Academic Decathlon Team Wins 2009 Private Schools Competition

The Saints earned an additional team gold for 1st place in the Super Quiz, an exam that focused this year on Evolutionary Biology.The feat is particularly extraordinary after being only its 2nd year of existence after a long hiatus.

Santa Clara High School of Oxnard and Bellarmine-Jefferson of Burbank finished 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

A week ago (February 7), 29 high school teams descended upon Bishop Alemany High School in Mission Hills to engage in an all-day assessment. According to Coordinator JoAnn Schnelldorfer, a total of 242 students tested in all 10 subjects: language/literature, essay, art, music, social science, economics, math, interview, speech, and the Super Quiz. Individually in these events, the 9-student team from St. Anthony, led by overall points leader and captain Brittany Rodriguez '11, brought home 26 medals:

Brittany Rodriguez, sophomore - 1 Gold (Language/Literature), 2 Silver (Music, Essay)
Dolan Kay, junior - 2 Bronze (Social Science, Super Quiz)
Jhenevieve Cabasal, sophomore - 2 Bronze (Social Science, Art)
Nick Gerard, sophomore - 2 Silver (Interview, Super Quiz)
Paul Mondares, sophomore - 2 Gold (Essay, Super Quiz), 4 Bronze (Music, Art, Math, Speech)
Kevin Que, sophomore - 1 Silver (Language/Literature)
Angel Dubon, senior - 3 Gold (Social Science, Speech, Interview), 2 Silver (Language/Literature, Music)
Jonathon Rivera, senior - 1 Silver (Super Quiz), 3 Bronze (Language/Literature, Math, Speech)
Sasha Nasrabadi, freshman - 1 Bronze (Music)