BURBANK HIGH'S ACADEMIC TEAM SET FOR CHALLENGE; DEAF PUPILS IN REGIONAL DECATHLON.Byline: Mary Lou Aurelio Daily News Staff Writer The pressure's on for the four-member team of deaf and hard of hearing Burbank High schoolers who will be testing their smarts in the regional 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. for deaf students today in Salem, Ore. Last year's team, the first from the school, prepared for just two months and came in second place. This year's team didn't take any chances, studying ``too many hours to count'' and fine-tuning its Super Quiz A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which the players (as individuals or in teams) attempt to answer questions correctly. Quizzes are also brief assessments used in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and/or skills. strategy, which will require quickly writing out answers to questions they'll see on a computer screen. ``We have to be good speed readers and good speed buzzers,'' said Ginnina Miglia, 16. Ginnina along with fellow juniors Siavosh Hedayati, 17, and Laurel Laurel, cities, United States Laurel. 1 Town (1990 pop. 19,438), Prince Georges co., central Md., about halfway between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore; patented in the late 1600s, inc. 1870. Hartman, 17, and senior Fatimah Aziz, 18, left Thursday with coaches Darrin Green and Cass Harvey to compete against seven teams from other Western states in the Gallaudet University Gallaudet University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; with federal support. It was founded (1856) as the Kendall School, a training school for deaf and blind students, by Edward Miner Gallaudet (see under Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins). Western Region Academic Bowl. If they win the champion match held tonight at the Oregon School for the Deaf Oregon School for the Deaf (OSD), is a public school in Salem, Oregon, serving deaf and hard of hearing students of kindergarten through high school grades through residential, day school, and part-time enrollment programs. , the Burbank team will go on to compete in the national contest on April 26. It will be held at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., the only deaf university in the country, said Charlie Lahaie, director of communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. for the Tripod Model School Program at Burbank High School Burbank High School may refer to:
Deaf and hard of hearing students in the program attend classes with students who hear and are taught by teachers who use both speech and sign language. ``I'm pretty excited. I have a feeling that we'll win this time,'' said Laurel, the fine arts and literature expert. Green said he expects his students will win. ``They have studied since the start of the school year and know everything they need to know,'' said Green, who is deaf. He used sign language and Harvey interpreted in an interview the day before the team left. Green pointed to the back of Siavosh's T-shirt, on which was written the team's motto, a quote by Thomas Jefferson: ``I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.'' Siavosh, the team's math and chemistry ace, said gearing up for the competition ``has helped me to work harder, and I really hope that we win.'' ``We've studied too many hours to count - too many to keep track of,'' said Ginnina, the team's science master. ``We've worked so hard,'' said Fatimah, the team's history and geography star. ``I'm thrilled thrill v. thrilled, thrill·ing, thrills v.tr. 1. To cause to feel a sudden intense sensation; excite greatly. 2. To give great pleasure to; delight. See Synonyms at enrapture. that we're going.'' Fatimah said she sometimes feels isolated from students who are not deaf or hard of hearing at school, because ``most of them don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. sign language. I don't feel connected.'' So Fatimah and her teammates were almost as excited about visiting a school ``with a total deaf environment,'' as about the contest. Green, who went to a residential school for the deaf, said he believes the students will benefit from their visit, regardless of the contest's outcome. ``It'll be nice for them to get to experience what it's like to be in a total deaf environment,'' Green said. ``It will be good for their self-esteem.'' |
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