Congratulations to the Marana High School students and team who placed tenth out of the top 40 teams in the Arizona State Decathlon!

Student winners also include:

• Ella Farris: Bronze: Social Science Honor Division
• Booker Proffitt: Bronze: Language and Literature, Silver: Music Scholastic Division
• Captain Neuman: Gold: Social Science, Silver: Art, Silver: Essay, Bronze: Interview Scholastic Division

The Arizona Academic Decathlon is a ten-event scholastic competition for teams of high school students. Just like its ancient Greek counterpart, the Academic Decathlon consists of ten events; success doesn’t come from being the best in a single event, it comes from mastering ten varied skills and disciplines.

Every Academic Decathlon competition, whether it’s a regional, state or national final follows the same format. Students compete in art, economics, essay, interview, language & literature, mathematics, music, science, social science, and speech. Teams compete in Super Quiz, the public quiz-show-style culmination of each competition. Each school enters a team of nine decathletes: three Honor students, three Scholastic students, and three Varsity students.