Kern County students place in California Academic Decathlon events

The virtual California Academic Decathlon competition held recently included students from Stockdale, Arvin and Frontier high schools — Kern’s top three teams in the county competition — who competed against teams from across the state.

Academic Decathlon is made up of 10 events including Art, Economics, Essay, Interview, Language and Literature, Mathematics, Music, Science, Social Science and Speech.

The competition is uniquely designed to include students from all academic backgrounds. Teams consists of nine students from the 9th through 12th grades at the same high school. Each team is comprised of three students whose grade point average falls into the “A” category (Honors), three students in the “B” category (Scholastic) and three students in the “C” category (Varsity). Each team competes against other students in the same divisions.

At the state competition the top 60 scoring schools from county competitions across the state are placed into separate divisions (D1, D2, and D3) to compete with teams that have similar scores.

Below are the Kern County students who placed in the state competition in their event, category and division:

Art — Division 2 Honor

Silver Medal / Sara Mendoza, Frontier

Essay — Division 2 Varsity

Silver Medal / Ashley Mayorga, Stockdale

Interview — Division 2 Honor

Gold Medal / Spencer Reed, Frontier

Literature — Division 2 Varsity

Silver Medal / David Chamberlain, Frontier

Literature — Division 3 Honor

Gold Medal / Alessandra Ela, Arvin

Mathematics — Division 2 Scholastic

Silver Medal / Sebastiann Monungolh, Frontier

Mathematics — Division 3 Scholastic

Bronze Medal / Sebastian Regpala, Arvin

Mathematics — Division 3 Varsity

Bronze Medal / Alan Flores, Arvin

Music — Division 2 Honor

Silver Medal / Sara Mendoza, Frontier

Music — Division 3 Honor

Silver Medal / Lucas Bautista, Arvin

Science — Division 3 Honor

Silver Medal / Lucas Bautista, Arvin

Social Science — Division 2 Varsity

Bronze Medal / David Chamberlain, Frontier

Social Science — Division 3 Honor

Silver Medal / Alessandra Ela, Arvin

Social Science — Division 3 Honor

Bronze Medal / Diego Rubio Garcia, Arvin

Highest Individual Scoring

Kern County Student

Division 3 Honor

Bronze Medal / Lucas Bautista, Arvin