Academic Decathlon Program
Oakdale High School's Academic Decathlon team has won the Stanislaus County competition eleven consecutive times after taking the lead from Modesto in 2000. They have gone to state each time. In 2007 they reached second in division two, and in 2009 reached fifth in the entire state and seventh in the nation. In 2010 they won first in the county and bronze in state.
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