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Parsippany High Academic Decathlon Students Place First in Region

Feb 16, 2016

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parsippany-high_acdec_2016 — Alice Limanova, Ellie Xu, MIki Hansen, Katherine Yang, Will Chen, Rohan Khajuria, Hugh Kwong, Anne Cheng, Spencer Huang, Nikita Kolotov, Adam Ye, Joyce David, Andrew Lie and Sejal Murthy

PARSIPPANY — The Parsippany High School Academic Decathlon Team recently participated in the New Jersey Regional Competition. The team placed first in the region and won the Super Quiz. There are nine team members and seven alternates who will continue to the state competition, held at Ramapo Hills High School. Team members are: Will Chen, Anne Cheng, Joyce David, Rohan Khajuria, Nikita Kolotov, Hugh Kwong, Katherine Yang, Adam Ye and Ellie Xu, Overall, the Parsippany High School team took home 69 awards for the regional competition.

Academic Decathlon is a 10-event scholastic competition for high school students. The events include math, science, social science, literature, economics, art, music, speech, essay and interview. This year’s theme is India. Team coaches are Nancy Lennon, science teacher and Stacy Cozin, media specialist.

Carly Rose Serrecchia, 23, passed away

Sgt. Allan Griffin honored for the contributions to the community

Frank L. Cahill

Publisher of Parsippany Focus since 1989 and Morris Focus since 2019, both covering a wide range of events. Mr. Cahill serves as the Executive Board Member of the Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce, President of Kiwanis Club of Tri-Town and Chairman of Parsippany-Troy Hills Economic Development Advisory Board.