LADWP 2006 Science Bowl XIV Results: North Hollywood High School Team ''A'' Captures Title; Team Wins Regional Trophy and Banner.LOS ANGELES -- LADWP: --El Camino Real High School Team "A" Places Second --North Hollywood High School
--AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian High School Team "A" Places Fourth 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. Team "A" won first place today for the eighth time in the annual LADWP Science Bowl Regional Competition. The team will receive an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C., funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE), to represent the city of Los Angeles
The LADWP Science Bowl is an official, regional qualifying tournament of the USDOE National Science Bowl. Subjects cover computer science, biology, physics, earth science, chemistry, astronomy, mathematics and new advances in technology. Annually, about 100 volunteers, mainly LADWP employees and their families, serve as moderators, timekeepers, and scorekeepers. "The North Hollywood High School Team 'A' will be a wonderful representative of Los Angeles. The students demonstrated great skill and worked well together. We are proud of them and all participating teams," said George Rofail, chair of the LADWP Science Bowl Volunteer Steering Committee. The runner up was 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. Team "A." Third place was won by North Hollywood High School Team "B." Fourth place was award to the AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian High School Team "A." The competition at the National Science Bowl is expected to be tough. A total of 65 regional finalists are expected from 40 states, the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This year, 12,000 students will participate in regional competitions. In addition to the regular buzzer competition, the special Franklin Lu Hands-On Competition was held. The competition is named for Franklin Lu, an electrical engineer and devoted Science Bowl Volunteer, who passed away suddenly in Nov. 2001. This year the competition involved building a self propelled boat. The winning teams were determined by the distance that the boats traveled in 60 seconds. In this competition the team from Hamilton High School Hamilton High School may refer to:
Second place was presented to Taft High School Team "A." Third place was awarded to St. Genevieve High School St. Genevieve High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Panorama City, Los Angeles, California. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. History School Name The school is named in honor of the patroness of Paris. . Fourth place was won by Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies (also Sherman Oaks CES or SOCES) is a (magnet) public school in the San Fernando Valley, Southern California, United States. "B" Team. In addition to LADWP and the U. S. Department of Energy, regional event sponsors include BP, CityView Channel 35, the Hitachi Southern California Regional Community Action Committee (SCRCAC), the Hitachi Foundation, Gelson's Markets, Nestle USA, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Not to be confused with the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE). The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (pronounced as eye-triple-e (IEEE), One Source, Office Depot, San Fernando Valley Engineers' Council, the Water and Power Community Credit Union, the Water Employees' Club and 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. . LADWP is one of only a few utilities in the nation that is a coordinating regional sponsor and host. LADWP is also involved in a number of educational partnership and community programs including the Teacher Workshops, Youth Service Academy, the Adopt-A-School Program and the Times in Education Program. Further information about LADWP education programs can be received from the LADWP web site at, www.ladwp.com., clicking on the Community and Safety Section and then Educational Services. LADWP, the nation's largest municipally owned utility, has provided service to city residences and businesses for more than a century. |
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