EL CAMINO WINS ACADEMIC DECATHLON.Byline: Sherry Joe Crosby Daily News Staff Writer Call them the comeback kids. 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. , in third place after last week's Super Quiz, retained its crown Thursday to become a five-time winner of 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. Academic Decathlon. Team member Nancy Fu, the squad's only junior, also was named the overall top-scoring student with 8,960 points out a possible 10,000. The Woodland Hills campus, which has placed second in the U.S. Academic Decathlon for the past two years, trampled second-place finisher Garfield High School Garfield High School or James A. Garfield High School may refer to:
Also Thursday, in the Los Angeles County Academic Decathlon, Burbank High School Burbank High School may refer to:
West High School in Torrance placed first with 45,076 points. Wilson High School There are numerous Wilson High Schools in the United States, most named after the United States President Woodrow Wilson, including:
The LAUSD results were announced Thursday night before a wildly cheering crowd at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel The Westin Bonaventure Hotel is the largest hotel in Los Angeles, California, USA. It is 367 feet (112 meters) tall and has 35 floors. It was completed in 1977. The top floor has a revolving restaurant and observation level. 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 . Belmont High School in downtown Los Angeles placed third, while Taft High School in Woodland Hills finished sixth. Other Valley schools that made the top 10 were Grant High School in Van Nuys, which placed seventh, and Van Nuys High, which placed 10th. El Camino's win marks the third consecutive year the campus has captured the local title. It is only the second school in the district, the other being Palisades High School, to have won the local competition a total of five times. The school's win also is remarkable because it was in third place behind Los Angeles and Marshall high schools after half the Super Quiz results were announced Saturday. Final standings in the Super Quiz show that Los Angeles High placed first, followed by El Camino and Marshall. But El Camino came from behind by placing first in seven of the remaining nine events, wracking up 50,099 points out of a possible 60,000. The rigorous 10-part exam includes math, science and art, as well an interview, speeches and an essay. Garfield scored 45,047 points, while Belmont scored 44,973 points. Each nine-member team comprises three groups of students, divided by grade-point averages of A, B and C. El Camino junior Fu led all A students, followed by teammate Steve Chae, who garnered 8,908 points. In the B student category, El Camino senior Adi Zarchi placed first with 8,775 points followed by teammates Bruce Ngo, with 8,238 points, and Michael Beatty, with 8,079 points. Last week, Moorpark High School won Ventura County's Academic Decathlon. Moorpark, along with Simi Valley High School Simi Valley High School is a secondary school located in Simi Valley, California which was established in 1920 as the first high school in the valley. It nestles in the Santa Susana Mountains and is adjacent to the San Fernando Valley, part of the city and county of Ventura. - which tied for first place in the Super Quiz event - will attend the statewide contest. The winner of the regional private school contest will be announced Saturday at Alemany High School in Mission Hills. Last Saturday, the Catholic school placed first in the Super Quiz. |
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