CHAMPS SCIENCE BOWL GOES TO NOHO.Byline: Amy Raisin Staff Writer Students from North Hollywood High School North Hollywood High School, originally called Lankershim High School when it opened in 1927, is a secondary school in North Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The school mascot is the husky, and the school colors are blue, white, grey. captured their third straight DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection Science Bowl championship Saturday, edging out a team from Palisades Charter High School Palisades Charter High School (usually abbreviated as "Pali High," "PaliHi," or uncommonly as "PCHS" / "PHS" ) is a secondary school in Los Angeles, California, United States. . North Hollywood's A team overcame an all-or-nothing tie-breaker to win the annual event, hosted by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3.9 million residents in 2006. It was founded in 1902 to deliver water and electricity supplies to residents and businesses in Los Angeles. . ``It was insanity. We were in a room by ourselves with 10 questions to answer,'' said Tyler Rubin, a North Hollywood High
``It was the most stressful part of the day,'' he said. ``Each question was essential. Even though we had the highest score in the competition, we had to go to a tie-breaker.'' North Hollywood competed against 41 teams from 28 public, private and parochial high schools during the daylong event held at DWP headquarters in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . Palisades Charter High School came in second, followed by third-place winner Venice High School Venice High School may refer to:
North Hollywood, which has placed second in the national contest for the past two years, will participate in the 10th annual U.S. Department of Energy's National Science Bowl on May 5-8 in Washington, D.C. The winning school also received $1,500 from the DWP and each of the five team members earned a $1,000 Hitachi scholarship. ``It hasn't sunk in yet,'' team member Jackie Wong said. ``The last six months (of preparation) have been great. Today was really fun.'' The remaining three members of North Hollywood's winning team are Jeffrey Zira, Nina Han and Daniel Bersohn. Modeled after television's GE College Bowl game show, the Science Bowl focuses on five categories: biology, chemistry, earth science, physics and math. DWP spokesman Walter Zeisl said the North Hollywood team is part of a five-year legacy that no other state or region can claim. ``In the last five years, the winners of our competition have placed either first or second at the national bowl. No states have gotten close to that,'' he said. Van Nuys High won the national title in 1995, followed by two-time national champions Venice High in 1996 and 1997. Bill Nye the Science Guy Bill Nye the Science Guy is an Emmy Award-winning educational television program, hosted by Bill Nye. It was originally broadcast on PBS from September 10, 1993 until October 3, 1997. Then after cancellation, aired reruns until February 5,1999. , a popular children's television host and winner of eight Emmy awards, moderated the competition's final rounds. ``Everything you can touch and depend on in our society goes back to science,'' said Nye, who praised all the participants after the competition. ``They amaze me. The teams that do well, though, they don't exactly amaze themselves,'' Nye said. ``They know they can do it. It's the ability to play under pressure.'' The competition's science judge, Tim Hemming, a retired DWP chemist, said the enthusiasm the students show for the sciences is reason for celebration. ``They're amazing,'' he said. ``I 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. that most of my chemists could have answered these. ``Just as I retired out of the scientific work force, we need more scientists coming in,'' Hemming said. ``It's a good-paying job and it's got a good future if you've got the tools to do it.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Nina Han and teammates chalk up a Science Bowl victory; it is the 3rd straight year for North Hollywood High School. (2 -- color) A missed question torments Michael Calhoun of Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). Charter High. His team finished second. Eric Grigorian/Special to the Daily News |
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