Written by Penny Mills
Hi, I’m Penny and I’m in fifth grade at Burns Elementary School. My special talent is that I am on the academic team. Academic team is where you are using random knowledge and having fun while taking tests and competing in quick recall.
When I was in fourth grade I signed up for academic team, but I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. Then, I discovered academic team was for me. In 5th grade, when our academic meet came, I was prepared and I had studied…A lot.
In the first match Sydney, a really smart girl, was our captain. We lost, but we had to get two losses to be out for good. Surprisingly though, the coaches put me in as captain. I did my best not to let my team down and be the best captain I could be. What was more surprising though was that we won that match.
My team in the second round was Mazie, Lily, Sydney, and me. In the end, we got 2nd place and made it to regionals. We have been studying a lot to prepare for regionals. We have been practicing with buzzers, and I have read lots of informational books from the library.
Since I am going to middle school next year, I plan to try out for the Burns Middle School academic team. This is why the academic team is my special talent.