TRIAL DECATHLON TO HONE TEAMS FOR AREA SCHOOLS.Byline: Staff and Wire Reports The 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. Unified School District'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. season gets under way today, when more than 700 students face off at sites throughout the district in tryouts for their school teams. San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. competitors will be tested in art, economics, language and literature, mathematics, music and social sciences at El Camino and North Hollywood high schools 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. . They also will participate in the Super Quiz, the highlight of academic decathlon competitions. ``The kids are excited. They have been studying really hard,'' said Chris Ker, Los Angeles Unified's coordinator for the academic decathlon. ``It's like a practice test. It gives them a very good idea of where their strengths and weaknesses lie so they can concentrate on specific areas between now and the actual competition.'' The purpose of the ``scrimmages'' is to determine which nine students will represent each school at next year's competitions. Sixty LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) high schools will compete Jan. 25 and Feb. 1 for the honor of representing the district in statewide competitions scheduled for March 7 through 9 in Modesto. Last year, nine LAUSD teams made it to the state competition in Modesto. Academic decathlons are held at school districts throughout the nation. |
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