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.
