Day 5 - The Cleanup Crew
Of all the words in the English language, very few please me like "domination." It sounds exactly like what it signifies... but I like the meaning too... a lot.
At the ceremony for the Academic All Stars competition, we employed a bit of this lovely word. While we didn't have as many finalists as some of the other schools for the simple reason that fewer people applied, we made up for quantity with quality. Out of the nine subject areas of competition, Wilson people took 1st place in four categories, and had finalists in three others. Jon took 1st in Social Studies, Mathew Polzin was 1st in Computer Science, Kiva Oken was 1st in All-Around, and I won 1st in Science. We each receive $2000. Colin Corbett was a finalist in Performing Arts, Molly Dischner was a finalist in Language Arts, and Allen Waters was a finalist in Mathematics.
I apologize if my blog has turned into a laundry list of results from academic competitions, but that is basically all I have been doing recently. It will all wrap up in about a week or two.
Glad to see you guys did so well. Portland Public Schools will know Wilson's domination. Lincoln is nothing next to us now. Good going!
I heard Performing Arts came down to tenths of a point. That gives me some consolation.
And should I be ashamed that I just now figured out who nojkceb is?
nojkceb. The man. The legend.
I tried googling that name and nothing good came up. But I guess if you weed through everything I've posted you could intuit it! And oh wait. I guess you could just read it backwards...hah