Granada Hills Charter High Wins Academic Decathlon
GRANADA HILLS (AP) — Granada Hills Charter High School has taken top honors at the 2011 U.S. Academic Decathlon, besting competitors from all over the country and giving the Los Angeles Unified School District a record 12th national title.
Officials say the 9-member team won Saturday by a wide margin, with 52,113.5 points out of a possible 60,000.
Granada Hills Charter beat second place Dobie High School, from the Houston area, by about 1,700 points.
The big win in Charlotte, N.C., came after days of testing in math, social science, economics and other subjects. Thirty-five high schools participated.
Members of the winning team are: Austin Kang, Celine Ta, Joon Lee, Harsimar Dhanoa, Shagun Goyal, Jiyong "Eugene" Lee, Elysia Eastty, Rikiu Higashida and Sindhura Seeni. Their coaches are Matt Arnold, Nicolas Weber and Spencer Wolf.
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