Academic Decathalon
Are you an extremely well-rounded student who loves academic competition? Consider starting - or joining - a team to compete in the Academic Decathlon. Teams compete across a variety of academic disciplines so you’ll need to be sharp in a broad range of categories.
“The United States Academic Decathlon® is a ten-event scholastic competition for teams of high school students.
Each high school enters a team of nine students: 3 Honor students (3.80 - 4.00 GPA), 3 Scholastic students (3.20 - 3.799 GPA), and 3 Varsity students (0.00 - 3.199 GPA).”
How do I get started? Click here.
How do I expand this narrative arc?
If History is one of your academic strengths, consider joining the National History Bowl & Bee.
Are you more of a Classics scholar? Try the National Junior Classical League.
Want to how other ways where your talents expand across a broad range? Consider these:
The Paradigm Challenge, in which you and your team work to promote health and wellness in your community
The Genius Olympiad, in which you and your team are challenged to come up with a creative solution to a climate change problem.
The Rube Goldberg Live and Online Machine Contests, in which teams of high school students use everyday materials to design and build machines that carry out a task that is described in the annual challenge