Academic Decathlon Team Welcomed Home
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From Times Staff Reports
El Camino Real High School threw a raucous rally for its national champion Academic Decathlon team, toasting the eight brainy seniors for bringing home the school’s third national title in seven years.
“You really make this district proud,” Los Angeles Unified School District Supt. Roy Romer told the team, which shared an outdoor stage with cheerleaders, the school band and the mountain of medals and trophies it had earned.
The Woodland Hills school beat out 40 other teams that competed in the national finals of the decathlon in Boise, Idaho.
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