Academic Team

The Academic Team is coached by Mrs. Mapes & Mr. Finke. It is open to students who are in 9-12 grade, who have an interest in competing & studying advanced information on a themed topics that vary from year to year. Students may compete on 1 or 2 teams in the following subject areas: Math, Science, Social Studies, English, Fine Arts, & Interdisciplinary. To join, please contact Mrs. Mapes at [email protected] (812)546-4421 ext. 1912 or Mr. Finke [email protected] (812)546-4421 ext. 1834. 

Topics include: 

1987 Romance and Revolution 

1988 Hoosier Heritage 

1989 The Future Is Now 

1990 The Glory that was Greece

1991 The Renaissance:  Luminary of the Modern World 

1992 The Age of Discovery 

1993 African Heritage 

1994 The Era of Man and the Moon:  1957 - 1972 

1995 The Environment 

1996 Women 

1997 Asia 

1998 Industrial Revolution 

1999 The Age of Enlightenment:  1650 - 1800 

2000 Westward Expansion:  1795 - 1900 

2001 The Grandeur That Was Rome 

2002 The Years Between the Wars:  1918 - 1941

2003 The Age of Chivalry:  1000 - 1485 

2004 The Forties and Fifties 

2005 Imperial Russia:  1689 - 1917 

2006 Progressive Era 

2007 The English Renaissance 

2008 Civil War:  1820 – 1877 

2009 Norse Culture 

2010 An American Generation 1964 – 1980 

2011 Latin America 

2012 Colonial and Revolutionary America 

2013 The Glory that was Greece 

2014 Westward Expansion 

2015 The Grandeur That Was Rome 

2016 Hoosier Heritage

2017 French Revolution 

2018 World War I 

2019 The Fertile Crescent 

2020 The Roaring 20’s