CANYON 11TH IN STUDENT CONTEST.Byline: Jennifer Hamm Staff Writer MONTEBELLO - Canyon High School Canyon High School can refer to:
'''Palmdale High School ranked 34th in the 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 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. , officials announced Thursday. Canyon also earned 12 individual medals in the countywide coun·ty·wide adv. & adj. Throughout a whole county: found at locations countywide; a countywide search. Adj. 1. competition, which featured 500 high school students. Each team member took home a medal in either the speech or the interview category of the 10-event scholastic contest. ``We are the great communicators,'' said coach Dennis Lynch, who added that he was proud of the team's improvement from last year, when it placed 13th in the county. Palmdale won four medals - three for interviews and one for the team's top scorer. The team did not attend the awards ceremony. Burbank High School's Academic Decathlon team won a coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. slot for the statewide competition in March after placing third out of 52 teams. Burroughs High School in Burbank ranked 39th in the 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). placed first and Rowland High School in Rowland Heights finished second. During Thursday's awards ceremony, students and schools received more than 300 medals and trophies given for excellence in dozens of categories. Canyon High senior Paul Seeley said he was thrilled with his teammates' performance during the grueling gru·el·ing also gru·el·ling adj. Physically or mentally demanding to the point of exhaustion: a grueling campaign. gru academic contest, which tests students' knowledge of 10 subject areas including math, economics, history and literature. ``I'm really proud,'' Seeley said. ``Everybody worked incredibly hard.'' Junior Amy Hasquet won medals in both speech and interview. As part of the intense competition, participants prepare and present a short speech and are interviewed. Hasquet, 16, has studied every day in recent months to prepare for the 10-event competition, held last weekend at 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. . ``We studied every morning. I had fun, though,'' she said. ``My team is great.'' The nine members of the Burbank High team erupted into cheers and hugs when it was announced they would participate in the statewide competition beginning March 17 in Los Angeles. After the jubilation calmed, students marched to the stage to claim their trophy. When the awards ceremony concluded, they donned yellow construction hats and posed for pictures. The costumes were an homage to tunnel workers they studied for the competition. ``I feel wonderful,'' said Andrew Chon, president of Burbank High's Academic Decathlon Club. ``I cannot wait to start studying, as weird as that sounds.'' Burbank students have the day off today but the Academic Decathlon team plans to spend the day studying. Burroughs High School won a handful of individual medals. Although the team would like to have scored better, the thrill of the competition was worth the work, said Beth Chiaravalle, a sophomore. ``You just go for the challenge, the mystery of the competition,'' she said. |
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