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SAN BERNARDINO, CA — San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools (SBCSS) is pleased to announce the winners of the 41st annual San Bernardino County Academic Decathlon Competition. The awards ceremony honoring 53 teams from 19 high schools across San Bernardino County occurred on February 8.
“We applaud the unwavering dedication and perseverance of our students in this rigorous program,” said County Superintendent Ted Alejandre. “In celebrating their achievements, we also extend our gratitude to the coaches and administrators who have guided them towards excellence in this competition.”
The three teams with the highest overall scores this year are:
- First Place: Chaffey High School Team Black
- Second Place: Rancho Cucamonga High School Team Purple
- Third Place: Rialto High School Team Blue
Chaffey High School, of Chaffey Joint Union High School District, will send its top nine scoring decathletes and coach to represent San Bernardino County at the California Academic Decathlon State Competition in Santa Clara from March 22-24.
In addition to coming in first place, Chaffey High School Team Black also won awards for the following team events:
- Art
- Economics
- Essay
- Literature
- Music
- Science
- Social Science
- Super Quiz
The award for the highest-scoring student from the Chaffey High School Team Black went to junior, Arielle Jett. Jett earned 7,959 points out of a possible 10,000.
The theme for this year’s competition was “Technology and Humanity.” Each year, the theme is generated by the United States Academic Decathlon and is provided to SBCSS by the California Academic Decathlon.
The event competition took place in January and February consisting of categories in essay writing, both prepared and impromptu speeches, panel interviews, objective testing and culminated with the highly anticipated Super Quiz. More than 300 students from 19 high schools throughout San Bernardino County participated in the competition.
