By Town Crier Staff

St. Joseph Catholic School in Mountain View placed second out of 22 schools in the Junior High Academic Decathlon Competition held Feb. 22 at St. Francis High School.

The team comprised sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders Stanley Chung, Jared Hetrick, Charles Gao, Matthew Aquino, Rosanna Lim, Marie Bruno, Jonathan Davidson, Danielle Davila, Daniel Nguyen, Nicole Lata, Nikhil Murthy, Mary Kay Knight, Kaitlyn Garcia, Carly Barden, Casey Lawson, Valerie Somoff and Christopher Woytowitz.

The academic decathlon consists of 10 events, two of which are team events: logic and Super Quiz.

The individual events are in religion, English/spelling, literature, mathematics, science, current events, social science and fine arts.

In addition to its overall second place ranking, St. Joseph earned first place in logic and a number of individual student recognitions.

The team was coached by the school’s faculty and staff.