ACADEMIC DECATHALON

Academic Decathlon is a team-based scholastic competition in which students match wits in the following ten areas of study: art, economics, essay, interview, language and literature, mathematics, music, social science, speech, and super quiz. The purpose of Academic Decathlon is "to develop and provide academic competitions, curriculum, and assessment to promote learning an academic excellence through teamwork among students of all academic levels" (USAD Mission Statement).

Category	GPA Range
Honor	3.75-4.00
Scholastic	3.00-3.74
Varsity	0.00-2.99

There must be at least three peopole in each of the categories for the team to be able to compete. Other members are considered alternates and still compete, but their scores are not counted. There can be one alternate in each category, so the team ideally consists of twelve people.

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