All six Frisco ISD high schools will send Academic Decathlon teams to compete in state competition in San Antonio next month.

Lone Star High School took third place in small-school regional competition. At medium-sized school regional competition FISD schools all placed within the top 25 schools. The medium-sized FISD schools ranked as follows: Centennial High School, 6; Liberty High School, 11; Heritage High School, 14; Wakeland High School, 15; and Frisco High School, 21. Frisco ISD hosted the medium-sized school regional competition at Centennial High School on the weekend of January 20.

Academic Decathlon is designed to include students from all academic backgrounds. Each nine-member team consists of three A students, three B students and three C students. In addition to a seven-minute interview, a one-hour essay and two speeches (four minutes prepared and two minutes impromptu), written comprehensive exams are given in music, art, language/literature, mathematics, economics, (social) science, and the Super Quiz. Shown at right - Lone Star Academic Decathlon Team.