Oakdale High School - 2022 Academic Decathlon Champions

The Academic Decathlon is a program in which Stanislaus County public and private high school students compete as individuals
and as a team in a series of academic tests and demonstrations. In ancient Greece, an athlete's strength and endurance were
determined by the success in completing ten events of a decathlon. Much like the Archaic Decathlon for athletes, the Academic
Decathlon is the premier trial of a young scholar's intellectual capabilities. Each team is made up of three students in each
GPA category  (Honor: 3.80 – 4.00 , Scholastic: 3.20 – 3.79, Varsity: 3.19 and below). A school may include an infinite number
of students classified as alternate team members for an additional fee. 

Academic Decathletes take 30-minute multiple-choice tests in the subjects of Art, Economics, Music, Language, and Literature,
Mathematics, Science, and Social Science. In addition, each team member gives a planned 4-minute speech and a 2-minute
impromptu speech, participates in a 7-minute interview, and has 50 minutes to write an expository essay. The Super Quiz Relay,
the final event, is open to the public and features questions from all of the above subject matters.    
    
DATES: January 20, 2023 (Speech & Interview)   
              February 4, 2023 (Objective Tests, Super Quiz & Awards Ceremony)     

COST: $450 per team of nine students ($350 donated by the Education Foundation of Stanislaus County)        
Final Cost: $100 (additional $10 per alternate team members)

Event Information

• Academic Decathlon School Registration (deadline: November 4, 2022)
• Academic Decathlon General Rules
• Team Code 
• Curriculum &  Content Standards
• Schedule of Events
• Important Event Dates
• Curriculum Update
• Calculator Policy

Event Paperwork - Due December 8, 2022

• Assignment of Codes (Team List)
• Certification of GPA Computation
• GPA Computation Worksheet & Information
• Student Participation & Conduct Agreement
• Volunteer Registration Speech & Interview (minimum two judges)  (Volunteer positions filled as of 12/20/22)
• Super Quiz Proctor

  Note:  Team photos due by January 20, 2023 - email to stortiz [ahtsym] stancoe [dhotsym] org

Testing Information

• Essay
  • General Instructions to Students
  • Essay Evaluation Form
  • Analysis of Evaluation Form 
• Speech/Interview Schedule
  • Speech & Interview Schedule
• Interview
  • Student Guide for Interview
  • Rating Scale
  • Sample Interview Questions
• Speech
  • Speech Competition Rules
  • Speech Rating Scale for Prepared Speech
• Test Arena 
  • Instructions for Teams
  • Instructions for Proctors
  • Challenge Procedure
• Super Quiz
  • Proctor Instructions
  • Team Super Quiz Relay Instructions
  • Super Quiz Diagram
  • Super Quiz & Awards Ceremony

Volunteer Information

• Speech/Interview Volunteer Registration (Volunteer positions filled as of 12/20/22)

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