MOORPARK TIES FOR SECOND IN ORAL QUIZ.Byline: Lisa M. Sodders Staff Writer ERIE, Pa. - Cheered on by pompom-waving supporters, 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] finished in a three-way tie for second place Friday in the oral Super Quiz portion of the U.S. 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. . J. Frank Dobie High School J. Frank Dobie High School is a public secondary school located at 10220 Blackhawk in Houston, Texas with a ZIP code of 77089. The school follows the classic high school model serving grades 9 through 12 and is the largest school in the Pasadena Independent School District. of Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the , placed first in the fast- paced, game-show-style event, followed by Moorpark, Mountain View High School of Mesa, Ariz., and 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 of Waukesha, Wisc. Waukesha won the U.S. Academic Decathlon last year. ``It would have been nice to have won, but Texas is a great team,'' said Moorpark team coach Larry Jones. The oral Super Quiz is only a small portion of the 10-subject decathlon, but one of the few events open to the public. The students also took a written portion of the quiz behind closed doors. The national champion will be announced today, when results from the remaining nine events are tabulated. ``I think we did well,'' said Max Geiger, 17, one of nine members on the Moorpark team. ``It just remains to be seen whether we won the whole enchilada or not.'' Besides Max, Moorpark was represented by: Adam Abed, Lindsay Hebert, Paul Ideal, Nathaniel Jones, Kevin Randolph, Ashlee Scott, Grant Volk and Tracy Yagi ya·gi n. pl. ya·gis A directional radio and television antenna consisting of a horizontal conductor with several insulated dipoles parallel to and in the plane of the conductor. . Friday's event drew about 700 cheering parents, siblings, grandparents grandparents npl → abuelos mpl grandparents grand npl → grands-parents mpl grandparents grand npl and various city and school officials from all over the country who filled the Warner Theater, an ornate art-deco building in downtown Erie. About 50 supporters cheered for Moorpark's team, including the city mayor, the school principal and the school district superintendent. ``The world wants good news, and Academic Decathlon is good news, no matter who wins,'' said Frank DePasquale, superintendent of the Moorpark Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. . Although Moorpark's supporters waved yellow-and-green pompoms and cheered during the breaks when each round's scores were announced, the crowd was largely quiet, subdued by the tension generated by the contest. ``This is the academic Super Bowl,'' said Marvin Cobb, executive director of the California Academic Decathlon. ``This is where the best and the brightest from all over the country determine who wants it the most.'' The Super Quiz questions, all on oceanography oceanography, study of the seas and oceans. The major divisions of oceanography include the geological study of the ocean floor (see plate tectonics) and features; physical oceanography, which is concerned with the physical attributes of the ocean water, such as , were projected onto two screens along with the multiple-choice answers so audience members could guess for themselves how long female octopuses care for their eggs (up to two months) or what the average depth of the ocean is (2.3 miles) or which marine animal is used in biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. vision research (the horseshoe crab). More than 330 students from 37 states have been competing since Thursday - taking written exams in mathematics, social science, economics, language and literature, art and music, as well as writing an essay, giving speeches and being interviewed by judges. The oral Super Quiz was the last competition event. Moorpark has done well enough that three of its team members - Yagi, Ideal and Scott - were invited to present their speeches at a special speech showcase with nine other students Friday night. Yagi's speech was on ``Winnie-the-Pooh,'' Ideal's was about putting a face on statistics, and Scott spoke on puzzles and chameleons. Scott said the Friday night event represented the first time Moorpark students have participated in the speech showcase. It was a significant accomplishment because the subjective categories, including speech, were what cost the team a win last year. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) At left, quiz contestants Kevin Randolph and Lindsay Hebert helped Moorpark High place 2nd in the U.S. Academic Decathlon event. At right, senior Paul Ideal competes for Moorpark High. Greg Wohlford/Associated Press |
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