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The Academic Decathlon (also called AcDec, AcaDeca or AcaDec) is an annual high school academic competition organized by the non-profit United States Academic Decathlon (USAD). The competition consists of seven objective multiple choice tests, two subjective performance events, and an essay.
Pioneer High School was the first high school in the US to have a planetarium, which was donated to the school in 1956 by the Argus Camera Company. [10] As of October 2012, it held the record for being the longest continuously run planetarium in a school in the western hemisphere. [11] As of July 2023, the principal is Desmond G. Smith. [12]
The Delaware Mock Trial Competition is a high school Mock Trial competition in Delaware sponsored by the Delaware Law Related Education Center (or DelREC). [1] The winning school of the state finals advances to the National High School Mock Trial Championship .
As it turns out, the Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition (QCEC) is the world's oldest international schools' writing contest, as it was established by the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) in 1883.
The journalism contest begins with the Division School's Press Conference (DSPC), where the top three to fifteen in each category, depending on the size of the certain schools division, qualifies for the Regional School's Press Conference (RSPC), from which the top one will be chosen to represent their respective regions in the National School ...
We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution National Finals, sponsored by the Center for Civic Education, is a yearly competition involving high school students from throughout the United States. The national finals simulates a congressional hearing and is held at the National Conference Center in Leesburg, Virginia, and in congressional ...
The college admission essay, a high-stakes pitch in which applicants have limited words to describe who they are and why campuses should admit them, just got even more stressful for students of color.
It was one of the first international competitions to individually rank high school-level students in debating and public speaking. [3] The tournament was founded the same year as the World Schools Debating Championships to respond to the desire for an equivalent competition for public speaking at the international level.