Laguna Hills High Is 3rd in Academic Decathlon
Laguna Hills High School placed third in the state academic decathlon, a two-day competition that tested students’ knowledge in art, literature, math, music, social sciences and economics, plus essay writing, public speaking and interviewing.
El Camino Real High School, which won the national academic decathlon last year and the state championship for the past four years, lost its California title Sunday to rival Moorpark High School.
Not only did Ventura County’s Moorpark push the San Fernando Valley school into second place, but it beat five other teams from the Los Angeles Unified School District, which has a 20-year history of dominating decathlons.
Moorpark will represent California in the national decathlon next month at Cal State Fullerton.
In all, 50 schools competed in the competition, held this year in Stockton.
At an awards ceremony Sunday at the University of the Pacific, decathlon officials announced that Moorpark scored 49,391 points out of a possible 60,000; El Camino earned 48,527, and Laguna Hills took third with 48,431 points.
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