Students from all over will be competing for the top spot next Monday, November 7^th after school. Only this competition will not involve any balls, running, or possible injury-just paper, a pencil, a little practice, and a lot of knowledge.

Academic Bowl is an event that takes place at various high schools once a year in which other schools come to the school and the students get tested in different areas. This year the event will be held at Lakeside Lutheran. The different areas that the students are tested in are English, social studies (with geography, United States history, and world history), and science (with physical science and chemistry). Based on the scores of these tests the schools are ranked 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd and so on.

Lakeside’s Academic Bowl team is led by Mrs. Sandra Corlett. On the team there are five people from each grade level brave enough to take on the challenging tests. In addition to the testing round, there is also an oral round in which four of the five students from each category participate in. The people who are left are the “at-large” team members. They will participate in the current events oral round. Along with these students there are other students and adults there to direct people to where they need to go as well as assist with the testing, such as by proctoring an exam.

Along with taking tests that night, students are also supplied a free dinner prepared by the lunch ladies as well as some down time to enjoy with classmates and fellow Academic Bowl participants.