The following are the results of the Tulare County Academic Decathlon, which concluded today, Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Tulare County Office of Education’s Conference Center in Visalia.
Championship team which will represent Tulare County at the California Academic Decathlon competition:
Granite Hills High School Team #2 (Porterville)
Top scoring team in the large school category:
Granite Hills High School Team #2 (Porterville)
Top scoring team in the small school category:
Orosi High School Team #5 (Orosi)
Winners of the Super Quiz competition:
Porterville Charter Schools (with students from Butterfield Charter High School and Harmony Magnet Academy)
Top students from each Academic Decathlon category:
ART: Ying Yan, El Diamante High School (Visalia)
ECONOMICS: Ryan Cometa, Porterville Charter Schools
LITERATURE: Mae Vercnocke, Porterville Charter Schools
MATH: Ryan Cometa, Porterville Charter Schools
MUSIC: William Lancaster, El Diamante High School (Visalia)
SCIENCE: Meera Kashyap, Porterville Charter Schools
SOCIAL SCIENCE: Ying Yan, El Diamante High School (Visalia)
ESSAY: Ethan Jarocki, El Diamante High School (Visalia)
INTERVIEW: Mackinzie Thomason, Granite Hills High School (Porterville)
SPEECH: Denise Rodriguez, Granite Hills High School (Porterville)
Top students by division:
HONORS: Ying Yan, El Diamante High School (Visalia)
SCHOLASTIC: Alyza Boriphanvichitr, El Diamante High School (Visalia)
VARSITY: Gwenyth English, Granite Hills High School (Porterville)