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Sacramento Country Day School Wins Mock Trial Competition

Elk Grove High School Places Second in 44th Annual Competition

SCOE Press Release
Posted February 16, 2023

Contact: Xanthi Soriano, Executive Director, Communications
Phone: (279) 789-1601 • Email: xsoriano@scoe.net

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, February 16, 2023

 

Sacramento, CA – Sacramento County Office of Education proudly announces that Sacramento County Day School has emerged as the champion of the 2023 Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Mock Trial Competition. Contender, Elk Grove High School, placed second after several days of intense courtroom competition and careful deliberations by esteemed judges.

Twenty high school teams took part in the competition. Sacramento Country Day School advances to the California Mock Trial Competition, held March 17-19 in Los Angeles. Del Campo High School followed in third with Natomas Pacific Pathways Charter School in fourth.  

Mock Trial Results 

Sacramento County— 

  • 1st Place: Sacramento Country Day School 
  • 2nd Place: Elk Grove High School (Elk Grove USD) 
  • 3rd Place: Del Campo High School (San Juan USD) 
  • 4th Place: Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep High School (Natomas USD) 
  • 5th Place: Jesuit High School (Diocese of Sacramento) 
  • 6th Place: St. Francis High School (Diocese of Sacramento) 
  • 7th Place: Rio Americana High School (San Juan USD) 
  • 8th Place: Pleasant Grove High School (Elk Grove USD) 

Yolo County— 

  • 1st Place: Da Vinci Charter Academy 

El Dorado County— 

  • 1st Place: Ponderosa High School  

About Mock Trial 

The Mock Trial Competition simulates a trial-level proceeding in which students portray the roles of pre-trial counsel, prosecuting and defense attorneys, witnesses, court clerks, bailiffs, and jurors before a single presiding judge and two scoring judges. Volunteers from local law firms and other legal organizations served as scoring and presiding judges for the five-day event. 

About the Sacramento County Office of Education

The Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE), plays a leadership role in the delivery of quality education to the students in Sacramento County, which is home to the California state capital comprising 1.4 million residents and seven cities. SCOE directly educates more than 30,000 children and adults each year—including thousands of district teachers who attend training sessions and workshops. It provides support services to more than 247,000 students in 13 school districts, four of which are some of the state’s largest. SCOE provides technical assistance, curriculum and instructional support, staff development, legal and financial advice, and oversight to Sacramento County school districts. Its programs and services are available to schools, districts, and other county offices of education across the region.

Considered a leader of the Capital Service Region—a 10-county area consisting of Alpine, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba Counties—SCOE is one of 58 county offices of education in California. SCOE staff work year-round providing services which complement and supplement those offered by public school districts in Sacramento County.

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