The Sierra Pacific High School Academic Decathlon team brought home more than a half-dozen medals from the two-day regional competition earlier this month:
- Third place in Honors division in Mathematics: Miguel Lepiz and Jason Martins (tie)
- Second place in Scholastic division in Music: Israel Lepiz
- Second place in Honors division in Essay: Mehtab Boparai
- First place in Honors division in Interview: Praveen Wickremasinghe
- First place in Honors division in Mathematics: Mehtab Boparai
- First place in Honors division in Music, with the highest score of all decathletes in the subject, earning an $125 scholarship: Mehtab Boparai
- Overall SPHS decathlete, being the top scorer of all Golden Bears competing, earning a $250 scholarship: Mehtab Boparai
Decathletes are required to learn materials in ten
subjects on one central theme. This year's theme was Russia. The students competed in: art, economics, language
and literature, mathematics, music, science, and social science. They
also wrote an essay, gave an interview, and delivered two speeches, one
prepared and one impromptu. The students compete in division based on
their grade point averages earned in academic courses in the previous two years. The
divisions are Honors (4.00-3.75), Scholastic (3.74-3.00), and Varsity
(2.99-0.00).
Congratulations to SPHS AD Coach, Brian Dull and his team: Mehr Bopaprai, Mehtab Boparai, Celeste Gil, Israel
Lepiz, Miguel Lepiz, Jason Martins, Praveen Wickremasinghe.
