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Senator accepting

Veterans Service

Award Nominations

Nominations
PHOTO PROVIDED BY CRAIG PETINAK accepted from
are now being

individuals and
groups for the
2018 Veterans
Service Awards
by
State
For the second consecutive year, Elsinore High School took home the championship at the Riverside County Academic presented Senator
Decathlon. The win qualifi es them to once again represent Riverside County at the California Academic Decathlon in Jeff Stone. The
March in Sacramento. The team is pictured with coach Ryan Klopp. awards are given annually to 10 military veterans from
the 28th Senate District who have gone above and be-
Elsinore High School wins members of the community.
yond the call of duty to help their fellow veterans and
Senator Stone will present the awards at separate

2018 Academic Decathlon ceremonies held in southwest Riverside County and
the Coachella Valley in late May. “We owe our vet-
erans a debt that can never be repaid,” said Senator
Stone. “This award is just a small token of our thanks
and appreciation for what they have done, not only dur-
For the second consecutive year, Elsinore High on Jan. 27 and featured essay writing, speeches, ing their time in uniform but after they returned home.”
School took home the championship at the River- and interviews. The following weekend started with Veterans groups, such as American Legion and Vet-
side County Academic Decathlon. They were also written tests in the morning followed by the popular erans of Foreign Wars Posts, are encouraged to nomi-
the winner of the Super Quiz. Super Quiz. nate a member of their organization for the award.
Great Oak High School finished second, Corona The Academic Decathlon features teams of six to Individuals can also nominate worthy veterans. The
High School Gold placed third, San Jacinto High nine students in 10 Academic categories. Each team deadline to submit applications is April 20.
School came in fourth and Beaumont High School is composed of nine students, three from each grade Award recipients must be residents of the 28th Dis-
Blue was fifth. The event, held at Corona High point category, and includes three Honor (GPA
School, concluded with the Super Quiz competition 3.75-4.00), three Scholastic (GPA 3.00-3.74), and trict, which is entirely in Riverside County and includes
on Saturday, Feb. 3. the cities of Blythe, Canyon Lake, Cathedral City,
Elsinore’s win qualified them to once again rep- three Varsity (GPA 0.00-2.99) students. Students Coachella, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, Indio,
resent Riverside County at the California Academic accumulate individual and team points in writ- Lake Elsinore, La Quinta, Murrieta, Temecula, Palm
Decathlon Mar. 22 through Mar. 25 in Sacramento. ten events in mathematics, economics, art, music, Desert, Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage and Wildomar.
The California champion will advance to the United literature, science, social science and Super Quiz. Applications and more information are available
States Academic Decathlon Apr. 19 through Apr. 21 Statewide, over 5,000 students and 2,800 volunteers on the Senator’s website at senate.ca.gov/stone and by
in Frisco, Texas. were involved in the 2018 Academic Decathlon that calling the Senator’s office at 951-894-3530.
The first day of this year’s competition was held featured a theme of Africa.