Yosemite High School Academic Team takes first in County again!

Congratulations to Yosemite High’s 2006 A.D. team for winning the Madera County A.D. at Madera South High on Saturday 2/4/06 for the 10th consecutive year.  Led by third-year coach, Steve Browning, the Badger team outscored Chawanakee Academy, Chowchilla High, Liberty High, Madera High, and Mountain Oaks High and will represent Madera Count at the State Academic Decathlon in Los Angeles on March 17-18, 2006.

 

The YHS team included seniors:  Fawn Babcock, Leah Clement, Ryan Fullerton, Ricsie Hernandez. Samantha Perry, Jessica Tyson, and Kim Usher; junior: Daniel Norby; and sophomore: Rajesh Srinivasan

 

The following YHS students received individual medals:

 

Kim Usher

*        Language & Literature (Gold)

*        Interview (Silver)

*        Music (Silver)

*        Essay (Bronze)

*        Super Quiz (Bronze)

 

Jessica Tyson

*        Science (Silver)

*        Speech (Silver)

*        Essay (Bronze)

 

Daniel Norby

*        Economics (Gold)

*        Essay (Silver)

*        Science (Bronze)

 

Raj Srinivasan

*        Music (Gold)

*        Language & Literature (Bronze)

*        Art (Bronze)

 

Ricsie Hernandez

*        Interview (Gold)

*        Art (Silver)

 

Samantha Perry

*        Mathematics (Bronze)

 

The YHS team amassed 34,393 points to capture first place, and Kim Usher received a $100 scholarship for being the top senior from Yosemite.