoore Middle College High School, $500
Top Student Avenal HS- Alejandro Pulido, $250
Top Student Corcoran HS- Everardo Ramirez, $250
Top Student Hanford HS- Nathalie Aceves, $250
Top Student Hanford West HS- Sarah Grever, $250
Top Student Lemoore HS- Francisco Merino, $250
Top Student Lemoore Middle College HS- Macy Gage, $250
Top Student Sierra Pacific HS- Amitesh Nagavalli, $250
Other scholarship winners included:
Language & Literature: Macy Gage, Lemoore Middle High School, $125
Music: Sarah Grever, Hanford West High School, $125
Science: Mitchell Miya, Sierra Pacific High School, $125
Art: Macy Gage, Lemoore Middle College High School, $125
Art: Braden Jones, Lemoore Middle College High School, $125
Mathematics: Mitchell Miya, Sierra Pacific High School, $125
Economics: Sarah Grever, Hanford West High School, $125
Social Science: Macy Gage, Lemoore Middle High School, $125
Essay: Sarah Grever, Hanford West High School, $125
Speech: Macy Gage, Lemoore Middle College High School, $125
Speech: Christopher Acevedo, Lemoore Middle College High School, $125
Speech: Alexis Ricks, Lemoore Middle College High School, $125
Interview: Magaly Mendoza, Lemoore High School, $125
The California Academic Decathlon is a not-for-profit organization supported through personal, corporate, and foundation contributions. Any contributions to help Academic Decathlon Team to travel to state finals would be greatly appreciated. Donations can be sent directly to Allen Tong at Lemoore Middle College High School.
