Academic Decathlon

Headed by
John Hahm, English Department

Asssistant coach
Julienne Au, UIC scholar

This distinguished club combines the talents of children from different grade levels in to one team and places them into a competitive atmosphere with other schools. It allows students to reveal their individual interests and knowledge while working together and developing teamwork and leadership skills. As quoted by Jan Olowski, "It lets students shine academically without being judged by how smart they look on the report card."

The Northside AcaDec team is looking for brilliant students with a record of doing poorly in school. If you are willing to dedicate yourself to AcaDec and have a GPA of 2.74 or lower for the last two years (C average for freshman), e-mail the AcaDec PR Commissar Mark Flatley for more information.

These are the people involved in this club.

Team A

  • Michael Keenan
  • Caitlin Lill
  • Greg Schmucker (Captain)

    Team B

  • John Fitzgerald
  • Andrew Heywood
  • Arthur Izak-Damieki

    Team C

  • Mark Flatley (AcaDec PR Commissar)
  • Jan Olowski
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    Last year's team, enjoying their first victory. From left, Syeda Zaiba, Eileen Heneghan, Alex Clare, Jan Olowski, Arthur Izak-Damiecki, Greg Schmucker, Mark Flatley, Michael Marhoefer, and coach John Hahm.

    Team members and a small crowd of supporters striking a pose before the AcaDec team enters the schoolwide Tug of War.