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Written by: Violet Milliken\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Academic Decathlon is an annual competition in which students are placed in three achievement levels based on their GPA\u2014Honors, Scholastic, and Varsity\u2014to compete with other students in their division on the ten events throughout the day.\u00a0At the recent ACDEC competition, Lake Highlands students placed 2nd at regionals and are starting to become state-worthy winners. Read more at The Fang!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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