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Dreher
High School ‘s United States Academic Decathlon (USAD)
team won the South Carolina USAD championship and will
represent the state in national competition in Erie,
Pennsylvania April 23-26.
The
purpose of the USAD is to develop and provide academic
competitions, curriculum and assessment in order to
promote learning and academic excellence through teamwork
among students of all achievement levels. Teams are
composed of A students (honor), B students (scholastic)
and C students (varsity).
Team
scores are computed by taking the top two honors,
scholastic and varsity scores. The competition, which is
the most vigorous general academic contest in the nation,
consists of 10 individual events.
In
the overall competition, Mary Kathryn Keane was the gold
medallist, David Wang won the silver and Andrew Ruffin
took the bronze.
In
individual events, Dreher’s team captured 23 medals,
including eight gold, nine silver and six bronzes.
Individual
events results are as follows:
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Music:
Mary Kathryn Keane, gold; David Wang, silver; and Andrew
Ruffin, bronze.
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Math:
David Wang and Kevin Yeh, gold; Mary Kathryn Keane and
Jennifer Mason, silver; and Clark Lacy, bronze.
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Speech:
Mary Kathryn Keane, gold; Alexandra Creswick, bronze.
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Super
Quiz: Mary
Kathryn Keane and Matt Thunell, gold; David Wang, silver;
and Alexandra Creswick, bronze.
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Interview:
Matt Thunell, gold and Mary Kathryn Keane, silver.
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Social
Studies: Clark
Lacy, gold and Mary Kathryn Keane and Matt Thunell,
silver.
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Economics:
Chris Williams, gold and David Wang and Andrew Ruffin,
silver.
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Language
and Literature:
Mary Kathryn Keane, silver and David Wang, bronze.
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Art:
Matt Thunell, gold; David Wang and Clark Lacy, silver; and
Mary Kathryn Keenan, bronze.
Dreher
teachers Christina Murphy and Linda Williams coach the
team.
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