BRAIN POWER SOUTH BAY'S SCHOOLS SHINE IN COUNTY MATCHUP.Byline: - Cindy Arora Dressed to impress - from fuzzy bathroom slippers to black-leather trench coats - students from 53 schools in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County did all they could Saturday to have their Academic Decathlon decathlon (dĭkăth`lŏn), in modern Olympic games, a contest for men held over two days and composed of 10 track-and-field events. team stand apart from the crowd. But in the end, it was the South Bay schools of South High and Torrance that captured the top two spots in the Super Quiz portion of the Academic Decathlon, sponsored by the Los Angeles County Office of Education. Burbank High and the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Valley's Saugus High tied for third. Also competing were Agoura and Calabasas high schools; Highland and Palmdale high schools from the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley ; Canyon High from Santa Clarita; and Burroughs High in Burbank. The results were unofficial, and the final tally will be released at an awards banquet on Friday in Montebello. The all-day, 10-event decathlon called for students to compete in topics of critical thinking, essay writing, public speaking, art, language, music, math, economics and science. The culminating event was the Super Quiz where students had 30 seconds to answer questions before a crowd at Gladstone High School in Covina. Like any competitive athletes, the decathlon students worked hard, long hours to reach their goal. ``We started studying the summer of last year,'' said Jonothan Loh of Rowland High School. ``We spent 10 hours studying a few days ago and six hours yesterday ... I feel we are pretty ready.'' Friends and family cheered the teams on, many holding banners or T-shirts with school names on them. Sixty questions and points were announced during midgame and South High School was leading. Rancho High School Rancho High School is a high school located at 1900 Searles Avenue in North Las Vegas, Nevada. It is part of the Clark County School District. Opened in 1954, Rancho High School was the third high school founded in the Las Vegas Valley. of Pico Rivera Pico Rivera (pē`kō rĭvĕr`ə), city (1990 pop. 59,177), Los Angeles co., SW Calif., SE of Los Angeles on the San Gabriel and Rio Hondo rivers; inc. 1958 with the union of Pico and Rivera into one community. followed closely behind many of the winning teams through out the event. ``Being here was gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. alone,'' said Raymond Navarro of the Rancho High team. Chris Chialtas, the county's director of the decathlon, said there are still hundreds of awards that will be handed out at the banquet. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Teens from 53 Los Angeles County high schools gather in Covina on Saturday for the Academic Decathlon competition. L.J. McAllister/Special to the Daily News |
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