CESA 7

News & Updates

Changes/Additions/Deletions/Omissions to Competition Handbook

       Wisconsin Public Radio - WIAD Interview

              Monday, February 13, 2012 - 10:00 A.M.

Kathleen Dunn is joined by members of the Wisconsin Academic Decathlon:

• Molly Ritchie, State Director of WIAD
• Stephanie Blue & Erik Fountain, co-coaches of New Berlin Eisenhower High School's Academic Decathlon team
• Teddy Jennaro, senior member of the Eisenhower team

WIAD on Kathleen Dunn WPR Show - 20120213

Posted 1-10-2012

USAD is having a 1/2 price sale on all hard copy curriculum.

Click on the link below for more information.

http://usad.org/downloads/halfpricesaleflyer2012.pdf

Honor Cords for Graduating Team Members

- Updated October 2011

Honor Cords are available for Graduating Team Members from Texas Academic Decathlon.

- Click Here to Download Order Form -

2011-2012 Season   Posted 8-3-11

Click here for news on USAD’s Electronic Curriculum Downloads

and their Mobile Training Center

     July 5, 2011

NEW SPONSOR SECURED FOR STATE SCHOLARSHIPS

Due to the generosity of the Einhorn family, the annual distribution of $4,000 in cash scholarships at the State Competition will continue this season.

The Milwaukee-based Einhorn Family Foundation has assumed ownership of the Carol Drummond Scholarship Awards on a year-year basis.   In honor of the deceased Ms. Drummond, a former Univ. School of Milwaukee coach and WIAD board member, Carol’s husband,  Robert  had funded the awards for eight years (the funds were dissolved in 2009 and WIAD absorbed the costs for the past two seasons). 

WIAD is pleased to welcome the Einhorn Family Foundation as our new State Scholarship Sponsor and appreciates their partnership in education.

5-13-11 School Size Divisions

All teams are assigned to a Size Division based on high school enrollment.

Enrollment divisions were reviewed and approved at the Board of Directors Meeting on May, 2011. 

The division sizes through the 2011-2012 school year are as follows:

•   Division 1 - 1250+ Enrollment
•   Division 2 - 700 - 1249
•   Division 3 - 285 - 699
•   Division 4 - Under 285

2011-2012 Season:  Programmable graphing calculators brought into the testing room do NOT need to be cleared of all information stored in the memory.  Competitors are expected to honor the fact that they are not to refer to information stored in the graphcing calculator memory duirng the mathematics test.  

Decathletes sign a Competition Conduct Form prior to competition events stating they will follow the current calculator policy as approved by USAD® and WIAD.

9-28-10  Wisconsin Academic Decathlon is now officially on Facebook!

Check out our official Facebook page by either clicking the "Like" button on the right-hand side of the screen on www.wiad.org ..........or by going directly to Facebook and searching for "Wisconsin Academic Decathlon."

By clicking "Like" you will be informed about upcoming events and info, competition results, as well as have the ability to post your own team photos, videos, and links!  

Stay connected and in touch by posting comments, concerns and helpful tips for everyone to see!   We look forward to you becoming a fan!

We are now able to feature scrolling photos on the homepage of the WIAD website!

Coaches - please send me interesting pictures of your acadec teams in action (in jpg format, please) as often as you wish and I will post them on the website.

Assurant extends partnership!

Lead Sponsor Extends Partnership

MILWAUKEE - March 18, 2009 - The Wisconsin Academic Decathlon is the recipient of a $150,000 donation from the Assurant Health Foundation, the charitable arm of Assurant Health, a Milwaukee-based national health insurance company. The donation, paid out over three years, will be used to support the academic competition. It is a continuation of an earlier $150,000, 3-year commitment from the Assurant Health Foundation that ran from 2006 to 2009.

Click Here for News Release 3-18-09

4-2-09 - This is a great video on the Decathlon! 

Go to www.prepsonthenet.com to view video made at State Competition by Preps on the Net and click on Academics.

USAD Calculator Policy for 2011-2012  

Graphing Calculators Allowed -- provided it has none of the features listed in

Section III of the USAD Calculator Policy.

Review calculator policy at www.usad.org

"Short" List of USAD® Approved Calculators:

• Casio:  FX - 115MS Plus,  FX - 260,  FX - 250 HC,  FX - 300
• Hewlett Packard:  HP 6S, HP 9S, HP 20S, HP 30S, HP 32S

           HP 32SII, HP 33S

• Sharp:  EL 501 VB,  EL 506 VB,  EL 531 VB,  EL 531 VBBL, EL 531 W
• Texas Instruments:  TI 10, TI 15 Explorer, TI 30 XA, TI 30 X II B, TI 30 X II S,

           TI 34 II,  TI 36X

Prohibited Calculators:

Calculators with any of the following features are NOT allowed in USAD® competitions:

• pocket organizers
• hand-held or laptop computers
• electronic writing pads or pen-inut devices
• models with an elphabetic (QWERTY) keypad; e.g. TI-92 or HP-95
• models with paper tape
• models that make noise
• models that can engage in wireless communication  (transfer data or information with other calculators
• models that require a power cord
• models with CAS (computer algebra systems); e.g. TI-89

1-04-06

WIAD/CESA 7 ILS has produced a 30-minute promotional video on the

Decathlon program:

Wisconsin Academic Decathlon 

Wisconsin schools participate in the exciting nationwide academic competition. 

Follow Wisconsin teams from local competitions all the way to the 2005 Nationals in Chicago.   

Produced by CESA 7 ILS.

This video is available for all high schools in Wisconsin to view in either VHS tape or DVD format.  

In order to fulfill as many requests as possible, the video will be loaned for a maximum of 1 week.

The video may also be purchased for $30, including shipping costs.

Participating schools will receive a break in cost if ordering more than 1 copy of the video.  Click Here to contact Margie Marcks for the price listing.

Contact the WIAD Office in Green Bay (acadec@cesa7.k12.wi.us) to reserve a date for viewing or to purchase the video. 

Speech Video Tape

Several WIAD Award Winning Speeches are available on video from the Green Bay office.

Plan a study date with your team to watch the video. Contact Margie to check out a tape,

phone: (920) 617-5617 or email:  mmarcks@cesa7.k12.wi.us

In order to enable as many requests as possible, the video tapes will be on loan to each school for a maximum of 1 week.