Academic Challenge Teams Finish 1st in Nation

Both the Westlake High School and Lee Burneson Middle School Academic Challenge teams finished first in the nation in the Questions Unlimited Fall 3-2-1 online competitions.

The WHS team competed against 149 schools from across the country, while the middle school team competed against 62 teams over the past two weeks. The teams are coached by John and Sandy Packis.

: (kneeling) Patrick Lee, Matthew Vulku, Anna Craven; (standing) Matthew Wallenhorst, Jack Wu, Katerina Packis, Nico DiGiulio, Albert Ahou, Alex Lathem, Ryan Karpuszka, Kyle Yu, Justin Krantz, Talya Jeter, Talia Zheng, Nate Gray, Ella Gray, Akshya Dhinakaran

: Sagan Woolner, Kenneth Li, Angela Yu, Shane Quinn, Christopher Haddad, Vivek Aslot, Hunter Wagner, Jason Zhang, Richard Garber, Gabby Kim, Elliot Lockshine, Max Kreeger, Farah Abumeri

3-2-1 is an online competition with each match consisting of a series of questions in pyramid format. Middle school teams answer 156 questions, while the high school teams answer 240 questions. The competitions are run by Questions Unlimited.