Altura Credit Union Employees Volunteer at Super Quiz Academic Decathlon
March 2, 2017
Photo: A team of Altura Credit Union employees volunteer at the Super Quiz of the 34rd Annual Riverside Academic Decathlon recently to assist students in their pursuit of academic recognition and the chance to compete at the state level.
(Riverside, Calif.) March 1, 2017 – Employees from Altura Credit Union in Riverside, Calif., recently helped teams of high school students in their bid for academic recognition at the 34th Annual Riverside Academic Decathlon.
For the eighth consecutive year, a team of Altura employees volunteered as proctors for the Super Quiz portion of the Riverside County Office of Education’s academic decathlon, which takes place over two weekends.
Teams of nine students compete in written tests, speeches, interviews, essays and the Super Quiz. This year 22 teams from 18 high school from throughout Riverside County participated.
The event’s finale, a college bowl-style Super Quiz, is the only portion of the decathlon open to the public.
Elsinore High School in Wildomar took first place in the competition, while West Valley High School in Hemet placed first in the Super Quiz. Elsinore will go on to represent Riverside County at the state level in March.
Photo -The audience looks on as Riverside County high school students compete in the Super Quiz portion of the 34rd Annual Riverside Academic Decathlon. Altura Credit Union employees volunteered for the eighth year as proctors for the quiz, the only portion of the decathlon open to the public.
Based in the Inland Empire for 59 years, Altura Credit Union serves 117,000 Members, has $1.22 billion in total assets and operates 13 branch offices in Riverside County. Membership is open to anyone who lives, works, worships or attends school in Riverside and San Diego counties; selected cities in San Bernardino and Orange counties; as well as U.S. Military, U.S. Government and Civilian employees working at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County; and retirees of the United States Armed Forces. For more information on Altura, visit www.alturacu.com, or call 1-888-883-7228.