We Won! We Won!

I have the great privilege of being the assistant coach for our school's Academic Decathlon Team and they ROCKED THE HOUSE at our regional competition this past weekend. It was fantastic!!!
We rode the big yellow school bus down to Lufkin (in East Texas) and spent Thursday-Sunday in a lovely Holiday Inn Express there. The kids have worked soooo hard, and it really paid off. We won our region and now we're prepping for state next month in Houston. Here is the official rundown of all our medals. A GREAT WEEKEND!

As you will see if you read the results, AD competes in 10 categories. We won medals in 8. In Lang/Lit, every member of our team won a medal. Read the results and be impressed with the terrific kids at Grand Prairie High School.

Medals won at Region 12 Competition by the GPHS Academic Decathlon Team:

Overall Team: Gold Medal—first place for the GPHS Gophers

Individual Overall Ribbons and Medals:

Varsity Division:

4^th Place: Derric Edwards

2^nd Place: Jamilla Obsiye

Gold Medal: Lupe Regalado

Scholastic Division:

5^th Place: Ana Rodriguez

3^rd Place: Houston Chapman

Gold Medal: Kaelin Cali (this is the second consecutive year that Kaelin has been the number 1 Scholastic competitor at the regional competition

Honors Division:

5^th Place: Christopher Sherrill

2^nd Place: Christian Rodriguez

Gold Medal: Martha Alvarez

Science:

Varsity Division:

Gold medal: Derric Edwards

Scholastic Division:

3^rd Place: Houston Chapman

Gold Medal: Kaelin Cali

Super Quiz—Individual:

Varsity Division:

2^nd Place: Lupe Regalado

Gold Medal: Jamilla Obsiye

Scholastic Division:

2^nd Place: Ana Rodriguez

Gold Medal: Kaelin Cali

Honors Division:

2^nd Place: Martha Alvarez

Gold Medal: Christopher Sherrill

Super Quiz—Team Relay:

Gold Medal—Grand Prairie High School

Super Quiz Team—Combined Relay and Written Test:

Gold Medal—Grand Prairie High School

Economics:

Varsity Division:

3^rd Place: Lupe Regalado

Gold Medal: Derric Edwards

Scholastic Division:

Gold Medal: Kaelin Cali

Honors Division:

Gold Medal: Christian Rodriguez

Language and Literature: (every member of the GPHS team won a medal in this category—nine out of nine)

Varsity Division:

3^rd Place: Derric Edwards

2^nd Place: Jamilla Obsiye

Gold Medal: Lupe Regalado

Scholastic Division:

3^rd Place: Houston Chapman

2^nd Place: Ana Rodriguez

Gold Medal: Kaelin Cali

Honors Division:

3^rd Place: Christopher Sherrill

2^nd Place: Christian Rodriguez

Gold Medal: Martha Alvarez

Music: (GPHS won 8 medals in this category)

Varsity Division:

2^nd Place: Derric Edwards

Gold Medal: Jamilla Obsiye

Scholastic Division:

3^rd Place: Ana Rodriguez

2^nd Place: Houston Chapman

Gold Medal: Kaelin Cali

Honors Division:

3^rd Place: Christian Rodriguez

2^nd Place: (tie) Martha Alvarez and Christopher Sherrill

Art: (GPHS won 8 medals in this category)

Varsity Division:

3^rd Place: Derric Edwards

2^nd Place: Lupe Regalado

Gold Medal: Jamilla Obsiye

Scholastic Division:

2^nd Place: Ana Rodriguez

Gold Medal: Kaelin Cali

Honors Division:

3^rd Place: Christopher Sherrill

2^nd Place: Martha Alvarez

Gold Medal: Christian Rodriguez

Speech:

Scholastic Division:

2^nd Place: Houston Chapman

Essay:

Varsity Division:

Gold Medal: Lupe Regalado

Honors Division:

Gold Medal: Martha Alvarez