Knowledge Bowl 2009

After taking a one-year hiatus, Jonathan participated in Knowledge Bowl this year. The theme this year was "Arts". They had an insane amount of materials to learn that covered musicals, poetry, literature (is poetry considered part of literature?), architecture, visual arts, theater, and classical music. After months of practice 4 times a the week (twice a week during school hours, and twice a week afterschool), the district competition was held last Saturday. The questions were, in general, very hard! They made me feel pretty dumb. Jonathan's team decided to dress as nerds! They looked, well..., nerdy! His team won 2 of the 3 games they played and made it to the semi-finals. They were up against the top seeded team and nearly beat them! The game came down to the final question and the other team won because of a lucky guess. So the Oak Canyon Junior High Team #1 took third place at the district competition. :)