El Camino Real Charter High School Students Wins U.S. Academic Decathlon Online Competition Contact: Melanie Horton, Director of Marketing El Camino Real Charter High School 5440 Valley Circle Blvd 818-­‐595-­‐7557 [email protected] Woodland Hills, CA | May 7, 2014 – The El Camino Real Charter High School (ECRCHS) Academic Decathlon team placed first in the 2015 U.S. Academic Decathlon Online Competition, earning 41,493.6 points out of a possible 48,000 points. Overall, the school placed second in the national competition. The members of ECRCHS’s winning team, pictured at right, are Mara Abesamis, Jose Apolaya, Alexis Brito, Sarah Kwon, Tracy Levick, Noah Millman, Dmytro Pasikov, Shoshana Reich, and Ethan Waldman. The coach is Stephanie Franklin. In addition to the team win, ECRCHS student Ethan Waldman achieved the highest The ECRCHS Academic Decathlon team won the 2015 U.S. Academic Decathlon O nline individual score in the 10-­‐year history of the Championship and placed second overall in the online competition. national competition. Last year, the team won the overall national championship. ECRCHS holds a record seven National Championship titles, the highest of any school in the nation; it has won the championship in 1998, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, and 2014. ECRCHS has also captured a record 10 California State titles as well as 11 LAUSD regional competition titles. ### The United States Academic Decathlon® is a ten-­‐event scholastic competition for teams of high school students. Each high school enters a team of nine students: 3 "A" or Honor students (3.750 -­‐ 4.00 GPA), 3 "B" or Scholastic students (3.00 -­‐ 3.749 GPA), and 3 "C or below" Varsity students (0.00 -­‐ 2.999 GPA). The theme for the 2014–2015 Academic Decathlon® season is New Alternatives in Energy: Ingenuity and Innovation (www.usad.org). El Camino Real Charter High School (ECRCHS) is a public secondary school located in Woodland Hills, California. Founded in 1969, ECRCHS became a charter school in 2011. ECRCHS has been recognized as a California Distinguished School since 2009, and holds the national record for U.S. Academic Decathlon National Championship titles. For more information and to follow ECRCHS news, please visit the school’s website at www.ecrchs.net, follow the school on Twitter @ECRCHS, and like the school’s Facebook page at fb.com/ecrchs.