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April 28, 2022

Oak Hill Academy wins Colts Neck HS Jeopardy

On April 26th, twenty 7th and 8th graders competed in the Colts Neck High School Middle School Academic Competition.

This Jeopardy-style contest had 12 teams from four schools competing in head-to-head match-ups. After the fifth round, points were tabulated and Oak Hill Academy’s 8th grade team of : Maya Bhasin, Vincent Li, Kate Schweikert, Annabel Sparano and Tylor Yang were crowned the CHAMPIONS!!!

Annabel, Kate, Vincent, Tylor & Maya

There were five categories in each round with points of 25, 50, 75 and 100.  Some of the categories included: Algebraic Riddles, Modern Biology, Slippery Spelling, Famous Johns, Ancient Civilizations, Music of the 2000’s, European Cuisines!

OHA had all four teams place in the top 7! The 8th grade team of Yasin Alsharif, Georgia Attardi, DJ Chauhan, Katie Mirne and Will Plank just missed out on the top three, by placing fourth!

Congratulations also to: Eva Fennell, Zara Jain, Allie Lin, Amelie Munger, Dylan Stefko, Michael Engle, Dimitrios Giannakopoulos, Henry Griffith, Aanya Patel, and David Seetoo for also competing in this event!

We are so proud of all of our accomplishments! This FIRST PLACE adds to the phenomenal showings that our OHA students have had all year!

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