State ACADECA

February 19, 2019

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The Southwest Academic Decathlon team competed in the State Competition at the University of Nebraska-Omaha on February 15-16.  Students competed in Essay, Speech, Interview, Literature, Economics, Art, Music, Math, Science, and Social Science competitions.  Placing at state were:  Walter Fitzsimmons, 3^rd in Speech and 3^rd in Interview (Varsity division); Kaylee Guerrero, 3^rd in Fine Arts and 3^rd in Soft Science (Scholastic Alternate division); Jadyn Brooks, 3^rd in Hard Science (Honors Alternate division).  Austin Adam received a gold medal for being the Top Scorer for Southwest.  Teams competing in the small school division were Mt. Michael, Brownell-Talbot, Wahoo, Nebraska City Lourdes, Mead, and Southwest.  This year’s theme was the 1960’s, the Transformational Decade.

Southwest students participating at State were:  (back) Walter Fitzsimmons, Alyse Foster, Austin Adam, Alyssa Springer, Corinne Baker, (front) Julia Holdcroft, Kirklend Nicholson, Jadyn Brooks, Kaylee Guerrero, Kailey Wilcox.  Justin Brush was unable to attend because of illness.