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California counties
hold local Academic Decathlon
competitions for the high schools in
their own county/district. The
winning team from each
county/district is then eligible to
participate in the State Finals. A
total of fifty (50) teams will
compete in the State Finals.
A
team consists of nine students from
the same school. The nine-member
team is comprised of three Varsity,
three Scholastic and three Honor
students in the following
categories:
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Category
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GPA
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| Honor |
3.75-4.00 |
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Scholastic |
3.00-3.74 |
| Varsity |
2.99 or below |
Contestants may compete in a higher
division than their own GPA but not
in a lower division (i.e., a
Scholastic student may compete as an
Honor student but not as a Varsity
student).
The final team score is made up of
only six scores: the highest two
Honor, two Scholastic and two
Varsity totals. Because of this
fact, no team carries more than nine
members, and, if fewer than nine
students choose to participate, the
team is still fully eligible for
overall awards.
Schools interested in starting a
team should contact their local
coordinator
or the state office:
California Academic
Decathlon
4522 Abernathy Road
Fairfield, California 94534
(707) 438-3674 Main, (707) 421-4022
Direct
(707) 330-3276 Cell, (707) 4382667
Fax
cad@solanocoe.net
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