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BURBANK TEEN TAKES GOLD IN ACADEMIC DECATHLON.


Byline: Daily News

A Burbank High School Burbank High School may refer to:
  • Burbank High School — Burbank, California
  • Burbank High School — San Antonio, Texas
  • Luther Burbank High School — Sacramento, California
See also
  • Burbank Elementary School
 student had the top score in the scholastic division of the Los Angeles County Schools Academic Decathlon.

Daniel Chung won a gold medal for scoring 7,832 out of a possible 10,000 points in all 10 of the decathlon events. Scholastic division participants must have grade-point averages of 3.0 to 3.74.

Burbank High School ranked fourth out of the 58 participating high schools in the county schools competition. Palos Verdes Peninsula High School Palos Verdes Peninsula High School (also known as Peninsula High, Pen High, or PVPHS) is one of three public high schools on the Palos Verdes Peninsula (the others being the recently re-opened Palos Verdes High School and Rancho Del Mar High School).  won top place in the competition, followed by Beverly Hills and West high schools.

Burbank High School student Angine Bimanand won a bronze medal in the varsity division for scoring 7,115 points overall.

Chung was the top-scoring student at Burbank High School. Kristina Holst was the top-scoring student at Glendale High School Glendale High School can refer to:
  • Glendale High School (Glendale, Arizona)
  • Glendale High School (Glendale, California)
  • Glendale High School (Springfield, Missouri)
  • Glendale High School (Tillsonburg, Ontario)
Another school with a similar name:
.

Winners were announced Thursday at a luncheon in the Quiet Canyon Country Club in Montebello.

El Camino High School "El Camino High School" may refer to:
  • El Camino High School (Norwalk) in Norwalk, California.
  • El Camino High School (Oceanside) in Oceanside, California.
  • El Camino High School (Rohnert Park) in Rohnert Park, California.
 was the overall winner in the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population.  competition, the fourth year in a row the San Fernando Valley school has won the top spot.

The top teams from the Los Angeles County, LAUSD and private school competitions will travel to Stockton for the state finals March 14-16 at University of the Pacific. The winner of that competition will represent California at the U.S. Academic Decathlon, scheduled for April 15-18 at California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton, commonly known as CSUF, CSU Fullerton, or Cal State Fullerton, is a part of the California State University system. The University is located in the city of Fullerton, California, in northern Orange County. .

The Academic Decathlon features 10 events with the winner selected on the total points. Students compete as individuals in nine of the events and as teams in the Super Quiz.

Decathlon events include multiple-choice tests in art, language and literature, mathematics, music, social science, and economics. Each student also had to give two speeches, write an essay and take part in an interview.
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Feb 13, 1999
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