Eugenia Yu, a sophomore at High School South, received the top overall score at the Academic Decathlon of New Jersey held on March 11 at Hackensack High School. The High School South team took fourth place and was honored at a dinner held at Drew University on March 14.##M:[more]##
Based on the model of the athletic decathlon, the competition required participants to compete in 10 academic subjects, including art, economics, essay, interview, language and literature, mathematics, science, social science, and speech. The 2006 super quiz topic was “The European Renaissance: Renewal and Reform.”
Gold, silver, and bronze medals are awarded for individual events and total scores in each of the three levels of competition — honors, scholastic, and varsity. Yu took gold in the honors level. For more information visit www.adnj.org.
