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    The Academic Decathlon team had a fantastic inaugural showing at state competition this past weekend. They brought home two individual medals (Palak Sadana, bronze interview, and Zahara Khan, bronze essay) in addition to finishing 12th overall in the team rankings. Their performance earned them the distinction of "State Rookie of the Year." Our goal was to break into the top 15 as a new program, so we are on track to become a top competitor. 
    Pictured: Brad Wu, Kayla Appiah, Palak Sadana, Allyson Gerard, Megan Krajekian, Arjun Mehta, Khushi Ahir, Siyaa Poddar, and co-captains Rayna and Naina Shaik
     
    Class assignments are located in our Google Classroom. Students should already be enrolled. If you are a parent or guardian who would like to be added, please contact me at turner.carla@cusd80.com. Please click here for Class Policies and Syllabus
     

     

    United States Academic Decathlon Curricular Topics for 2023–2024!

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    United States Academic Decathlon® Curricular Topics for 2023–2024!
     

    The U.S. Academic Decathlon® is excited to announce that the overall curricular theme for 2023–2024 will be Technology and Humanity. Following is some general information on the topics in each of the subject areas.

    • ART: The art curriculum will explore technology and art.
    • ECONOMICS: The economics curriculum will cover fundamental economic concepts, microeconomics, and macroeconomics and will include a thematic section on technology, innovation, and the economy.
    • LITERATURE: The literature curriculum will include critical reading, one long work of literature, and selected shorter works. The long work of literature will be The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin.
    • MATHEMATICS: The mathematics curriculum will cover general mathematics, geometry, and an introduction to differential calculus.*
    • MUSIC: The music curriculum will explore musical works used in science-fiction films.
    • SCIENCE: The science topic will be an introduction to neuroscience and will include a section on technology and neuroscience.
    • SOCIAL SCIENCE: The social science topic will be the history of computers.

    The full subject area outlines will be posted on the U.S. Academic Decathlon website <www.usad.org> on May 1 and will be published in the U.S. Academic Decathlon Study Guide, which will be available on May 15.

     

    Additional Resources:

    United States Academic Decathlon www.usad.org

    Arizona Academic Decathlon www.azacadec.org

    Google Classroom 

    Head coach: Carla Turner turner.carla@cusd80.com  (480) 424-8833