Academic Decathlon of New Jersey
Welcome to New Jersey's Premier High School
Academic Competition
A New Theme Each Year
The overall theme for the
2023-2024 Academic Decathlon is
Technology and Humanity
Competing in the Academic Decathlon is not about demonstrating how good a student you already are.
It’s about working on a team, mastering college-level material, and practicing skills, like public speaking, that might be wholly new to you. It’s about the people you’ll meet along the way—the coaches who will mentor you, the competitors who will challenge you, and the teammates who will become your lifelong friends.
No other activity will better prepare you for university.
As a Decathlete, you will study an exciting new theme each year, themes like Russia, World War I, the 1960s and New Alternatives in Energy. You will explore seven subjects connected to that theme, from art and science to math and economics.
Here is the link to the 2023-24
Curriculum Overview: 2023-2024 Curriculum Guide
Or go to www.usad.org and click on "Curriculum."
Latest News--NJ Teams Compete
at the 2023 USAD Nationals in Frisco, Texas.
"The American Revolution" was the theme for 2022-2023.
Several NJ teams qualified for the 2023 USAD Nationals in Frisco, Texas.
Schools must compete in divisions aligned with their student enrollments.
Hackensack HS was the NJ State champion and will compete in the Large School Divison in Texas.
Westwood HS won the NJ Medium School Divsion and will also travel to Texas.
Rutherford HS placed 3rd and qualified for the Medium School Online Division.
West Windsor Plainsboro North HS qualified for the Large School Online Division.
Kinnelon HS qualified for the Small School Online Division.
2023 NATIONAL RESULTS are in!
ONLINE
RANKING BY DIVISION - LARGE ONLINE: West Windsor Plainsboro North ranked 5th!
MEDIUM ONLINE: Rutherford HS ranked 5th!
TOP OVERALL SCORER BY TEAM
WestWindsorPlainsboro-N: Eshan Pant (Honors)
Rutherford: Kia Parikh (Honors)
INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS--LARGE ONLINE--WWP-North HS
Eshan Pant: 8th overall, 2nd in Mathematics (Silver medal)
Akash Nayak: 8th overall and 4th in Science and Economics
Benjamin Lin: 4th in Essay, 3rd in Science (Bronze medal)
Shashank Badrinarayanana: 4th in Economics
Xavier Chowdhury: 2nd in Science (Silver medal)
INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS--MEDIUM ONLINE--Rutherford HS
Erica Chen SILVER Music, 4th in Art
Kia Parikh GOLD Music, GOLD Art
Mia Olivo SILVER Art
Kayleigh Griffin SILVER Literature, GOLD Music, GOLD Art, SILVER Essay, BRONZE Social Science, BRONZE OVERALL for Scholastic
Nico Schumacher SILVER Music, 4th in Lit., 4th in Art
Yassyra Gonzalez SILVER Art
Seosaph Whyte SILVER Mathematics, 4th in Social Studies
IN PERSON, FRISCO, TEXAS
RANKING BY DIVISION - Div 1 (large): Hackensack HS ranked 8th!
Div 4 (medium): Westwood Reg HS ranked 8th! (out of 28 schools--the largest division)
TOP OVERALL SCORER BY TEAM
HACKENSACK HS: David Valarezo (Honors)
WESTWOOD REG. HS: Aaron Zeiler (Honors)
INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS--DIVISION I Hackensack HS (large)
Tomasz Sadowy: 2nd in Interview (silver medal); 5th in Mathematics
Angelo Valencia: 1st in Interview (gold medal)
Gurleen Parmar: 2nd in Interview (silver medal)
David Valarezo: 5th in Music, 6th in Social Studies
INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS--DIVISION IV Westwood Reg. HS
Graham Beyer: 6th in Science
Aaron Zeiler: 2nd in Music, Science and Social Science (silver medals); 3rd in Economics (bronze medal)
Daniel Shotkin: 1st in Social Science and Essay (gold medals); third in Speech (bronze medal); 3rd overall for Scholastic (bronze medal)
Ashley Molina: 2nd in Speech (silver medal)
Nicholas Kawasaki: 2nd in Economics and Social Science (silver medals); and third in Essay (bronze medal)
Graham Beyer: 6th in Science
Amelia Adler: 4th in Mathematics and 6th in Economics
WE ALSO HAD THREE DECATHLETES FROM ELIMINATED TEAMS COMPETE ONLINE IN THE "INDIVIDUAL" COMPETITION!
Nicholas Yap (Parsippany HS) placed 2nd overall in the Scholastic Division. He also won the silver medal in Economics.
Priya Vishnoi (Parsippany HS) won the gold medal in Math in the Scholastic Division.
Ash Stone (Parsippany Hills HS) won the silver medal in Science in the Varsity Division.
We are NJ Proud of our decathletes and coaches!
Final Results
WEST WINDSOR PLAINSBORO HS ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM
RUTHERFORD HS
ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM
HACKENSACK HS
ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM
WESTWOOD HS ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM
is interviewed by their local station!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLe9e-2eiUE
All teams enjoyed the excitement of Nationals! https://youtu.be/lofiGBWJS5o
Here are the final results for all states: https://www.usad.org/USAD/media/2023-2024/USAD-Large-Nationals-2023-updated-5-31-2023.pdf
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