From staff reports
North Clarion decathletes received a plaque after winning second place in the small schools division at the regional academic decathlon Feb. 15 and 16 at Edinboro University. North Clarion placed sixth in the small and large schools division and took home 15 individual medals.
Decathletes compete in three divisions: honors, scholastic and varsity. The following North Clarion decathletes won medals.
Lia Evans, 12th grade, honors division: gold in math; silver in speech
Cole Anderson, ninth grade, scholastic division: gold in music; silver in economics, social science and art; bronze in literature
Avari Schwabenbauer, 12th grade, scholastic division: bronze in math
Josh Gearhart, 12th grade, scholastic division: bronze in interview
Parker Evans, ninth grade, varsity division: bronze in math
Piper Deese, 12th grade, varsity division: gold in math; bronze in essay and speech
Schwabenbauer and Deese set new school records at the regional competition. This year’s math test was statistics. Statistics was recently added to the district’s curriculum, which helped decathletes take home five math medals.
North Clarion qualifies for the state competition March 15 and 16 at Carlisle High School in Carlisle.
USAD Nationals are April 25 to 27 in Bloomington, Minn. The 2018-19 curricular theme is The 1960s: A Transformational Decade. North Clarion students have spent the year studying political figures, music and civil issues from that era, among other things.