On December 6th and 7th, Rockwall High School’s Academic Decathlon team participated in the Canyon del Oro Academic Decathlon Invitational Meet. They posted their third consecutive strong showing with Rockwall High School winning the meet with a score of 47,953.9 (breaking the meet record) and posting the third highest objective score in the nation to date. This meet also afforded the team their first Speech, Interview, and Essay competitions of the year. The students received many accolades:
Honors Students
Amber Adams: Second in Economics; Third in Mathematics and Science; Fourth in Language and Literature, Music, and Art; and the Fourth Overall Honors Student
Jessie Hall: First in Music and Speech; Second in Social Science and Language and Literature; Fourth in Economics and Essay; Fifth in Mathematics and Science; and the Third Overall Honors Student
Ryan Rock: First in Science; Second in Music; Third in Math, Language and Literature, and Social Science; Fourth in Economics and Art; and Fifth Overall Honors Student
Rebecca Voth: First in Art, Language and Literature, and Social Science; Second in Science; Third in Economics, Music, and Speech; and the First Overall Honors Student
Hope Wallace: First in Economics and Language and Literature; Second in Art, Mathematics, and Social Science; Third in Science; Fourth in Music; and the Second Overall Honors Student
Scholastic Students
Charli Helfrich: First in Language and Literature; Second in Social Science, Music, and Mathematics; Third in Art; Fourth in Economics; Fifth in Essay; and the Second Overall Scholastic Student
Tommy Nguyen: First in Music; Second in Science, Art, and Mathematics; Third in Economics, Language and Literature; Fourth in Social Science; and the Third Overall Scholastic Student
Miguel Pacheco: First in Essay; Second in Economics; Third in Music, Science, and Mathematics; Fourth in Language and Literature; Fifth in Art; and the Fifth Overall Scholastic Student
Drew Troxler: First in Social Science, Language and Literature, Music, Science, Mathematics, and Economics; Second in Art; Fourth in Essay; and the First Overall Scholastic Student
Varsity Students
Sarah Jester: First in Mathematics; Second in Music and Science; Third in Language and Literature, Art, and Economics; Fourth in Speech, Interview, and Social Science; Fifth in Essay; and the Third Overall Varsity Student
Enrico Trevisani: First in Social Science, Language and Literature, Music, Science, Art, Economics, and Interview; Second in Mathematics and Speech; Fourth in Essay; and the First Overall Varsity Student
Grant Workings: First in Social Science and Essay; Second in Language and Literature, Art, and Economics; Third in Science and Speech; Fourth in Music and Mathematics; and Second Overall Varsity Student
Rockwall High School will next compete on January 24-25 at the regional competition to be held at Rowlett High School.