Seward Rotary Club to Sponsor Academic Decathlon Team- Team Announced for 2024-2025
Launch the media gallery 1 playerThe SHS Academic Decathlon Team for 2024-2025 has been selected and include
members Nathan Shafer, Nathan Weber, Abigayil Wunderlich, Kyla Novak, Elizabeth Pracheil, Lukas Howe, Dylan Hochstein, Liam Krahulik, Lincoln Stockwell, David
Shiner, Jack Schulz and Connor Sveeggen. The students will compete individually and as a team at the regional contest on-line January 15 th at the Seward High Library and attend a Super Quiz Bowl and the awards ceremony in Omaha or Lincoln on Saturday, January18 th as well.
The team will hopefully qualify for the state contest finals. The students each compete in a series of tests including math, literature, language, art,
music, economics, science and social science-all online. There is also a Super Quiz Bowl program, and an awards presentation, Awards and medals will be presented to the
students in the three areas of Honors, Scholastic and Varsity levels. The novel studiedthis year is “Solar Storms” by Linda Hogan and the theme for this year’s contest is “Our
Changing Climate.”
Seward High’s Academic Decathlon team is sponsored locally by the Seward Rotary Club and the Seward School District High Ability Learner program (HAL). The Seward
Rotary Club is sponsoring team SHS AD Team Tee Shirts for the local SHS Academic Decathlon Team members. The club members also will serve as the monitors for the
testing days. The local coach for the SHS students is Noelle Baker, Counselor at Seward High School.