Academic Decathlon

ACADEC encourages and rewards academic excellence by motivating and preparing students through cooperative and competitive events.  This is an event held for all secondary students public and private throughout California.  Students, initially, compete at the county level.  The winner of the county competition will go on to compete at the state level.  ACADEC partners with businesses, foundations, and individuals in cooperation with the educational community and the county offices of education. 

Students compete in teams which consist of nine students from the same school.  Students compete as individuals and as team members in a series of ten academic tests and demonstrations in the following categories: mathematics, economics, social science, super quiz, art, language & literature, music, essay, interview, and speech.  In the music category, the students must learn a repertoire.  Annually, the symphony plays a concert, for the ACADEC contestants, with the ACADEC repertoire.  If the theme for the year is not symphonic music then the Stockton Symphony will provide ACADEC with the musician and singers to play that year’s repertoire. 

For more information please contact, the

San Joaquin County of Education at  www.sjcoe.org