Boulder High School

Academic Decathlon

Boulder High School has the longest and strongest dynasty in Colorado Academic Decathlon (CADA), winning the large school title every year since 2001. (In 2007 BHS shared the title with Durango High School.)

Significant Accomplishments

• Holds the record for highest team (42,247) and individual (7,854) scores at the CADA state competition, both set in 2008.

• Aisha Down from Boulder earned the top CADA individual overall scores in both 2007 (7,3xx) and 2008 (7,854), setting new state records both times.

• Julian Astley from Boulder was the first student from Colorado to win a medal at the national level, taking Bronze in the Interview in 2003.