Warrenton High School placed second in the regional Academic Challenge competition recently held in Washington, and will advance to the sectional tournament later this month.
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Warrenton High School placed second in the regional Academic Challenge competition recently held in Washington, and will advance to the sectional tournament later this month.
Warrenton High School teachers Michael Shaw and Rebecca Joens took varsity and junior varsity students to East Central College Feb. 16 to compete in the Academic Challenge, a competition of academic knowledge measured by taking tests in two out of seven categories. The categories were biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering design, english, mathematics and physics. As a team, Warrenton placed second out of six teams. They only finished two points behind Washington High School, who finished first in the region.
With the second place finish, the students advance to the sectional competition, which will be a virtual format, Shaw said.
“The top two from each division advance to sectionals,” Shaw said. “And that’s going to be virtual because they don’t want us traveling anywhere. … But it’s going to be the first two weeks of March and we have to pick the days and line everything up.”
Three Warrenton students placed first or second in at least one category. Roy Briggs placed in the top two in two categories. He placed first in computer science and second in English. Luke Rausch placed second in chemistry. Ian Vacek placed second in mathematics. Vacek also placed third in physics.
Grant Beuchner, Ethan King and Rachel Moore all placed third in one category. Beuchner placed third in biology, King placed third in engineering graphics, and Moore placed third in chemistry. Shaw confirmed there were about 30 students on average taking each test.
Joens likes the variety of categories offered to get students involved.
“I think what’s also cool is that even though science teachers are sponsoring it, it includes all disciplines,” Joens said. “It’s science. It’s math. It’s engineering, English. So it’s not just saying you have to be strong in science to be on the team. You can be strong all across the board or even outside of our department.”
Shaw said students who placed in the top two are required to stay in the same categories for the next level of competition. If students did not place in the top two, they are allowed to take a test in a different category.
