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Dreher High Team Wins State Academic Decathlon Richland One congratulates Dreher High School’s United States Academic Decathlon Team on winning the state championship on Friday, March 3rd at the University of South Carolina. This marks the fourth consecutive year the Dreher team has earned the privilege of representing the state of South Carolina at the national competition. This year’s overall Gold Medalist is Ali Collins. Amy Zhang is the overall Silver Medalist, and Claire Sumaydeng-Bryan is the overall Bronze Medalist. The team has worked since last summer toprepare for the state competition. Nine students represented Dreher in the competition:
The team won Gold, Silver, and Bronze at the Honors, Scholastic, and Varsity Levels. This is the first year Dreher has won all nine overall medals. The US Academic Decathlon is the most rigorous academic competition in the nation for high school students, who must compete in ten events. The events include written tests in Language and Literature, Economics, Science, Art, Music, Mathematics, and the Super Quiz topic. The Super Quiz is a test on a specific theme for the year, which was the Renaissance. Additionally, students compete in Essay, Speech, and Interview. Overall Results Essay: Music: Math: Silver- Ali Collins Speech: Interview: Economics: Science: Art: Language and Literature: Super Quiz: Individual Medal Totals: Additionally, Kaileen Yeh, an alternate, received the top team score in math, and Luke Bradley, also an alternate, had the top economics score in the competition. For more information, please contact the Richland One Office of Communications at 231-7510 or 231-7504.
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