Johnston’s State Ac Dec Results

Johnston’s Academic Decathlon team competed in the State Competition at Waterloo East High School, March 6-7.  Besides having a lot of fun, the team finished in the top six, earning five individual medals and the third best overall score amongst alternates. Team members and their awards are listed below. Academic Decathlon is coached by JHS teacher Sue Cline. Congratulations to all!

Honors
Matthew Ding (12)  –  1st place Economics, 2nd place Math
Owen Smith (12) – 2nd place Speech, 2nd place Literature.
Adam Ehler (10)

Scholastic
Sam Dolde (12)
Will Anderson (10) – 3rd place Social Science
Fabiola Castaneda (11)

Varsity
Payton Blahut (11)
Alex Heron (10)
Jacob Knox (12)

Alternates
Honors Alternate Morgan Dunn (11) – 3rd place overall
Scholastic Alternate Fanuel Akakpo (10)

2020 State Ac Dec

Pictured are Johnston students on the 2020 Academic Decathlon team that recently competed at state.