A team of five fifth- and sixth-graders from Kennedy Community School has won fourth place at the 2016 Minnesota U.S. Academic Triathlon State Tournament, held April 16 at Cottage Grove (Minn.) Middle School. The team, coached by Lisa Meyer and John Zenner, consists of members (pictured from left to right) Liam Zenner, Jordan Wilson, Eric Allen, Devan Meyer and Zach Stang.
During the tournament, the team wrote, produced and performed a skit with just 40 minutes to write and rehearse. They participated in a “Face-Off,” a round of questions from history and math to literature and consumer issues; and rotated among three challenging “Mind Sprint” problems, testing their verbal, critical and creative problem-solving skills.
