Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
The United States Academic Decathlon National Championship, first held in 1982, pits winners at the state level against each other for a national title. [1] The Academic Decathlon consists of 10 events: art, economics, essay, interview, language and literature, math, music, science, social science, and speech. [ 2 ]
Dean Schaffer (left), a director at DemiDec, along with Daniel Berdichevsky (right) at the 2009 United States Academic Decathlon National Championship. DemiDec Resources produces study materials for participants in the United States Academic Decathlon, [1] hosts the World Scholar's Cup, [2] and co-operates several study academies around the world.
The Academic Pentathlon (USAP) is an academic competition involving five academic fields of study (math, social sciences, science, literature, and fine arts). It is run by the USAD (United States Academic Decathlon). [1] The exact topics involved vary from year to year, but typically include topics from both the sciences and humanities.
In October 2021, ATP Flight School opened a new training center at Arlington Municipal Airport (KGKY), just outside of Dallas, Texas. [12] It is the largest training facility in Texas and helps support the demand for pilots from Dallas-based airlines like Southwest and American Airlines. [12]
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (déka, meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "contest" or "prize"). Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are ...
Pan Am Flight Academy (formerly Pan Am International Flight Academy) is an aviation school that specializes in training airlines, pilots and aviation professionals from around the world. It is the only remaining division of Pan American World Airways , which declared bankruptcy in January 1991 and shut down in December of that year.
However, Academic Decathlon is not only notable for the competition itself and the students, but for the companies that have sprung up around it. It is amazing that an small industry now exists just to support Academic Decathlon, and if we wish to be comprehensive (see FA criteria), we must cover that. NW (Talk) 15:50, 24 June 2009 (UTC)