LOS ANGELES UNIFIED ACADEMIC MEGASTARS NAILED IT IN ‘SUPER QUIZ’ COMPETITION
LOS ANGELES (Feb . 2, 2019) – Garfield High School decathletes outdid their peers with an unofficial score of 77 at the 2019 Los Angeles Unified School District’s Academic Decathlon’s “Super Quiz” competition today.
Following closed behind, Grant High School came in second place with 76 points. John Marshall High School and North Hollywood High School tied for third place with 67 points.
In all, 55 teams of high school decathletes competed before a rousing crowd of family members, classmates, friends and educators, including Los Angeles Unified Board Member Scott M. Schmerelson, Local District South Superintendent Michael Romero, Senior Executive Director, Diversity, Learning and Instruction Hilda Maldonado and Administrator of High School Instruction Patricia Heideman. The event was held at the Roybal Learning Center gymnasium in downtown Los Angeles.
Benjamin Franklin High School came in fourth place with a score of 66 points, while Van Nuys High School nabbed fifth place, garnering 65 points.
Verdugo Hills High School finished in sixth place with 64 points.
Teams rounding out the Top 10 in the “Super Quiz” competition:
Bell High School, with 61 points, followed in order, by Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences (60 points), Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies (57 points) and Reseda Charter High School (56 points).
This year, the reigning Los Angeles Unified state and national champion El Camino Real Charter High School, along with former national champions Granada Hills Charter and Palisades High School, will no longer compete in the Los Angeles Unified region. They are now with the Southern California Private/Independent Region.
“The 1960’s: A Transformational Decade” is this year’s study topic.
The winning team will be announced Saturday, Feb. 9 at the Los Angeles Unified Academic Decathlon awards ceremony at Hollywood High School. The team with the highest score and additional wildcard teams will compete in the 2019 California Academic Decathlon, scheduled for March in Sacramento.