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< Back to GAD Home Georgia Academic Decathlon Round 1 Scores 2023-24 Round 1 Scores The below teams participated in this year’s Round 1 Scrimmage. Round 1 consists of only the 7 objective tests. * Missing one student’s scores. ** Missing multiple students or tests. No score to report. Clayton Elite Scholars Academy 24,234 Atlanta North Atlanta 15,281 Richmond AR Johnson 15,102 Floyd Armuchee 14,754 Floyd Model 13,234 Richmond Davidson 12,741 Floyd Coosa 12,602 Atlanta Therrell 12,291 Floyd Pepperell 12,154 GISA Holy Innocents' 11,865 * Dougherty Monroe 10,570 * Richmond Hephzibah 9,558 Dougherty Westover ** Dougherty Dougherty ** Gwinnett North Gwinnett ** Catoosa Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe ** RETURN TO GEORGIA ACADEMIC DECATHLON HOME Back to Top CONTACT: Michelle Crawford GAD State Director mcrawford@pageinc.org 404-414-3041

Learn More About PAGE STAR. < Back to STAR Home Student Teacher Academic Recognition (STAR) STAR Timeline and Awards September 8, 2026 (immediately following Labor Day) High school counselors/STAR school contacts, principals and superintendents are provided with instructions for processing STAR Student nominations online, the STAR Manual, and the STAR Student Nomination Link. October 13, 2026 - Online STAR Student Nomination website opens to receive nominations Please read the STAR Nomination and Declaration Procedures before submitting nominations to avoid problems with qualified nominees. November 7, 2026 - Last SAT TEST DATE for STAR November 20: Online and paper score reports will be available. December 4, 2026 - Nomination DEADLINE for both STAR Student and STAR Teacher It is imperative that the counselor review the STAR Announcement Procedure to ensure that the student is not told of his or her STAR status until the online process is completed and official confirmation is received online (immediately after input). If the school has not heard from the STAR office regarding a questionable nomination by January 1, the student and teacher submitted are the declared STAR Student and Teacher. December 15 – 20, 2026 - NAMES OF WINNERS provided to the LOCAL SPONSORS ONLY The PAGE STAR office provides the names of the high school winners and system winners to local sponsors only . Certificates and list of Region Recognition Events are also provided to sponsors. Local sponsors contact high schools to set their local recognitions and announce STAR winners to the news media and community. January 1 – 19, 2027 - Local Sponsors will contact counselors, students, and teachers regarding plans for the local recognitions January 19, 2027 - STAR Announcements (immediately following MLK Day) High school counselors may announce the names of their STAR Student and Teacher to the public if the local sponsor has not contacted them regarding plans to make an official announcement. Should a school need to announce the winner earlier than scheduled (example: Awards Day), the school should contact the local sponsor and arrange details. January 10 – February 20, 2027 - Local Recognitions February 20 is the last possible date to hold local recognitions due to the necessary lead-time needed for Region Chairs to organize region recognitions. February 20 – March 20, 2027 - Regional Recognitions March 20 is the last possible date to allow time for Region Winners to file biographical data required for the state competition. April 24, 2027 - State PAGE STAR Competition and Banquet All STARs are invited to attend the STAR Banquet held at the Edgar H. Wilson Center at the Macon Centerplex, 240 Coliseum Drive, Macon GA 31217. Awards and Scholarships High School Winners Guests of local sponsors at the local recognition events High school PAGE STAR winner certificates Special memento presented only to local winners who attend the State PAGE STAR Banquet School System Winners Guests of local sponsors at recognition events Scholarships/awards – optional for local sponsor (Several local sponsors present scholarships/awards to local STAR winners.) System PAGE STAR winner certificates Region Winners Guests of local sponsors at region recognition Region Winner certificates presented at region recognition Hand blown glass stars presented at State PAGE STAR Banquet Cash awards presented at region recognition State Winners & Runners-up Etched crystal award Cash scholarships and awards RETURN TO STAR HOME Back to Top

Such an honor to present at Clark Atlanta University’s School of Education! < Back to Membership News Such an honor to present at Clark Atlanta University’s School of Education! PAGE staff attorney Lauren Atkinson provided attendees with information and real-world application of multiple standards of the Georgia Professional Standards Commission’s Code of Ethics for Educators. Insights shared explored topics such as “something happened: where were you?” and the “have you ever” question. Thank you to all who attended – and special thanks to Clark-Atlanta School of Education and Clark Atlanta University for the opportunity! From left are Dr. J. Fidel Turner, Jr., Dean of the Clark Atlanta University School of Education; Gina Tucker, PAGE Membership Services Representative; Atkinson; Dr. Kim Foster, PAGE College Services Representative; and Dr. Valerie P. Bennett, Assistant Professor, STEM Education at Clark Atlanta University School of Education. < Previous Next >

< RETURN TO GEORGIA ACADEMIC DECATHLON STATE COMPETITION Georgia Academic Decathlon Round 1 Scores - 2025-26 2025-26 Round 1 Scores The following 21 teams participated in this year’s Round 1 Scrimmage. Round 1 consists of only the 7 objective tests. * missing one score, " missing two scores, ^ missing three or more scores District - School - Score Clayton - Elite Scholars Academy - 29,781 Atlanta - North Atlanta - 18,066 Muscogee- Columbus - 17,285 Richmond - Laney - 17,165 Floyd - Model - 16,742 Richmond - Davidson - 16,092 Dougherty - Westover - 15,864 Floyd - Armuchee - 15,514 Floyd - Coosa - 15,348 Richmond - AR Johnson - 15,173 Atlanta - Washington - 14,890 Rockdale - Rockdale - 14,485 Atlanta - Mays - 12,737 Atlanta - Jackson - 12,605 Dougherty - Monroe - 12,391 Muscogee - Kendrick - 11,925 Richmond - Hephzibah - 10,252 * Atlanta - BEST - 9,878 * Floyd - Pepperell - 9,569 " Richmond - Butler - 5,881 ^ Dougherty - Dougherty - 3,697 ^ < RETURN TO GEORGIA ACADEMIC DECATHLON STATE COMPETITION Back to Top CONTACT: Michelle Crawford GAD State Director mcrawford@pageinc.org 404-414-3041

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2024 STAR Region Winners STAR Region 1 Grayson Sneed STAR STUDENT Mr. Billy Singletary STAR TEACHER Whitfield County Coahulla Creek High School Kiwanis Club of Dalton STAR Region 3A Pranaya Balaji STAR STUDENT Mr. Joe League STAR TEACHER Cobb County George Walton High School Metro Marietta Kiwanis Club STAR Region 3A Andrew David Fang STAR STUDENT Mr. Doug Wolfe STAR TEACHER Cobb County George Walton High School Metro Marietta Kiwanis Club STAR Region 3A Omer Mustafa Inan STAR STUDENT Mrs. Tamara Hollingsworth STAR TEACHER Cobb County George Walton High School Metro Marietta Kiwanis Club STAR Region 3A Parv Mahajan STAR STUDENT Ms. Julia Rachkovskiy STAR TEACHER Gwinnett County Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Partnership Gwinnett STAR Region 3A Kinley Michelle Sikes STAR STUDENT Mr. Jason Hardin STAR TEACHER Cherokee County Creekview High School Canton Lions Club STAR Region 3A Jillian Vacha STAR STUDENT Mrs. Andrea Boyce STAR TEACHER Gwinnett County North Gwinnett High School Partnership Gwinnett STAR Region 3A Henry Yu STAR STUDENT Mr. Kent Ames STAR TEACHER Forsyth County South Forsyth High School Cumming Kiwanis Club STAR Region 3B Rush William Maples STAR STUDENT Ms. Christie Leanza STAR TEACHER Fayette County Starr's Mill High School Kiwanis Club of Fayette County STAR Region 5 Raymond Yao STAR STUDENT Mrs. Storie Atkins STAR TEACHER Muscogee County Columbus High School Rotary Club of Columbus STAR Region 6 William Steinfeld STAR STUDENT Mrs. Alisha Rochon STAR TEACHER Baldwin County Georgia Military College High School Milledgeville-Baldwin County Chamber of Commerce STAR Region 8 Emiline Wayde Baxter STAR STUDENT Mr. AJ Goldman STAR TEACHER Chatham County Savannah Country Day School Kiwanis Club of Savannah STAR Region 9 Evan Jacob Ariail STAR STUDENT Mr. Charles Gammel STAR TEACHER Thomasville City Thomasville High School Kiwanis Club of Thomasville STAR Region 11 Cody Bryan Page STAR STUDENT Mr. Jess Coleman STAR TEACHER Ware County Ware County High School Waycross-Ware County Chamber of Commerce STAR Region 2 Yumeng He STAR STUDENT Mrs. Nicole Ager STAR TEACHER Rabun County Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School Rabun County Chamber of Commerce / Forward Rabun, Inc. STAR Region 3A Katherine Taylor Carter STAR STUDENT Ms. Alissa Jean STAR TEACHER Cobb County Wheeler High School Metro Marietta Kiwanis Club STAR Region 3A Sebastian Flores STAR STUDENT Ms. Caitlen Stovall STAR TEACHER Forsyth County Denmark High School Cumming Kiwanis Club STAR Region 3A Gordon Lichtstein STAR STUDENT Mr. Henry Tsay STAR TEACHER Decatur City Decatur High School Decatur Rotary Club STAR Region 3A Kyan Nguyen STAR STUDENT Mr. Paul Chance STAR TEACHER Cobb County Wheeler High School Metro Marietta Kiwanis Club STAR Region 3A Alexander Thomas STAR STUDENT Mr. Brad Davis STAR TEACHER Forsyth County Alliance Academy for Innovation Cumming Kiwanis Club STAR Region 3A Jillian Sara Yoder STAR STUDENT Mr. Elliott Reid STAR TEACHER Atlanta City North Atlanta High School Kiwanis Club of Atlanta, Inc. STAR Region 3A Hudson Zhou STAR STUDENT Ms. Saru Bhardwaj STAR TEACHER Forsyth County Lambert High School Cumming Kiwanis Club STAR Region 4 John Nesbit STAR STUDENT Mr. Jake Forrester STAR TEACHER Oconee County Oconee County High School Oconee County Chamber of Commerce STAR Region 6 Shiva Kevin Soundappan STAR STUDENT Mr. Daryl Leslie STAR TEACHER Houston County Houston County High School Perry Area Chamber of Commerce STAR Region 7 Samuel Joseph Hobbs STAR STUDENT Mr. Steven Hahn STAR TEACHER Columbia County Evans High School Harlem Woman's Club STAR Region 8 Eli Compton STAR STUDENT Mrs. Ashley Thompson STAR TEACHER Bulloch County Statesboro High School Bulloch County Foundation STAR Region 10 James Lanford Scott STAR STUDENT Mr. Jonathan Payne STAR TEACHER Lowndes County Lowndes High School Azalea City Civic Club

Serving members in Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Pelham City, Quitman, Randolph, Seminole, Stewart, Sumter, Terrell, Thomas, Thomasville City, Webster, and Worth < Back Michele Dechman Membership Services Representative mdechman@pageinc.org Michele has served as a PAGE MSR since 2022. Following a 30-year career in public schools, she continues to be an advocate for teachers. Michele loves visiting schools, making connections with educators, and sharing the many benefits of PAGE membership. Michele, who lives in Thomasville, Georgia received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Florida State University and her specialist degree from Valdosta State University. She is married to an educator and has one son attending Kennesaw State University. In her free time, Michele enjoys watching sports, reading fiction, and getting creative with canvas paintings.

< RETURN TO GEORGIA ACADEMIC DECATHLON HOME Georgia Academic Decathlon GAD General FAQs Click here to access the GAD Essay FAQs Click here to access the GAD Speech FAQs Q: Is it OK to offer Academic Decathlon as a class? A: Several Georgia schools do and have very successfully offered the decathlon curriculum as an elective course in the last few years. The number of schools offering the curriculum as an elective course is growing. Some schools do not because few kids would be able to fit it into their schedule due to AP and Fine Arts classes. Q: What kinds of materials should a team purchase? A: A successful team can simply purchase the basic USAD materials (around $700 for a license to download the materials for unlimited students at one school). Additional materials are also available from USAD and some outside vendors. Many coaches find purchasing the practice tests and some other study materials helpful, but not necessary. Occasionally, books and other resources can be found and purchased from the bookstore that relate to the topic (e.g., the year we studied the Lewis and Clark Expedition, a nice Lewis and Clark diary was available for purchase for $2.99). Q: What kind of outside resources should a team acquire? A: Other than the USAD materials just use the library/internet to independently research most things. Q: How can coaches know what is going to be on the tests? A: You can never really know for sure what will be on the tests other than the published allocated percentages for subcategories (e.g., 20% of Art is fundamental concepts). Sometimes, there are questions that surprise the students. The practice and scrimmage tests (USAD packages) are helpful to understand the format of the questions for each subject area. Coaches are never to administer the tests, see the tests, or be in the same room with any of the tests — even if it is after the administration. Q: Are there places to obtain additional resources? A: The official website www.usad.org is a good resource. Images of all of the art pieces are available online as are several other resources including curriculum outlines. Q: How does Academic Decathlon work as an Independent study course work? A: Students who are identified as gifted in their school records can take a course during 9th-12th grades called “Directed Study”. The one-semester class gives gifted students a chance to independently study a topic of interest to them. They select the curriculum and they keep track of their progress and even calculate their own grade (with teacher oversight). Students can weave the Academic Decathlon curriculum into their Directed Study curriculum contract quite easily. Q: How can you prepare students for the nebulous/vague topics (e.g. calculus)? A: Other than paying attention to the types of questions on the practice/scrimmage tests, the best thing coaches can do is to make sure that the students really understand the basic concepts. Some students may have thorough knowledge of several subjects from previous courses and they can be assets to their teammates. Q: How do you recruit students for the team? A: Advertise your team meetings, mention Decathlon in your classes, invite students to bring other students, and always have food available. The minimum number of students you need for a legal team is six students, the maximum number is nine. Finding the right students is the key. The final team must have two to three students whose USAD GPA fits into each of the Honor, Scholastic, and Varsity categories. Q: How often does your team practice? A: Meet at least twice a week for about 2 hours each time. Some teams meet before school and on weekends; others rarely do. However, this is very common in other states like California, Texas, Arizona, and Massachusetts . . Much of what the students need to know, they can learn independently. The more time the team spends practicing together, the better they will know the material, and the better they will do at the events. Q: How do you prepare students for the various subject areas? A: Use the personal resources available to you in your school and family. The areas that teams often need outside help for are Music and Art. Preparing for the performance areas (speech, interview, and essay), however, is very rewarding. It is really rewarding to observe a shy student develop confidence in him/herself as they get better and better at public speaking. After all, this is one of the purposes of Academic Decathlon. < RETURN TO GEORGIA ACADEMIC DECATHLON HOME Back to Top CONTACT: Michelle Crawford GAD State Director mcrawford@pageinc.org 404-414-3041

< Back to GAD Home Georgia Academic Decathlon Speech Judges & Timers Volunteer Information Date: Saturday, February 24, 2024Time: 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Location: Kennesaw State University (more directions in 2024 Speech Volunteer Letter link) Download 2024 Speech Volunteer Letter and Parking Instructions here. Understanding the Speech Rubric Thanks to all of you who have volunteered to judge the Speech event of the PAGE Georgia Academic Decathlon. For the few hours of your time spent in this endeavor, you will be rewarded by witnessing the results of the hard work and creativity of some fine young people. The Speech event of PAGE GAD is the least restrictive of the events in that the decathletes can choose their own topic on which to base their prepared speeches. They are cautioned by their coaches that the topic and delivery must be in good taste, but that is about it as far as restrictions. Expect to hear some wildly creative presentations as well as some fairly staid ones. SPEECH JUDGES In the training session you will be instructed as to how to score each section of the Speech Rubric. Download the rubric here. (This is just a sample. All speeches will be scored electronically on a personal device utilizing a Google form.) As a judge you will be listening for the expected development of each speech - opening, body, and conclusion. You will then determine how effective the speech was; that is, how did the audience receive the speech. Was it interesting? The correctness of language is another element to be considered. Does the speaker have command of proper grammar and punctuation? Appropriateness of language will be judged by whether the language promotes clear understanding and fits the occasion. An interesting element to evaluate is speech value. Is the speaker relating something meaningful to you as a listener? The decathletes will have been coached on using the proper voice, using a variety of pitches, volume, and rate to be clearly understood. The last element to be evaluated is the non-verbal aspect. This would include appearance, body language, and mannerisms. During the training session, I will be showing you some examples of speeches which will range from poor to excellent. We will try to set some benchmarks for evaluating each of the elements. If the past is any indicator, your most difficult task will be to score an average speech as average, a poor speech as poor, and to save the highest scores for the truly excellent presentations. I will do my best to help you make those judgments. Be assured that you will be in for a highly entertaining few hours. SPEECH TIMERS Using timers on their personal digital devices or GAD-issued stopwatches, time the competitors' speeches, giving warnings if the speeches are in danger of going over the allotted times. Once the speeches are finished, the Speech Timers record the times so that Speech Judges can issue scoring penalties if necessary. Thanks again for the time you are willing to contribute. Heather Dobson GAD Speech Judges Coordinator Return to Volunteer Information Page RETURN TO GEORGIA ACADEMIC DECATHLON HOME Back to Top CONTACT: Michelle Crawford GAD State Director mcrawford@pageinc.org 404-414-3041