MOORPARK WINS BATTLE OF THE BRAINS.Byline: Sylvia L. Oliande Staff Writer One-time national Academic Decathlon champions 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] earned a chance to face top high school scholars at the state competition by winning the 2001 Ventura County contest, officials announced Sunday. The nine-member team earned 43,278 points out of a possible 60,000 to win. Santa Susana High School Santa Susana High School is the third high school located in Simi Valley. The school campus is a middle school that was converted. The school colors are: silver, black, white, and teal. The school mascot is the Troubador. They are a school of the arts. and Oxnard High School Oxnard High School, or OHS as it is commonly referred to, is a public four-year high school serving grades 9-12 in Oxnard, California. The school is the oldest in the Oxnard Union High School District, and is the oldest public high school in all of Ventura County. came in second and third, respectively. Although they were the favorites to take the title this year, team members clasped hands, fidgeted and bowed their heads as they waited inside the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza is a performing arts and administrative center located in Thousand Oaks, California. It was built in 1994 on the former site of "Jungleland" at a cost of $63.8 million. for their high school to be called. When it was, their cheering section erupted. ``We've got a lot of studying ahead of us and a lot of hard work, but I know we can do it,'' team member Kristina Ackermann, 17, said later. ``We're really going to have to pick it up and do our best.'' In addition to the top spot, Moorpark also earned first place in all 10 written and oral events, and three of its members earned highest individual scores of the competition. In 1999, Moorpark beat a Texas high school to capture the national title. But it was second to neighboring 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. at the state level in 2000. Fifteen Ventura County schools sent 20 teams to the countywide competition this year, including Oak Park, Royal, Thousand Oaks, Westlake and Newbury Park high schools. Many of the students from participating schools walked up to the stage several times to accept individual gold, silver and bronze medals for their scores in each exam. ``You're room's a mess, but it's all right,'' Frank O'Hanlon shouted at his daughter Brittanny when she went to pick up an award for highest overall individual score for her level, adding to her cache of nine individual medals. ``I'll clean it up myself,'' he added. The Los Angeles County and 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. winners will be announced later this week. The statewide competition will be 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 in March; the national competition will be in Anchorage, Alaska, in April. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Moorpark High's Academic Decathlon team members celebrate their first-place showing among Ventura County schools. Gus Ruelas/Staff Photographer |
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