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2014 System Winner
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The 2014 PAGE Georgia Academic Decathlon State Champion Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe team members and their coaches are joined by award presenters at the PAGE GAD Awards banquet. Pictured: (back row, from left) Selma Kajtazovic, who is holding a photo of teammate Eric Cagle, Randi Fisher, Anna Kim, PAGE Foundation President John Varner, Justin Allen, Atreyu Hollifield, Coaches Ian Beck and Lisa Beck; and (front row, from left) Valerie King, Abbie Stokes, photo of teammate Jonathan Mitchell and Oglethorpe Power Corporation Community Relations Coordinator Mary Rohletter (not pictured team member Hailey Robinson). Rohletter presented a $1,000 donation on behalf of Oglethorpe Power to the GAD State Champion to help defray their travel expenses to the USAD National Competition.
Catoosa County’s Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School, coached by Lisa Beck and Ian Beck, is the 2014 PAGE Georgia Academic Decathlon (GAD) State Champion. It is the fifth time that the high school has captured the event’s top honor. Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe’s team scored the most points overall in Division I and II and was presented the Howard Stroud Championship trophy. This year’s two-day academic competition was held on Feb. 21 and 22 at Berkmar High School in Gwinnett County. Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe is a Division II, or small school (based on school population size), participant and was submitted as the Georgia representative to the 33rd Annual United States Academic Decathlon (USAD) National Competition, which was held April 24 – 26, 2014, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Division I (large school) winners include: Division I Champion, Gwinnett County’s Berkmar High, coached by Christopher Pae and Robert Krask; First Runner-up, Gwinnett County’s Parkview High, coached by Melodie Carr, Amy Hammond and Dave Steele; and Second Runner-up, Gwinnett County’s Mill Creek High, coached by Drs. Lori Bowen and Michael Brasel.
Division II (small school) winners include: Division II Champion, Catoosa County’s Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High; First Runner-up, Chattahoochee County High, coached by Sarita H. Griggs; and Second Runner-up, Floyd County’s Pepperell High, coached by Tim Gillespie and Norma Williams.
The United States Academic Decathlon sponsors a Small School, Medium School and Large School Online National Competition based on student school population size, which was held in conjunction with the national finals competition in late April. Pepperell High represented Georgia in the USAD Medium School Online Competition
and Chattahoochee County High in the USAD Small School Online Competition.
Oglethorpe Power, PAGE, the PAGE Foundation and Georgia Department of Education sponsored the decathlon. Kennesaw State University served as a partner with the PAGE Georgia Academic Decathlon by hosting and providing expert speakers for the GAD Fall Workshop and providing and coordinating the more than 200 volunteers needed during the state championship competition. The Gwinnett County Public School System served as host. David Chandley, meteorologist for Atlanta’s WSB-TV-Channel 2, served as Master of Ceremonies for the GAD Awards Banquet, during which the highest-scoring students were awarded both team and individual medals in various competition categories.
Approximately 200 high school students from 22 high schools representing 14 school districts competed in the academic event. During the competition, students were tested in seven content areas: economics, art, language and literature, mathematics, science, social science and music. Additionally, students earned points individually in three communication events: public speaking, a personal interview and a written essay. The program is unique because each ninemember team is made up of three “A,” or Honor students; three “B,” or Scholastic students; and three “C,” or Varsity students. Each year the program features a different overall curriculum topic. This year’s topic was World War I.
On Saturday afternoon, students participated in the exciting Super Quiz, during which team members competed in a quiz bowl format keying in answers to questions. World Scholars Cup Founder and Executive Director Daniel Berdichevsky served as the Master of Ceremonies. During the GAD Awards Banquet, Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe was named this year’s Super Quiz Champion, Chattahoochee County High won First Runner-up honors and Pepperell High was named Second Runner-up.
This year a “Rookie of the Year” award was added to the decathlon event. The award, given to the highest-scoring new team to the state competition, was presented to Muscogee County’s Shaw High, coached by Natasha Torres. n
Division I (large school) Champion Gwinnett County’s Berkmar High. Team members include (from left) Coach Chris Pae, Juan Almanza, Coach Robert Krask, Ryan Ngo, Sally Tran, Quang Tran, Mati Nemera, Demetrius Hawk, Michael Amaya and Fahim Choudhury. Not pictured, Anu Ittycheri.
Division I First Runner-up Gwinnett County’s Parkview High. The team was accepted by USAD and competed as the Georgia wild card team at the USAD National Competition. Team members include (back row, from left) Coaches Dave Steele and Amy Hammond, Chris Rogers, Valentyn Kniaziev and Sebastian Posada; and (front row, from left) Coach Melodie Carr, Sara Anderson, Devon Berkenstock, Julia Ding, Dorena Nguyen, Drew Welser and Sida Tang.
Division I Second Runner-up Gwinnett County’s Mill Creek High team members include (back row, from left) Kyung Noh, Eric Shim, Chad Martire, Michael Lucaci, Zach Schlesinger and Dustin Park; and (front row, from left) Coach Dr. Lori Bowen, Meghan Serafin, Tomi Akinmola and Melanie Huntley. Not pictured, Coach Michael Brasel.
Foundation News Prepared Speech Presenters
Honor Presenter: Quang Tran, Gwinnett County’s Berkmar High
Scholastic Presenter: Michael Amaya, Gwinnett County’s Berkmar High
Varsity Presenter: Tiana De La Rosa, Carroll County’s Villa Rica High
Division II (small school) First Runnerup Chattahoochee County High team members include (back row, from left) Trevor McDaniels, Benjamin Edwards, Joshua Edwards, Jacob Martinez, Kijany Ayala and Coach Sarita H. Griggs; and (front row, from left) Dustin Chandler, Natalie Brown, Michelle Guffey and Alexander Medina.
Division II Second Runner-up Floyd County’s Pepperell High team members include (back row, from left) Coaches Norma Williams and Tim Gillespie, Hayden Owen, Michael Payne, Blake Rochester, and Masumi Askew; and (front row, from left) Grafton Flock, Cameron Sharpe, Savannah Crabbe, Marlin Wright and Bill Crowe.
The “Rookie of the Year” team award was presented to Muscogee County’s Shaw High. Team members include (from left) Austin Nichols, Briana Tucker, Taylor Cerrato, Matthew Tessier, Latara Reid, Jacobe Love, Madeleine Drew, Coach Natasha Torres, Kameron Leatherwood and Anderson Peguero.
Kennesaw State University representatives (from left) Connie Lane, grant manager for the Bagwell College of Education; Kathy Rechsteiner, administrative associate to the associate vice president of Facilities Services; and Dee Rule, administrative associate in the Teacher Resource and Activity Center (TRAC). KSU is a partner with the PAGE Foundation for the PAGE Georgia Academic Decathlon.
Communications Pro Preps gAd State Champs for Nationals In preparation for the U.S. Academic Decathlon national competition in Hawaii in late April, the Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High decathlon team prepped with an Atlanta communications professional and SpeechWorks co-founder Spring Asher. Pictured with Asher (far right), who donated SpeechWorks services to the state champs, are (front, from left): Anna Kim, Valerie King and Abbie Stokes; (back, from left) Justin Allen, Jonathan Mitchell, Eric Cagle and Atreyu Hollifield. Photo by Meg Thornton.
2014 Super Quiz Winners
Super Quiz Champion,
Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High, coached by Lisa Beck and Ian Beck
First Runner-up,
Chattahoochee County High, coached by Sarita H. Griggs
Second Runner-up,
Floyd County’s Pepperell High, coached by Tim Gillespie and Norma Williams
Highest Individual Scorers
Honor
Mati Nemera Berkmar High
Scholastic
Jonathan Mitchell Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High
Varsity
Eric Cagle Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High
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