The 2003-2004 San Bernardino County Academic Decathlon was held on two consecutive Saturdays, January 31 and February 7, at Arroyo Valley High School in San Bernardino.  The scholastic contest pitted students from 29 high schools in 12 school districts and one private school against one another in a number of academic disciplines.  Teams are composed of nine students, three from each of the grade point categories of “A” (Honors), “B” (Scholastic), and “C” (Varsity).  There were written tests in the areas of math, economics, science, language/literature, music, art and social science.  Students wrote an essay, faced a panel of interviewers and gave impromptu and prepared speeches.  For the finale, teams competed in a Super Quiz, a college bowl-style event consisting of 30 multiple-choice questions.

Fontana Unified School District was proud to have teams from each of its comprehensive high schools participate in the Academic Decathlon.  In fact, Kaiser High School had two teams.  The San Bernardino County Academic Decathlon Champions will compete at the California Academic Decathlon held in Sacrament on March 12-14, 2004.   Congratulations to all our Academic Decathlon teams and coaches!