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Assurant extends partnership!
Click
Here for News Release 3-18-09
Welcome
to the Wisconsin Academic Decathlon,
presented by our lead sponsor, Assurant
Health...........
WIAD
is an outstanding non-profit extra-curricular program
entering its 26th season of providing a rigorous curriculum
and academic challenges to the public and private high
school students of our state.
According
to the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
(ASCD), ”All children
deserve a 21st century education that prepares them for
college, work and citizenship.” Wisconsin
Academic Decathlon has offered such an education to our
high school students for the past 25 years!
Study our website, learn what WIAD has to offer and get
YOUR school involved.
WIAD
provides opportunities for students to experience the
challenges of rigorous team and individual competition.
It is designed to:
- develop a greater respect
for knowledge
- promote inter-school academic
competition
- emphasize the need for
increased communication skills
- stimulate intellectual
growth and achievement and development of team efforts
WIAD
challenges students to push themselves beyond what they
thought academically possible, motivating and recapturing
their interest in academics. The program rewards
the heroes of the academic arena. It encourages
"C" students to excel beyond their current achievement
level and teachers other students they have strengths
they can contribute to the team.
This
team concept creates a positive school image and academic
role models, changes students' attitudes and encourages
public interest and awareness of outstanding programs
in Wisconsin schools. The best athlete may not end
up in professional sports, but Academic Decathlon students
continue to use their communication skills.
The
curricular theme for the2009-2010 season is The
French Revolution.
Click
here for preliminary curriculum information.
The
season consists of 3 levels of competition:
Local
Competition - All 9 team members take 6 written
tests in
- Art
- Economics
- Language
& Literature
- Mathematics
- Music
-
Science
Regional
Competition: 60 teams advance from Local
Competition and will take 6 written tests in addition
to essay writing and giving a prepared speech, impromptu
speech and an interview in front of 2 judges.
State
Competition:
20 teams advance from Regional Competition and will take
the 6 written tests (same as Local and Regional Competitions)
in addition to essay writing and giving a prepared speech,
impromptu speech and an interview in front of 2 judges
along with Super Quiz, which includes both a written test
and an oral relay. Super Quiz topic this year is
"The History of the French Revolution."
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