Granada Hills Charter High's Academic Decathlon team meets with Washington leaders

Members of Granada Hills Charter High's national-champion Academic Decathlon Team pose in front of the U.S. Capitol during their visit to Washington, D.C.

Granada Hill Charter High School's nine-member Academic Decathlon team is in Washington, D.C., taking a victory lap of sorts as a reward for winning its second national championship earlier this year.

Team members met this week with Education Secretary Arne Duncan and also have meetings scheduled with Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, who represent California in the U.S. Senate.

Granada Hills dominated the national competition, held in late April in Albuquerque, scoring the highest point tally in the decathlon's history. That score - 54,081 points out of a possible 60,000 - broke the previous record of 53,119 set by Ventura County's Moorpark High School in 2008.

Source: http://www.dailynews.com/ci_21154318/granada-hills-charter-highs-academic-decathlon-team-meets?source=rss_emailed

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