Academic Decathlon

Gena Lieske , Program Leader AVID
gelieske@kern.org
(661) 852-6772

Kern County's brightest minds annually clash at the annual Academic Decathlon, long referred to as the ‘Super Bowl’ of local scholastic competitions. High school teams face off in ten categories of the competition speech, interview, essay, mathematics, economics, science, music, art, social science and literature.

An “Oral Super Quiz” also takes place as part of the event. Super Quiz is 90-minutes of pressure-packed excitement, ran like a TV quiz show. Team members have ten seconds to collaborate and answer each question. Running totals are displayed on large, visible flip cards, bringing about enthusiastic reactions from the audience.