It’s that time of year again. The eagerly anticipated Deborah 12th Annual Heart Challenge and Art Competition once again hits the stage at Pemberton Township High School on Sunday, February 21.
Will reigning, four-time champions Lenape High School keep their title, or will one of the teams from the other high schools – Shawnee, Cherokee, Seneca, Holy Cross, Rancocas Valley, Moorestown Friends, or Pemberton Township – claim victory?
More than bragging rights are at stake. The students are also competing for more than $3,400 in prize money, and top honors in a more than decade-long competition that holds as much prestige for academically-oriented students as the Superbowl does for football.
The Heart Challenge is a unique academic competition that sets the standard for intellectual prowess. The 90-minute competition, emceed by legendary Philadelphia sports personality Don Tollefson, tests its participants on their knowledge of the heart, lungs, and vascular systems – Deborah Heart and Lung Center’s three specialty services.
A distinguished panel of Deborah physicians will quiz the contestants first in an introductory rapid-fire round, followed by an individual question round, then a team question round, ending with a ten-minute rapid-fire round done
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