Academic Challenge

Hang on for a minute...we're trying to find some more stories you might like.

Email This Story

Send email to this addressEnter Your NameAdd a comment hereVerification

Pine Ridge Middle School had a competitive team go undefeated last year, but you may not know about them: The Academic Challenge Team.

In academic challenge, each team answers questions in competitions with other schools. These teams compete in their local areas, and if their record qualifies them, they advance to the state tournament.

The team was chosen at the beginning of the year by Ms. Locklair and they practice for the competition each morning in her STING class. They were chosen according to how they did on a few standardized tests and the competition questions they had last year. Ms. Locklair said she wantedWhen Rosemary Kennedy died of natural causes on January 7, 2005 at the age of 86, it marked the end to a long and tragic life that was all the more heartbreaking since it began with such promise.

Born in 1918, Rosemary was the oldest daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and, as such, was expected to lead a charmed existence. Her father was one of America's wealthiest businessmen and would later serve as ambassador to Great Britain just as World War Two broke out. Her mother was a member of one of the oldest political families in Massachusetts and the daughter of a former mayor of Boston. Born into wealth and high society, Rosemary should have become a socialite like her mother. Unfortunately, the