BURBANK FLEXES ITS ACADEMIC MUSCLE.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Staff Writer TORRANCE - Burbank High School Burbank High School may refer to:
Competing against 60 other schools, the nine-member team called the ``Eccentrics'' shared third place with Torrance's South High School and Rowland High from Rowland Heights. The three teams scored 40 out of 60 possible points on the Super Quiz, following Palos Verdes Palos Verdes is often used to refer to a group of coastal cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the Los Angeles/South Bay area of California. This affluent bedroom community is known for its dramatic views, good schools [1] extensive horse trails [2] and Wilson High schools There are numerous Wilson High Schools in the United States, most named after the United States President Woodrow Wilson, including:
``I thought it was much harder than we had been practicing,'' said Andrew Chon, a senior at Burbank High. ``A lot of the material we studied wasn't on the quiz. That's why the scores were so low across the board. Usually they range in the 50s.'' Like most other teams, Burbank's brought along a support squad, which cheered, yelled and waved a flag throughout much of the two-hour event. The fast-paced game show-style event focused this year on the environmental theme ``Sustainable Earth.'' While results of the Super Quiz were released Saturday, overall results for the 10-event decathlon won't be available until Thursday, when the students will attend an awards banquet in Montebello. Burbank still has a chance to make it to the state championship with a first-place overall finish. ``I was disappointed for as much as I studied for the Super Quiz,'' said Fabian Primera, 18, a senior who is vice president of the Eccentrics. ``We're always trying to do the best we can.'' The Super Quiz is the only event in the decathlon that is open to the public. About 1,000 people filled the Torrance High School Torrance High School, the oldest of four high schools in the Torrance Unified School District in Torrance, California, is one of the oldest high schools in continuous use in California and a popular location for television and motion picture production. gymnasium for the occasion. Showing pride and school spirit, each team wore matching outfits, including initialed cardigans, monogrammed ties, jackets, hats and beads. Team members from Burbank High wore yellow construction helmets, black suits and ties. They said they were trying to match their outfits to the environmental theme. Palmdale scored 26 and Canyon High School Canyon High School can refer to:
``I definitely think I could have done better,'' said Wendy McNeal, 17, a senior at Canyon High School in Canyon Country. ``We saw that we were well above a lot of the other teams.'' Earlier in the day, the students took six written tests, made two speeches, including an impromptu A Windows query and reporting tool from Cognos with support for a large variety of databases. It is capable of generating cross tabs for spreadsheets such as Excel, Lotus for Windows and Quattro Pro for Windows. one, and went through an interview. |
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