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Academic Decathlon
VPlaced sixth in district competition
\Todd Robinson - five medals
VKenton Wilcox - two medals
VMary Dillon - one medal
\Aaron Gindt - one medal
\Chris Sandquist - one medal
Academic Decathlon’s
first year was a successful
one, according to sponsor
John Morrissey.
What did Academic De­
cathlon do? The club met
to prepare for district,
state, and national compe­
titions. During the compe­
tition, Morrissey said
students took a compre­
hensive test over a variety
of subjects from English
and math, to Fine Arts and
Natural Science. And,
according to Morrissey,
articipants don’t have to
ACADEMIC DECATHLON E e ‘A’ students, as many
Front Row: Jeremy Golden, Brad Dowd, John Morrissey students may think.
sponsor, Mary Dillon, Kenton Wilcox, Tiffany Redfield 2nd Academic Decathlon Sponsor
R ow : Susie Tompkins, Brad Thomas, Linda Ash, Chris There are categories for John Morrissey discusses material
Sandquist, J.P. Springsted, Michelle Anderson Back Row: ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ students. with the team.
Patrick Wolfe, Aaron Gindt, Todd Robinson, Kristin Haas, During September Octo­
Sara Bloyd, Sara Goecke ber and November, the
nine-member team met
sporadically, but December
through February they
worked two or three times
a week before and after
school.
Principal Martha Novak
decided to start the club at
Ralston because every year
she said she received
mailings about the organi­
zation and also a lot of
other schools were already
involved in it. “ I thought
we might be getting behind
the times,” Novak said.
Future Problem Solving She also added she was
Front Row: Darcy Richard, Angie Meisinger Back Row: very pleased with this
Sally MacNeill, Susan Keetle, Susan Richardson year’s performance.
In districts, which took
place in February, Ralston
placed sixth out of twelve
teams. Central High
School went on from state
to compete in national
competition where they
won third place in the
country out of 38 states.
California won first place,
and Texas placed second.

Student Advisory Board
Front Row: Tom Kidd, Jim Trcsemer, Martha Novak princi­
pal, Kelli Grindle, Debbie Eischen, Julie Gibbins Back Row:
Dave Tompkins, Mary Dillon, Jill Sommer, Tony Weber,
Peg Luebbert, Laura Stageman, Jennifer Winnike

During the 1974-1975 school year, Student Council became a
regular class that met during first hour.

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