• The Owen J Roberts Academic Team is composed of students who have a variety of academic strengths, for example, some team members are better at computation and some are stronger in history.The team participates in Jeopardy style competitions against teams from neighboring school districts.During academic team competitions, a team of four Owen J Roberts players competes against another team of four players from another school.Questions are posed on a broad range of topics such as history, literature, science and math.The team scores points when students buzz in with the correct response.Practices involve players competing against each other in mock competitions.

    Academic Team practices and competes during the winter season from November through February.The season is capped off by a final round robin style tournament which is filmed by Pottstown Community Television and later aired on PCTV. In March, after the regular season is complete, the team competes in a regional tournament, in which Owen J Roberts competes against schools from across the county.

     

    Advisor:  Jason Dibofsky

    Contact Info: jdibofsky@ojrsd.net