Fairmont Students Win National Championship at 2016 USAD National Academic Pentathlon

BOISE, Idaho–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#GoFairmont–7^th and 8^th grade teams from Fairmont
Private Schools – Historic Anaheim Campus swept the 2016 USAD
National Academic Pentathlon on May 21 at Boise State University. With
the 8^th grade team winning the 2016 National Championship,
both teams finished in the top two, winning 1^st place overall
and 1^st place in the Super Quiz for their respective grade
levels.

Fairmont
students won 11 of 18 possible individual medals, including 5 of 6 gold.
7^th grader Jian (“Gee-on”) Park finished with the
competition’s highest individual score. Within the subject categories,
Fairmont’s 8^th grade team won 22 of 45 medals, including 12
of 15 gold. The 7^th grade team won 30 medals, with 11 gold.

Only two teams are invited to the national competition from each state.
This year, both of California’s teams were from Fairmont after winning
overall team and 1^st place in the Super Quiz in both grade
levels at the 2016 Orange County Academic Pentathlon in March. As
Fairmont’s first year competing in the National Academic Pentathlon,
2016 was the 24^th consecutive year a Fairmont team has won 1^st
place at the OC Pentathlon.

Historic
Anaheim students Gaby Tan, Julia Tao, Numair Razzak, Nikki Ngo,
Milan Robinson, Alexisse Yoo, Daniel Giraldo, Maddie Cameron, and Darin
Kishore comprise the 8^th grade team, and Dale Tran, Duke Pham
Chang, Jian Park, Ryan Kim, Ryan Yi, William Wu, Ryan Tao, Kenneth Yang,
and Raniyah Chishti make up the 7^th grade team. Teams are
coached by Assistant Campus Director Rebecca Lugo and teachers John
Briner, Beverly Debreczeni, Donna Riley, Michelle Paraiso, and Alena
Hallack.

The Pentathlon’s five areas of concentration are language and
literature, fine arts, science, mathematics, and social science.
Pentathlon teams are comprised of students in three different grade
point average categories (Honor 3.75 – 4.00, Scholastic 3.00 – 3.74, and
Varsity 0.00 – 2.99), allowing all students the opportunity to compete.

About Fairmont Private Schools
With four campuses in Orange
County, Fairmont Private Schools is the oldest, largest family of
private schools in Southern California. From preschool through high
school, Fairmont prepares students to succeed in quality colleges and
challenges them to become exemplary citizens of a global society. For
more information, please visit www.fairmontschools.com.

Contacts

Fairmont Private Schools
Rebecca Stokes, 714-234-2700
rstokes@fairmontschools.com