VAN NUYS HIGH TO DEFEND SCIENCE TITLE.Byline: Daniel Taub Daily News Staff Writer Nearly a year after five Van Nuys High School Van Nuys High School (VNHS) established in 1914, is a high school in the Van Nuys area of Los Angeles, California, belonging to the Los Angeles Unified School District: District 2. students won the National Science Bowl competition in Washington, D.C., their successors will compete in the regional competition Saturday to defend the title. "I think we'll do pretty well. I'm not completely sure if we'll win," said Scott Schneider, 17, of Woodland Hills, the captain and only returning member of the team. "I'm really just in this competition to have fun," said Schneider, who also was team captain last year at Van Nuys High, where he is a senior. Physics teacher Arthur Altshiller, the coach, expects the team to do well in the regional competition under Schneider's leadership, which he called "instrumental" in the victory last year. "We have good chances of winning, but we're the team everyone's gunning for," Altshiller said. "We'd have to be thought of as the favorites Another term for bookmarks, which was popularized by Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. See favicon and Internet Explorer. , but there's a lot of competition in this." The team will be competing in the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3.9 million residents in 2006. It was founded in 1902 to deliver water and electricity supplies to residents and businesses in Los Angeles. Regional Competition of the National Science Bowl. Ten public and private high schools from the 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. are among the schools that will send teams. The Valley schools include Granada Hills High School Granada Hills Charter High School (Granada Hills High School) is a public, charter, co-educational, secondary school consisting of students in grades 9-12. The school colors are green, black, and white. , San Fernando High School San Fernando High School, located in San Fernando, California, is a secondary school that is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school colors are black and gold. All girl teams are referred to as Lady Tigers, all boy teams simply as Tigers. and Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies (also Sherman Oaks CES or SOCES) is a (magnet) public school in the San Fernando Valley, Southern California, United States. . At Van Nuys High School, no class time is spent preparing for the competition, Altshiller said. The team members - all current or past students in Altshiller's physics class - have met during lunch once a week and in pairs to study. Schneider's teammates are Zachary Bell, 18, of Mission Hills; Dean Chen, 16, of Sherman Oaks; and Gabriel Zada, 17, of Tarzana, all seniors; and junior Ben Arden, 16, of Studio City. Zada said the team is not intimidated in·tim·i·date tr.v. in·tim·i·dat·ed, in·tim·i·dat·ing, in·tim·i·dates 1. To make timid; fill with fear. 2. To coerce or inhibit by or as if by threats. by the pressure to retain last year's national championship title. "We're proud of the team last year and everything. We certainly all want to win, and we're going to go out there and try our hardest," he added. The team that wins the regional tournament will compete in the U.S. Department of Energy's sixth annual national competition in Washington, D.C., in May, and will win $1,000 in school equipment and materials, officials said. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Scott Schneider, right, leads Van Nuys High's science team, including, from left, Zachary Bell, Gabriel Zada, Ben Arden and Dean Chen. Bob Halvorsen/Daily News |
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