The Badger High School Academic Team had an outstanding performance in the Southern Lakes Conference Academic Bowl on February 7, 2022, at Badger High School. The Badger team took 2nd place with an overall score of 822. (1st place - Waterford 862, 2nd place - Badger 822, 3rd place Union Grove 783). There are eight teams in the conference.
Four Badger students earned medals for scoring the highest in their categories in the written test: Josh Schooley - physical science; Julia Januszewski - chemistry; Marie (MJ) Lucero - geometry; Tim Geils - algebra II.
The Badger Academic Team is coached/advised by Dani Madecky and Gen Reed.
The Academic Bowl consists of individual assessments in social studies (geography, US history, world history & civics), science (biology, chemistry, physical science & physics), math (algebra, algebra II, geometry & advanced mathematics), and language arts (American literature, British literature, world literature & potpourri). Once the individual assessments are completed, students then become a 4-person team in either social studies, science, language arts, mathematics or current events, to score team points in the oral competition. Final placement of each school is determined by adding their combined individual assessment scores with their team scores.
Back Row (left to right): Dani Madecky, Lacey Behm, Julia Januszewski, MJ Lucero, Tim DeVries, Zach Blaisman, Dominic Alonzo, Crete Slattery, Payton Hayes, Katelyn Weiss, Molly Deering, Grace Geils
Front Row (left to right): Josh Schooley, Owen Knopp, Tim Geils, Sara Dickfoss, Carmyne Arroyo, Margo Keefe, Sonya Perez, Nicole Dyer, Anna Wolleger, Gen Reed