2020 Competition
38th annual SOU YP High School Scavenger Hunt Academic Competition
101 students, representing eight area high schools, participated in the 2020 High School Scavenger Hunt competition. SOU’s first-ever virtual academic competition broke new ground with innovative remote prosecution and adjudication formats. While an in-person event will likely always be preferable when possible, students and coaches alike agreed that the virtual version exceeded their expectations, and delivered on the excitement of the Hunt!
Congratulations to Logos Charter School for their first place win with 318 points, out of a possible 366 total!
Ashland High School was “hot on their heels” with only a one point spread to take second place with 317 points.
Grants Pass High School came in at 3rd place with 311 points, and some of the most remarkable Bring-In submissions in recent memory!
Special recognition goes to Crater High School and Rogue River Senior High, our runners up in 4th & 5th places.
We congratulate all of this year’s teams on a job well done! While grappling with all the other extraordinary circumstances of 2020, students and coaches still rose to the occasion with ingenuity, fortitude, and insight! Every participant deserves to be so very proud of the effort and excellence they brought to this year’s competition.
A HUGE thank you to the volunteers who come out to make this event possible! At our virtual judges’ table: retired attorney David Ingalls and our long-time moderator Steve Boyarsky used their sound judgment while engaging students with humor and wisdom. SOU Youth Programs’ coordinator Holly Kilpatrick executed the virtual event with the tremendous support of staff member Mary Katie Brown, who also served as a Bring-In judge. Youth Programs Assistant Director, Katherine Gosnell served as our virtual event support person and timekeeper.
Of course, we can’t go without saying a tremendous thank you to Jim Impara, our fearless Hunt Director, who leads us through a research expedition each year challenging us with his formidable questions. Thank you, Jim!
Special thanks to Lithia 4 Kids and the school districts in Jackson and Josephine counties!
The 2020 virtual Scavenger Hunt Bring-In Challenges had students: collecting and weighing rock samples, tracking down a sourdough starter and baking their own loaf, building a camera obscura, conducting a timed cup toss challenge, researching a building in their community that was formely a barbershop, hunting down a geocache, crocheting a hat in their school colors, tracking bown a vintage lunchbox, and more.


