MADERA COUNTY MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES – The 39th Madera County Academic Decathlon and the first virtual competition had 7 schools competing on February 6, 2021 in the 10 event competition answering questions based on the topic “The Cold War.”
Madera High South High School was the overall winner with our own Glacier High School Charter coming in second only 51.7 points behind and finishing in third was Liberty High School.
Madera High South finished with a total of 28,727.6 points and will advance to the California Academic Decathlon and compete against the best teams in the state March 19-21, 2021.
Chawanakee Academy Charter, Chowchilla Union High School, Madera High School, Matilda Torres High School and Yosemite High School made up the 7 schools competing this year.
“We are proud of all of our student decathletes for participation virtually this year. Their dedication ad determination to succeed is inspiring,” said Dr. Cecilia Massetti, Madera County Superintendent of Schools.
Glacier High School Charter won the Super Quiz Competition. The Super Quiz was held via zoom this year. Students were allowed to communicate with their fellow members via phone while while Dr. Massetti read the questions on Zoom.
Family, friends and supporters were invited to watch the Super Quiz live on YouTube.
Decathlon teams have 25 members competing in three levels of competition: Honor, Scholastic, and Varsity students. Competition levels are based on the students’ grade point average.
All tests were held online, including the speech and interview competitions . Community members volunteered to judge this year’s competition via Zoom. Students entered individual breakout rooms and delivered speeches and were interviewed for competition.
A total of 124 medals were handed out at the awards ceremony.
Chawanakee Academy Charter received a total of 4 medals: 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze. Chowchilla Union High received 15 medals: 3 gold, 6 silver and 6 bronze. Glacier High Charter received 33 medals: 7 gold, 14 silver and 12 bronze. Liberty High was awarded 23 medals: 6 gold, 7 silver and 10 bronze. Madera High received 4 bronze medals. Madera South High received 28 medals: 11 gold, 9 silver and 8 bronze. Matilda Torres High School received 5 medals: 2 gold and 3 bronze. Yosemite High was awarded 12 medals: 5 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze.
To view the virtual awards ceremony video click here: https://youtu.be/FoVu6qfNCNQ
Abril Chavez, a senior from Madera South High School was the top scoring decathlete for the second year, scoring 6,025.3 points out of 10,000 across the 10 events. She received the EECU Outstanding Scholar Award of $500.00.
The top scoring senior from each school will receive a $100 scholarship. The following students earned the senior honors:
Glacier High School Charter – Clayton Wallen
Liberty High School – Aaliyah Razvi
Madera South High School – Abril Chavez
Yosemite High School – Lexey Jenkins-Nyce
The Madera South team members who will be participating in the state competition, led by coach Leslie Rouse are: Honors Division-Abril Chavez, Glorimar Cortez-Velasquez, Angelita Daza-Mendez; Scholastic Division-Syan Chavira, Eddie Ramon-Gonzalez, Emily Santos; Varsity Division-Daniel Lupian Ceja, Miguel Ortiz-Garcia, Jonathan Wiggins.
“We wish the Madera South team the best of luck at the state competition,” said Dr. Massetti.
The Madera County Academic Decathlon is funded by donations from local businesses and community members. The Madera County Schools Foundation proudly supports the event.
Here is a list of all medal winners:
Art
Honor
Gold: Cole Muraszewski, Glacier High School
Silver: Winston Samuelson, Chawanakee Academy Charter
Bronze: Tigerlilly King, Glacier High School
Bronze: Berit Scott, Yosemite High School
Scholastic
Gold: McKenna Kilian, Yosemite High School
Silver: Elijah Mills, Glacier High School
Bronze: Magaly Mendoza-Cruz, Matilda Torres High School
Varsity
Gold: Jonathan Wiggins, Madera South High School
Silver: Daniel Lupian Ceja, Madera South High School
Bronze: Corban Stanford, Glacier High School
Economics
Honor
Gold: Nicholas Fongemie, Liberty High School
Silver: Angelita Daza-Mendez, Madera South High School
Bronze: Cole Muraszewski, Glacier High School
Scholastic
Gold: Hunter McGowan, Chowchilla Union High School
Silver: McKenna Kilian, Yosemite High School
Bronze: Elijah Mills, Glacier High School
Bronze: Clayton Wallen, Glacier High School
Varsity
Gold: Daniel Lupian Ceja, Madera South High School
Silver: Jonathan Wiggins, Madera South High School
Bronze: Alexandra Melchor, Madera South High School
Bronze: Samuel Rauschenberg, Liberty High School
Bronze: Rajdeep Singh, Chowchilla Union High School
Essay
Honor
Gold: Abril Chavez, Madera South High School
Gold: Kayla Peterson, Yosemite High School
Silver: Yevgevny Beams, Glacier High School
Bronze: Jacqueline Bolanos, Matilda Torres High School
Scholastic
Gold: Ryan Avila, Liberty High School
Silver: John Reynoso-Mendoza, Liberty High School
Bronze: Daniel Santiago Lopez, Madera High School
Varsity
Gold: Miguel Ortiz-Garcia, Madera South High School
Silver: Jenesis Borrego-Ruiz, Chowchilla Union High School
Bronze: Charles Grijalva, Liberty High School
Interview
Honor
Gold: Yevgevny Beams, Glacier High School
Silver: Cole Muraszewski, Glacier High School
Silver: Aaliyah Razvi, Liberty High School
Bronze: Abril Chavez, Madera South High School
Bronze: Glorimar Cortes-Velasquez, Madera South High School
Bronze: Camryn Mills, Glacier High School
Scholastic
Gold: John Reynoso-Mendoza, Liberty High School
Silver: McKenna Kilian, Yosemite High School
Bronze: Emma Piedra, Liberty High School
Varsity
Gold: Daniel Lupian Ceja, Madera South High School
Silver: Yesenia Sanchez, Chowchilla Union High School
Silver: Corban Stanford, Glacier High School
Bronze: Carlos Briceno, Liberty High School
Language & Literature
Honor
Gold: Eli Lockwood, Glacier High School
Gold: Winston Samuelson, Chawanakee Academy Charter
Silver: Kayla Peterson, Yosemite High School
Bronze: Cole Muraszewski, Glacier High School
Scholastic
Gold: Elijah Mills, Glacier High School
Silver: Jennifer Hernandez-Penafiel, Chowchilla Union High School
Bronze: McKenna Kilian, Yosemite High School
Varsity
Gold: Jonathan Wiggins, Madera South High School
Silver: Daniel Lupian Ceja, Madera South High School
Bronze: Corban Stanford, Glacier High School
Mathematics
Honor
Gold: Jackson Roeder, Glacier High School
Silver: Abril Chavez, Madera South High School
Silver: Aaliyah Razvi, Liberty High School
Bronze: Angelita Daza-Mendez, Madera South High School
Scholastic
Gold: Hunter McGowan, Chowchilla Union High School
Silver: John Reynoso-Mendoza, Liberty High School
Bronze: Jennifer Hernandez-Penafiel, Chowchilla Union High School
Bronze: Alexis Ward, Madera High School
Varsity
Gold: Miguel Ortiz-Garcia, Madera South High School
Gold: Cameron Schoolcraft, Liberty High School
Gold: Jonathan Wiggins, Madera South High School
Silver: Charles Grijalva, Liberty High School
Silver: Austin Medlock, Liberty High School
Silver: Rajdeep Singh, Chowchilla Union High School
Silver: Corban Stanford, Glacier High School
Bronze: Noah Clark, Liberty High School
Bronze: Daniel Lupian Ceja, Madera South High School
Bronze: Caleb Mills, Glacier High School
Bronze: Samuel Rauschenberg, Liberty High School
Bronze: Yesenia Sanchez, Chowchilla Union High School
Bronze: Lily Vang, Liberty High School
Music
Honor
Gold: Lexey Jenkins-Nyce, Yosemite High School
Silver: Eli Lockwood, Glacier High School
Bronze: Winston Samuelson, Chawanakee Academy Charter
Scholastic
Gold: McKenna Kilian, Yosemite High School
Silver: Adrian Aldridge, Glacier High School
Silver: Hunter McGowan, Chowchilla Union High School
Bronze: Logan Chand, Madera South High School
Bronze: Jennifer Hernandez-Penafiel, Chowchilla Union High School
Bronze: Magaly Mendoza-Cruz, Matilda Torres High School
Bronze: Daniel Santiago Lopez, Madera High School
Varsity
Gold: Daniel Lupian Ceja, Madera South High School
Silver: Alexandra Melchor, Madera South High School
Silver: Jonathan Wiggins, Madera South High School
Bronze: Caleb Mills, Glacier High School
Science
Honor
Gold: Abril Chavez, Madera South High School
Silver: Yevgevny Beams, Glacier High School
Silver: Cole Muraszewski, Glacier High School
Bronze: Emma Henson, Chowchilla Union High School
Scholastic
Gold: John Reynoso-Mendoza, Liberty High School
Silver: McKenna Kilian, Yosemite High School
Bronze: Emily Santos, Madera South High School
Bronze: Daniel Santiago Lopez, Madera High School
Varsity
Gold: Corban Stanford, Glacier High School
Silver: Rajdeep Singh, Chowchilla Union High School
Silver: Jonathan Wiggins, Madera South High School
Bronze: Alexis Gil, Madera South High School
Bronze: Caleb Mills, Glacier High School
Social Science
Honor
Gold: Jacqueline Bolanos, Matilda Torres High School
Silver: Eli Lockwood, Glacier High School
Silver: Cole Muraszewski, Glacier High School
Bronze: Jolee Harvey, Chowchilla Union High School
Scholastic
Gold: Magaly Mendoza-Cruz, Matilda Torres High School
Gold: Elijah Mills, Glacier High School
Silver: John Reynoso-Mendoza, Liberty High School
Bronze: McKenna Kilian, Yosemite High School
Varsity
Gold: Miguel Ortiz-Garcia, Madera South High School
Silver: Jonathan Wiggins, Madera South High School
Bronze: Carlos Briceno, Liberty High School
Speech
Honor
Gold: Lexey Jenkins-Nyce, Yosemite High School
Silver: Yevgevny Beams, Glacier High School
Bronze: Aaliyah Razvi, Liberty High School
Bronze: Winston Samuelson, Chawanakee Academy Charter
Scholastic
Gold: John Reynoso-Mendoza, Liberty High School
Silver: Adrian Aldridge, Glacier High School
Bronze: Skyler Poodry, Liberty High School
Varsity
Gold: Yesenia Sanchez Chowchilla Union High School
Silver: Corban Stanford, Glacier High School
Bronze: Kalei Reed, Glacier High School
