MOORPARK STILL NO. 1 WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS.Byline: Holly Edwards Staff Writer A crowd of cheering supporters waving banners greeted 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] 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. team members Sunday as they arrived at Burbank Airport. While the students said they were disappointed with their second-place position in the National Academic Decathlon in Phoenix, they also said the yearlong year·long adj. Lasting one year. Adj. 1. yearlong - lasting through a year; "attending yearlong courses" long - primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or process of preparing for the contest gave them a sense of dedication and focus that will last a lifetime. ``I've never been so dedicated to anything in my life, and this perseverance Perseverance See also Determination. Ainsworth redid dictionary manuscript burnt in fire. [Br. Hist.: Brewer Handbook, 752] Call of the Wild, The dogs trail steadfastly through Alaska’s tundra. [Am. Lit. will carry with me forever,'' said Moorpark team member Johnny Mendoza, who will attend Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. this fall. ``I think it helped prepare me for college, too, because now I know I can study for hours and hours if I have to.'' 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. , one of the coaches of the Moorpark team, said the students should be role models for anyone who sets out to accomplish a difficult goal. ``Second place wasn't what we were shooting for, but I couldn't be prouder of the kids,'' said Jones, who has coached the Moorpark academic decathlon team for 11 years and led the team to its first national title in 1999. ``They made friendships and developed skills that will be lifelong.'' Moorpark High is planning a schoolwide rally for the team Wednesday in the school sports stadium. Moorpark came in a close second to Waukesha West High School Waukesha West High School is a high school located in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha, Wisconsin, and established in 1993. It has become famous statewide for its marching band, The Cadets of Waukesha West, who have won the Wisconsin School Music Association State Marching in Wisconsin, which won the national title by less than 600 points. In all, more than 500 students from 55 schools competed in the decathlon. Moorpark narrowly defeated the Wisconsin team in the Super Quiz - the only public portion of the decathlon - and won top place for high schools in their division, but fell short of the overall top score. Moorpark scored a total of 48,292 out of a possible 60,000 points, while Waukesha scored 48,871 points. The contest included tests in essay-writing, speech and interview, art, language, literature, music, science, math and economics. For the friends and family members who gathered Sunday to greet the team as they returned home, however, the Moorpark students were all winners. ``I don't think of them as coming back No. 2,'' said Dean Reich, father of Moorpark team captain Dean Reich, who was accepted to Caltech for the fall semester se·mes·ter n. One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year. [German, from Latin (cursus) s . ``We're all totally proud of them.'' Ninu Sidhu, mother of Moorpark team member Sheena Sidhu, said she is proud of her daughter's hard work and dedication to preparing for the decathlon, and feels she's ready for the challenges of college and the career world. ``She has gained a lot of wonderful experience, and the team members really, really love each other,'' Sidhu said of her daughter. ``I feel like she's ready for the university experience and for anything now.'' Kara Kara (kär`ə), river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, NE European and NW Siberian Russia. It flows N from the N Urals into the Kara Sea, forming part of the traditional border between European and Asian Russia. It is navigable in its lower course. Bettencourt, who also coached the Moorpark team, agreed. ``Academics is about being prepared for anything life throws at you, good and bad,'' she said. ``And that's exactly what these students have learned.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Moorpark High academic decathlon team members display medals earned after taking second place in the national competition. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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