The Deanery Academic Olympics were held on March 9, 2007. Never before in the history of Academic Olympics have the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade St. Anthony teams all gone into the championship rounds. The championship rounds were held in the afternoon in the new theater at Providence and St. Anthony was present for all the rounds.

Our 6th grade team consisted of Luis Garcia, Hadley Grove, Grace Hess, Kelci Kidwell, and Rachel Throckmorton. Their first year coaches, Mrs. Hess and Mrs. Garcia, did a super job getting them ready. In a hard fought match they came in second. Just wait until next year!

Second year coach Mrs. Lowery, with the help of Mr. Hollkamp, knew just what they wanted to do with the 7th graders. Having come in second place last year they knew how to prepare for the games. The team members were Boon DeMuth, Alex Hollkamp, Kim Hollkamp, Zach Lowery, and Grant Vance. Each had his or her area of expertise and each was ready to answer those questions. They got off to a slow start but before noon they had come into second place. Their championship round was a nail biter. At the end of the standard 25 questions the score was tied. There were five added questions. They hung in there and won first place.

The 8th grade coach, Mrs. Diana Huber, has been with this team since 6th grade. They have improved each year. This year they had an unheard of 18 points in one round! Devin Copple, Kara Garcia, Joseph Hess, Chris Jaynes, and Ben Orem went into the championship round with confidence. They ended their final year with a first place win.

We are so proud of the players and their couches. Much time, extra studying, and drilling took place before the final Olympic Games.
 

Learning is fun! Some of our students are just full of facts and they love to compete with others to see who really has the most bits of information. They love to play games like Jeopardy or Trivial Pursuit. Thus began the Academic Olympics teams. St. Anthony has had three teams (one each for sixth, seventh, and eight grades) since 1999.

Each year we have many students try out in our quizzes to see who will be on the team. We choose from five to seven students for each team. They practice with a coach (a volunteer parent) at least once a week until the date of the playoffs. On that big day they then compete with other schools from the New Albany Deanery.

On practice days after school you can hear the eager voices of our students as they discuss the answers to questions they might get in competition!