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Georgia Academic Decathlon Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High Wins Sixth GAD State Championship

The 2016 PAGE Georgia Academic Decathlon State Champion Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School team members and their coaches are joined by award presenters at the PAGE GAD Awards Banquet. Pictured: first row (l-r) PAGE Foundation President John Varner, Coach Lisa Beck, Alaina Joyner, Valerie King, Selma Kajtazovic, Binal Patel, Traci Gray, Oglethorpe Power Community Relations Coordinator Mary Long and PAGE Executive Director Dr. Allene Magill; and second row (l-r) Coach Ian Beck, John Christopher, Jacob Elliott, John Muina, Ben Harden, Addison Smith and Abigail Follett. Long presented a $1,000 donation on behalf of Oglethorpe Power to the GAD State Championship team to help defray their travel expenses to the USAD Nationals Competition.

Catoosa County’s Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School won the 2016 PAGE Georgia Academic Decathlon State Championship. It is the sixth time the high school has captured the top honor. The team, which scored the highest number of points overall, was presented with the Howard Stroud Championship Trophy at the PAGE GAD Awards Banquet, the culminating event of the two-day competition. As state champion, Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe competed as Georgia’s representative at the annual U.S. Academic Decathlon National Competition in Anchorage, Alaska, in April.

The GAD state championship, held each February at Berkmar High School in Lilburn, is sponsored by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators, the PAGE Foundation, the Chick-fil-A

Awards were presented to the overall highest individual scorers in the Honors, Scholastic and Varsity divisions. Pictured: (l-r) Scholastic gold medalist John Muina, Lakeview Fort Oglethorpe High (Catoosa); Honors gold medalist Angad Joshi, Parkview High (Gwinnett); and Varsity gold medalist Austin Key; Hardaway High (Muscogee).

Members of the Academy of Kuchipudi Dance enchanted the audience with traditional Indian dances. The performers are (l-r) Suma Yellamraju, Surya Samasritha Akella, Manvitha Manyam and Smriti Suresh.

Foundation and Oglethorpe GAD State Championship Winners Power. Fox 5 News Chief Meteorologist David Chandley served as master of ceremonies of the awards banquet. Our partner, Kennesaw State University, hosts and provides speakers for the GAD Fall Workshop and coordinates more than 200 volunteers during the state competition. Approximately 200 students from 23 high schools representing 13 districts competed in the state championship event. Students earned team DIVISION I Champion Parkview High School (Gwinnett) Coaches: Melodie Carr, Dave Steele and Samantha Wells First Runner-up Berkmar High School (Gwinnett) Coach: Christopher Pae Second Runner-up Villa Rica High School (Carroll) Coaches: Cynthia Cox, Sarah Triplett and Russell Bennett DIVISION II State Champion Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School (Catoosa) Coaches: Lisa Beck and Ian Beck First Runner-up Shaw High School (Muscogee) Coaches: Natasha Torres and Alice Mendez Second Runner-up A. R. Johnson Health, Science and Engineering Magnet School (Richmond) Coaches: Dr. Amanda Litfin and Philip Grabowskii Rookie of the Year Cross Creek High School (Richmond) Coach: Dr. Mike Price and individual medals in various competition categories. They were tested in seven con- runner-up. Charles Richardson, editorial junction with the national finals competitent areas: economics, art, language and page editor of The Telegraph newspa- tion. Parkview High School, Shaw High literature, mathematics, science, social per in Macon and a PAGE Foundation School and A. R. Johnson Magnet School science and music. They also earned trustee, was the Super Quiz master of represented Georgia in the large, medium points individually in three communica- ceremonies. and small school categories, respectively. tion events: public speaking, personal The U.S. Academic Decathlon Online To view a video report about the event, interview and written essay. This year’s National Competition was held in con- visit pagetv.org/pagetvgad. n curriculum topic is “India.” The GAD competition was unique because each nine-member team is made up of three “A,” or honor students; three “B,” or scholastic students; and three “C,” or varsity students.

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