Par High Students Outsmart Competition, Win Regional Academic Decathlon

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – These kids are smart. No, like really smart.

The Parsippany High School Academic Decathlon Team recently participated in the New Jersey Regional Competition and blew away its opponents.

The team took first place in the region and won the Super Quiz, and will no go on to the state competition to be held at Ramapo Hills High School.

The Academic Decathlon is a 10-event scholastic competition for high school students including math, science, social science, literature, economics, art, music, speech, essay and interview. The Parsippany team took home a whopping 69 awards from the competition.

Parsippany’s team is lead by science teacher Nancy Lennon and media specialist Stacy Cozin.

Team members include: Will Chen, Anne Cheng, Joyce David, Rohan Khajuria, Nikita Kolotov, Hugh Kwong, Katherine Yang, Adam Ye and Ellie Xu

Photo Courtesy Parsippany-Troy Hills School District