OCAD Moves on to State!

Westminster High School's OCAD team has been invited to the California Academic Decathlon competition for the 16th consecutive year! The competition had to be virtual again this year, but the students maintained their motivation to challenge themselves intellectually, grow as a team and achieve their goals throughout the competition season. Yesterday evening, we all (including Principal Sabol) watched the virtual awards ceremony from Room G3 and celebrated the decathletes' accomplishments. 


ACHIEVEMENTS

These amazing students have been studying since June 2021. The theme for this year’s competition was “Water: A Most Essential Resource” and students participated in 10 events - Essay, Speech, Interview, Art, Music, Language/Literature, Math, Science, Economics, and Social Science. 


  • The students won 24 awards total. 

    • County Competition- 4th place Team Award in Division 1

    • SuperQuiz- 2nd place 


Honors

Kathleen Vo (4th year in OCAD, Senior)

  • Math- 5th place 

  • Speech- 2nd place 

Kelly (Linh) Ninh (1st year in OCAD, Sophomore) 

  • Art- 1st place 

  • Music- 5th place 

  • Literature- 2nd place

  • Economics- 4th place

  • Science- 2nd place 

  • Overall Individual- 9th place 

Teresa Nguyen (1st year in OCAD, Junior)

 

Scholastic

Nellie Nguyen (3rd year in OCAD, Junior)

  • Essay- 3rd place 

Trinh Vo (1st year in OCAD, Freshman)

  • Speech- 3rd place 

Jason Luu (1st year in OCAD, Junior)

  • Social Science- 4th place 

  • Science- 4th place 

  • Essay- 5th place 

 

Varsity

Kelsey Tang (2nd year in OCAD, Senior)

  • Art- 3rd place 

  • Literature- 3rd place 

  • Social Science- 5th place 

  • Economics- 4th place 

  • Math- 4th place 

  • Science- 4th place 

  • Overall Individual- 8th place 

Veronica Portillo (1st year in OCAD, Junior)

  • Music- 4th place

Vincent Le (1st year in OCAD, Senior)


Alternate 

Van Nguyen (2nd year in OCAD, Senior) 

  • Speech- 1st place