Academic Decathlon

Overview

Academic Decathlon
Sacramento Diocese Champions 2008-2023

The Junior High Academic Decathlon is a competition for students in grades 6-8.  There are ten events.  Two are collaborative team efforts – a logic quiz with 20 rigorous thinking problems, and a super quiz with 50 multiple choice questions on five broad academic themes.  The remaining eight events test individual knowledge of the Roman Catholic doctrine, English, Literature, Science, Mathematics, Current Events, Social Studies, and Fine Arts (Art and Music).  Awards are given for individual and team performance, and the winning school team from each geographic diocese competes in a state championship.

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2024 St. Ignatius Academic Decathlon Team

Congratulations to the 2024 St. Ignatius Academic Decathlon Team!

The team took 3rd place at the 2024 Sacramento Diocese competition.

There were 10 events:

Two are collaborative team efforts – a Logic Quiz with 20 rigorous thinking problems, and a Super Quiz with 50 multiple choice questions on five broad academic themes.

The remaining eight events test individual knowledge of the Roman Catholic doctrine, English, Literature, Science, Mathematics, Current Events, Social Studies, and Fine Arts (Art and Music).

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Academic Decathlon

Acadeca is back and we are in the process of planning and building the team for the 2022-2023 competition!  For those 6th thru 8th grade students and parents interested in being a member of the team this year, we will be holding an informational meeting on October 6th at 6:30 via Zoom.  If you are unable to join in, please feel free to contact any of the following with questions you may have:

Anna Marie Stouder – stouderfamily@yahoo.com

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Acadeca Team Rocks!

Congratulations to the St. Ignatius Academic Decathlon Team.

On March 6, this extraordinary team won the Sacramento Diocese Championship for the 14th year in a row! Then on March 13, the team competed on the national level and placed second in the NATION!

Current Events- Anthony Stouder 1st Place (Diocese and National)

English-Aleshanee Santiago 2nd Place (Diocese) and 1st Place (National)

Fine Arts- Kate Maloy 2nd Place (Diocese)

Literature-Irene Cretu 2nd Place (Diocese)

Math-Sofia Contreras 2nd Place (Diocese)

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Congratulations to our Acadeca Team!

St. Ignatius’s Academic Decathlon team is celebrating another spectacular year representing the school! Our State competition looked a bit different this year, and to determine winners, scores from the local Diocesan competitions back in March were compared against one another. We are so proud to announce that we are second overall in the entire state of California, second in Logic, second in Super Quiz, second in Literature, third in English, first in Current Events, and first in Math!

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2016 Academic Decathlon Champions!
9th Diocese Championship!

We are so pleased to announce that for a record-setting ninth consecutive year, St. Ignatius Parish School was the Diocese of Sacramento’s Junior High Academic Decathlon Champions. The team, comprised of seventh and eighth graders, went on to place third at the statewide decathlon championship, which was held this year at St. Edward the Confessor School in Dana Point. No other school in the 27-year history of the event has achieved this unprecedented success.

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St. Ignatius School takes 2015 Academic Decathlon title
article from Diocese of Sacramento

TO COMPETE APRIL 18 AT STATEWIDE MEET

For a record-setting eighth consecutive year, St. Ignatius School in Sacramento placed first in the Diocese of Sacramento’s Junior High Academic Decathlon on March 7. The team, comprised of seventh and eighth graders, will represent the diocese at the statewide decathlon championships on April 18, which will be held this year at Sacred Heart School in Sacramento.No other school in the 26-year history of the event has achieved this unprecedented success.

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2014 Academic Decathlon Champions!

The St. Ignatius Academic Decathlon team won their 7th Diocese championship this past weekend.  The team placed first in logic and first in the super quiz.  In addition Peter Sutarjo placed first in Religion, Todd Russell placed first in Science, Alex Bonilla placed first in Social Studies, Cade Johnson placed first in Current Events, and Saunder Salazar placed first in math. Tony Arostegui placed second in Fine Arts, and Andrew Tilton placed second in Literature and Claire Russell placed third in English.