Sunny Hills High School
Academic Decathlon
Orange County Academic Decathlon
What is OCAD?
Founded in 1968, by Robert Peterson, Ed.D., former County Superintendent of Schools, the Orange County Academic Decathlon serves as the model for all prestigious Academic Decathlon events that now exist at the state and national levels.
Like its ancient Greek counterpart, Academic Decathlon is a ten event contest where A, B, and C-level high school students work as teams to compete in the areas of language and literature, science, mathematics, social science, economics, art, music, essay, interview, and speech. Each team aspires to compete at the state or national level.
The purpose of Academic Decathlon is to develop and provide academic programming, curriculum, and assessment to promote learning and academic excellence. Students of all achievement levels participate in a variety of rigorous and challenging academic events while building teamwork and a competitive spirit.
The Competition
Our Teams
Tested Subjects
Honors
• GPA (3.75 - 4.0)
Scholastic
• GPA (3.0 - 3.74)
Varsity
• GPA (0.0 - 2.99)
Junior/Senior Competition
• Day One of Competition involves students parciticipating in the Essay, Speech and Interview portion
•Day Two of Competition involves students taking multiple-choice questions in the remaining subjects and the Super Quiz
Freshman/Sophomore Competition
• Prior to the Competition Daystudents write their Essays after school under timed conditions, supervised by a teacher
• On Competition Day, students take the remainder of the subjects and the Super Quiz
• Science
• Mathematics
• Arts
• Music
• Social Science
• Literature
• Economics
• Essay
• Speech
• Interview
Current Curriculum