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This year Maryvale is hosting the Phoenix Union Academic Decathlon competition. On Friday October 24^th, students from across the district will descend upon our campus to dazzle adults, such as yourself, with hilarious, interesting, and heartfelt speeches. They will then try to impress adults with thoughtful responses during the interview process, and if they are really good, they may even move an adult to tears. If you would like to be on the receiving end of all this talent and positivity, then please sign up to be a volunteer judge! Here are some additional details:

You do not need any prior experience to judge. You will be trained the day of the event.

If you are a teacher, you will receive recertification hours for your service.

You are free to bring a friend, enemy, or quite frankly anyone to judge with you. We need a lot of judges!!

If you do not want to judge speeches or interviews, there are some other volunteer opportunities on Wednesday, October 22^nd, and Saturday, October 25^th. See below.

You will receive a free dinner if you judge on Wednesday or Friday.

There are many students in Maryvale’s Academic Decathlon class (you probably have a few of them), and they, along with all of the other ACADEC students in the district, would be extremely grateful if you would be willing to judge. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions about the tournament. Please see below for more details and the signup link:

The most significant needs for volunteer assistance are in the areas of Speech, Interview, and Essay. No prior experience is required, and training will be provided.

Here are the details for the volunteer opportunities:

Link to sign up:

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=YRiAyqiKVU6gPHPtFl268quu02bp1YBJu_o3JorIk7dUNURIQVRTQzE5QjZDWlNCM1YwSzhaQVhETy4u

Essay Grading:

Date: Wednesday, October 22^nd, 2025

Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Maryvale High School

Dinner and refreshments will be provided.

Speech Judging:

Date: Friday, October 24^th, 2025

Time: 4:15pm - 8:30pm

Location: Maryvale High School

Dinner and refreshments will be provided.

Interview Judging:

Date: Friday, October 24^th, 2025

Time: 4:15pm - 8:30pm

Location: Maryvale High School

Dinner and refreshments will be provided.

Testing Proctor:

Date: Saturday, October 25^th, 2025

Time: 7:30am - 12:15pm

Location: Maryvale High School

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Super Quiz Proctor:

Date: Saturday, October 25^th, 2025

Time: 12:30pm - 3:00pm

Location: Maryvale High School

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

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