How to resolve AdBlock issue? Upper Lake High School won the right to represent Lake County in the Academic Decathlon at the local competition on their home turf on Feb. 2, and Middletown High won the Mock Trial competition on Feb. 12, as Lake County News has reported.
The California Academic Decathlon will take place March 21 to 24 in Sacramento, which overlaps with the state Mock Trial competition, which also will be in Sacramento this year, from March 22 to 24.
In the case of the Academic Decathlon, the price tag is estimated at about $6,000, according to a fundraising letter the team sent out the community.
The Lake County Friends of Mendocino College is contributing $500 this year to help the Upper Lake team with travel expenses.
Janina Hoskins, one of Middletown High’s Mock Trial coaches, told Lake County News that her team also needs $6,000, of which $2,000 is registration fees, to go the state competition.
Hoskins said that the team has so far raised less than half of what it needs to travel to Sacramento.
She created a GoFundMe account that, as of early Tuesday, had raised $660 of a $2,500 goal.
To support the Upper Lake High Academic Decathlon team, checks can be sent to Upper Lake High School, 675 Clover Valley Road, Upper Lake, CA 95485 and designated for “Academic Decathlon.” If verification for tax purposes is needed, the district’s business manager can be reached in the main office at 707-275-2338.
To support the Middletown High School Mock Trial team, visit the GoFundMe page or send a check to Middletown High School with a notation that the funds are for the Mock Trial team. The school's address is 20932 Big Canyon Road, Middletown, 95461.
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