This past Saturday, March 10, the Academic Decathlon team competed in the 23rd Academic Junior High Decathlon for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles at the historic Los Angeles Sports Arena.  The event proved to be exciting with 101 schools and over 1,000 6th to 8th grade students competing.  Parents, siblings, friends, principals, pastors, and many more people made up the 5,000 spectators who cheered loud and proud for their teams.  The main event for St. Rita was an up and down event.  They ended up scoring 28 points for this round, which was right in the middle.  They had their strongest showing in this event with answering 7 out of 10 hard questions on the Gospel of John and scoring better than that for the Science portion.  With the highest score being 45, this was a good showing.  This team gained a lot of experienceof what it takes to be prepared for the competition and could do very well in next year's competition.

We had our first ever individual medal winners!!!

English: Kristine Kuhn - 8th Place

Math: Erin McFaul - 10th Place

The students of Saint Rita have the potential to do very well at this competition.  Put it on your calendar TODAY for next year's event.  It will most likely be on Saturday, March 2, or Saturday, March 9, 2013.