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Dear Academic Decathlon Coaches and Team Members: Welcome to the 2010-2011 competition year of the Utah Academic Decathlon. Congratulations to Park City High School for their 5th Place finish in the Small School Division at the 2010 US Academic Decathlon Competition held in Omaha, Nebraska in April, 2010. I look forward to joining our top high school at the 2011 National Competition to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, April 27-30, 2011. USAD's curriculum is an interdisciplinary curriculum in which a selected theme is integrated across six different subject areas: art, economics, language and literature, music, science and social science. The theme for this year’s curriculum is The Great Depression. While in most subjects the majority of the topics relate to the overall curricular theme, some topics that cover fundamentals may also be included to encourage a thorough unerstanding of the subject area as a whole. The selected literature is The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. In this web site you will find a Study Guide to get you excited about this year. It is a great resource for new coaches and the start everyone needs. Please refer to the Utah Academic Decathlon state web site at www.utad.org or the United State’s Academic Decathlon web site at www.usad.org for additional information. Our goal is to communicate the importance of academic achievement by motivating high schools in Utah to sponsor Academic Decathlon teams. There is no better way for a high school to shine in academics than to let their students showcase their abilities in the areas of Essay, Speech and Interview, Art, Music, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Super Quiz, and Language and Literature The Academic Decathlon is unlike any other high school event. Students compete in everything we value in the working community. This year’s state competition will be held March 10-12, 2011 at Dixie State College. If you have any questions, please call the UAD State Director, Ed Rogers, at (435) 674-8403 or email him at erogers@dixie.edu. I welcome all Utah high schools to take part in learning something about this important time in World History. Sincerely, Edwin F. Rogers, Jr. |