Congratulations to Chaffey High School's Academic Decathlon Team!

San Bernardino County Champions! Go Tigers! 

The Chaffey Academic Decathlon program is one of the premier programs at both the County and State levels.  Chaffey won the San Bernardino County Championship in 2009, 2010, and 2012. The 2009 Team ranked third in the nation after the second round of competition and ultimately finished 9^thin the State of California, having posted the highest team score in the 29-year history of the County Academic Decathlon. A year later, the Chaffey team finished 8^th in California after having won its second consecutive County Championship. The Chaffey team will compete once again at the State Competition in Sacramento on March 15-18, 2012. The team is currently ranked 13^thamong 65 teams competing at the State level. 

Below is a summary of Chaffey’s County and State finishes over the past 15 years. Chaffey holds the distinction of being the only school in San Bernardino County to finish in the Top Three ten consecutive years and the only team in San Bernardino County history to finish twice in California Top 10. 

2012: San Bernardino County Champions
2011: 2^ndPlace in County; 20^thPlace in State
2010: San Bernardino County Champions; 8^thPlace in State
2009: San Bernardino County Champions; 9^thPlace in State
2008: 2^ndPlace in County
2007: 2^ndPlace in County
2006: 2^ndPlace in County
2005: 2^ndPlace in County
2004: 3^rdPlace in County
2003: 3^rdPlace in County
2002: 4^thPlace in County
2001: 5^thPlace in County
2000: 3^rdPlace in County
1999: 5^thPlace in County
1998: 16^thPlace in County 

For the past 15 years the Chaffey Academic Decathlon Program has been led by head coach Steven Mercado and assistant coaches Tom James and Patty Gulino.