EL CAMINO THE REAL DEAL IN ACADECA VALLEY SCHOOL WINS STATE TITLE.Byline: Lisa M. Sodders Staff Writer El Camino Real High School El Camino Real High School (also known locally as "ECR" and by some more recently as "ELCO") is a public secondary school located in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California. of Woodland Hills took first place Sunday in the 26th annual California 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. , setting itself up for a crack at a fourth national championship next month in Chicago. The nine-member team beat out tough competition from Moorpark High School Moorpark High School, located in Moorpark, California, is a public high school in the Moorpark Unified School District and currently has an enrollment of 2,478 students.[1] in Ventura County and Granada Hills Charter to win the state title with 49,067.8 points out of a possible 60,000 - thought to be the highest score in the nation so far this year. ``This is the best feeling in the world,'' said Lindsey Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , 17, of West Hills as she wiped tears from her face. ``All our hard work paid off. All of the 10 p.m. nights, the lack of sleep, the caffeine.'' The victory was particularly sweet for El Camino because the team members were competing as a ``wild card'' team in the state meet, having come in second at 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. regional competition to two-time national champion and perennial rival Taft High School, also of Woodland Hills. Taft came in fifth Sunday, and two-time national champion Moorpark, which had the highest score in the nation going into the state competition, finished second. El Camino's winning team was made up of Cohen, Laura Descher, Benjamin Farahm, Sean Follmer, Lindsay Gibbs, Brian Hwang, Jihwan Kim, Kevin Rosenberg and Micah Roth. The team will travel to the U.S. Academic Decathlon in Chicago on April 13-16, to face off against the nation's brightest students. ``It's insane,'' said Roth, 17. ``If there was one team we wouldn't mind losing to, it was Moorpark. All of the kids are great. But I'm glad it's us on top.'' Moorpark coach Larry Jones Larry Jones is also the real name of Atlanta Braves player Chipper Jones. Walter "Larry" Jones (born September 22, 1942 in Columbus, Ohio) is a retired American basketball player. He played professionally in the NBA and ABA, from 1964 to 1974. returned the compliment. ``They deserved it,'' Jones said. ``... It's been an honor competing with them. We never compete against them; we compete with them.'' El Camino co-coach Christian Cerone said he was in ``pure shock.'' ``We had no idea,'' said Cerone, as he stood with co-coach Lissa Gregorio. ``(California) has the top five teams in the nation based on these scores. It's a shame all of these teams can't be recognized. To be the one team out of this amazing field. ...'' Moorpark scored 48,765.1 points, followed by Granada Hills Charter, with 48,194.5 points. Fresno's Edison High School Edison High School is the name of many schools named after Thomas Edison: Schools with the full name:
Rounding out the top 10 were the LAUSD's Marshall High School Marshall High School may refer to:
Taft students won the oral portion of the Super Quiz on Saturday, but did not score as well on the written portion and came in third in the fast- paced, game-show-style competition. Los Angeles High won the Super Quiz, with by El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Dean Schaffer, 16, of Taft High School scored the highest number of points for an individual, with 8,889.1 points. More than 1,000 people attended the ceremony Sunday at the Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX Marriott Hotel, as the approximately 450 high school students received gold, silver and bronze medals for their individual achievements in each of the 10 subject areas of the academic competition: art, economics, language and literature, mathematics, music, social science, essay, interview, speech and the Super Quiz, whose subject this year was astronomy. LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) schools have won seven out of California's 11 national championships, making it the school district with the most national titles in the nation. Dave Schaffer, 55, of Woodland Hills, father of Taft student Dean Schaffer, said the LAUSD's performance was a victory for public schools. ``Everybody bad-mouths public schools and says you can't get a good education,'' Schaffer said. ``I'd like to see the private schools compete at this level and take a team to nationals. The best education in the country is in the LAUSD system.'' Teams from California and Texas have traditionally dominated the national competition, each winning 11 out of the 23 competitions. The only other state to win the national title was Wisconsin in 2002. Decathlon teams are generally made up of nine students, although schools can compete with as few as six, and last year's national champions, El Camino Real, competed with eight. On a nine-member team, three are ``A'' students, with grade-point averages between 3.75 and 4.0; three are ``B'' students, with GPAs between 3.00 and 3.74, and three are ``C'' students, with GPAs between 0 and 2.99. Lisa Sodders, (818) 713-3663 lisa.sodders(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) El Camino Real High School team members cheer at the LAX Marriott on Sunday after winning the state Academic Decathlon. (2) Members of the El Camino Real team receive their gold medals during Sunday's ceremony. John McCoy/Staff Photographer |
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