Pittsburg High School - Pirate Yearbook (Pittsburg, CA)

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They practiced like any players, but in quite a different way. The... Decathlon Team Goes for the Gold in Academics The Academic Decathlon was a rigorous academic competition. Each high school in the county sent a team of six to the Decathlon, which was held February 6, 1988 at Mt. Diablo High School. The Decathlon day com- petition was full of multiple choice tests, essays, and speeches lboth prepared and impromptul. The topics each member had to be familiar with included the French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, economics, physics, health, and the history of flight. The novel Wuthering Heights and the poetry of Edgar Allen Poe were also test subjects. To learn this amount of in- formation, the team met twice to three times a week at 7 a.m. jackie Lloyd, the Decathlon coordinator, com- mented, The students put a lot of effort into their studies, both in and out of school. Though the tests were in- dividual, the team members did a lot of studying together encouraging one another. I had each of them become proficient in one focus area, Dina Duran smiles her way through a speech about the Wright Brothers. then teach it to the other students, said Lloyd. Team member Imelda Pagobo add- ed, The team worked well together even though there were so many diverse per- sonalities. We pulled each other through. The team did not win February sixth's competition, but were still proud of their achievements. I'm really proud that our team members got up so early in the morning to work, said member Dina Duran, We tried hard! About the competition, Lloyd added, They were bright students. I know they put in a lot of time preparing for the event. I'm really pro- ud they did so well. The team included Phillip Coker, Caroline Dollete, Dina Duran, Mia Fabela, Latrice Gamblin, Shari Lind, Arthur McKune, and Imelda Pagobo. Aside from Lloyd, teachers Ann Morris, Ken Stott, and Bill Sullenberger put a tremendous amount of time into Decathlon team preparation. - Arthur McKune speech about the Wright Brothers. Decathlon Team Goes for the Gold in Academics - ll