PAIR OF LOCAL CAMPUSES THINK AHEAD GOLDEN VALLEY, SAUGUS HIGHS SCORE IN ACADEMIC CONTEST.Byline: CONNIE LLANOS llanos (yä`nōs), Spanish American term for prairies, specifically those of the Orinoco River basin of N South America, in Venezuela and E Colombia. Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, -- Flexing their academic muscles, two Santa Clarita Schools scored in the top 25 high schools for the 2007 Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County 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. . Canyon Country's Golden Valley High School placed 12th in the competition, with a score of 35,817, and Saugus High was 23rd, with a score of 30,152. "It's amazing we did so well considering we are still a new school," Golden Valley's decathlon coach Dana Bobek said Friday. The former decathlon coach for Saugus High, Bobek knows what it takes to make a decathlon team a winner. "We meet during Period One every day, at 6:50 a.m., and also on weekends and after school," she said. "We literally cover hundreds of folders of material and take hundreds of quizzes to review." This year's decathlon theme was China, and it was woven into all 10 areas covered in the academic competition -- math, economics, social sciences, art, music, language, literature, speech, interviews and the Super Quiz. "A lot of the material is things not covered not covered Health care adjective Referring to a procedure, test or other health service to which a policy holder or insurance beneficiary is not entitled under the terms of the policy or payment system–eg, Medicare. Cf Covered. in regular high school classes, like Chinese music Chinese music, the classical music forms of China. Origins and Characteristics Chinese music can be traced back as far as the third millennium B.C. ," Bobek said. Academic Decathlon teams are made up of a diverse group of students, as rules require those with A, B and C averages to participate. Bobek, who asks students to apply and turn in essays or quizzes for a spot on the team, thinks the mix helps the students find their strengths and weaknesses. "An A student is used to the grind of learning a lot of material and testing well, but a C student may be naturally bright but unmotivated. The C student brings a lot of social skills to the group and most of the time the experience fires up their quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the knowledge, and suddenly they are better students." Vilo Del Rio, Saugus High's decathlon coach, already is planning for next year, hoping to get a decathlon class going on his campus. "We are excited that we did better than last year, and we are hoping to perform better next year," Del Rio said. For Del Rio the most satisfying part of the experience was watching his kids have their moment in the spotlight. "We really built a great team and, in the last few weeks, they became like a family," Del Rio said. "The kids had a wonderful time, and that's all that matters." connie.llanos@dailynews.com (661) 257-5254 |
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