PISD eNews PSHS Team
March 7, 2008
 
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4/14-4/18 National Library Week
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Texas Academic Decathlon Awards

Bill Borowicz, Roxanne Burleson, Sheila KolbPlano ISD hosted the Texas Academic Decathlon tournament February 29 - March 2 at Plano West Senior High School, with a culminating awards ceremony at the Marriott Plano at Legacy Town Center. Forty teams from across the state, including Plano's three senior high schools, competed in the prestigious academic event.

Event & Awards Photo Gallery

Pictured: Plano Senior High School Third Place State Team (top of page) and Texas Academic Decathlon Coach of the Year Sheila Kolb (holding trophy) with fellow Coach Bill Borowicz and Roxanne Burleson, Central Cluster Area Assistant Superintendent.

Plano Senior High School

Michael Tseggay, Sloane Simmons, Alex Huang, Aasheesh Kanwar, PJ Pritkzer, Corey Gomon, John Thompson, Atulya Roy, Laura Lin. Coaches: Bill Borowicz, Sheila Kolb

  • "Texas Academic Decathlon Coach of the Year" Award, presented to Sheila Kolb by Senator Shapiro Full Story
  • 3rd Place Team
  • John ThompsonJohn Thompson (Varsity) (pictured)
    • All-Around Varsity Individual,
      2nd Place
    • Super Quiz Varsity Individual High Scorer, 1st Place
    • Essay, 1st Place
    • Language & Literature, 2nd Place
    • Art, 2nd Place
    • Economics, 3rd Place
    • Interview, 3rd Place
  • Atulya Roy (Varsity) - Essay, 2nd Place
  • Corey Goman (Scholastic)
    • Essay, 2nd Place
    • Language & Literature, 3rd Place
  • Aasheesh Kanwar (Scholastic) - Mathematics, 3rd Place
  • Alex Huang (Honors) - Mathematics, 3rd Place

Plano East Senior High School

Plano East TeamJennifer Vo, Anna Kuperman, Margaret Richmond, Sara Neuner, Savannah Compton, Caitlin Billings, Alexandra Golden, Alexandria Bradley, Bradley Cardenas. Coaches Jan Molepske, Rex Howard

  • 1st Place Super Quiz Relay Team
  • 5th Place Overall Team
  • Savannah Compton (Scholastic)
    • All-Around Scholastic Individual,
      4th Place
    • Art, 1st Place
  • Sara Neuner (Scholastic) - Art, 3rd Place
  • Alexandria Bradley (Varsity) - Science, 3rd Place
  • Margaret Richmond (Honors) - Art, 3rd Place
  • Jennifer Vo (Honors) - Economics, 2nd Place

Plano West Senior High School

PWSH TeamSung Joon Kim, Jonathon Myers, Jeff Zou, Jason Dillinger, Travis Clayton, Jonathon Shie, Neil Curran, Rick Swan, Cody Gunter. Coaches Shawn Coryell, Bill Stone

  • Rick Swan (Varsity) - Mathematics, 2nd Place
  • Jason Dillinger (Scholastic) - Mathematics, 3rd Place
  • Jonathon Shie (Scholastic) - Essay, 3rd Place
  • Travis Clayton (Scholastic)
    • Science, 1st Place
    • Economics, 2nd Place

 

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The Academic Decathlon is a 10-event scholastic competition. Each high school enters a team of nine students: 3 "A" or Honor students, 3 "B" or Scholastic students, and 3 "C" or Varsity students. This year's theme is The Civil War.
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