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2021 U.S. Academic Decathlon Winning Team Keeping the sense of connection among our students was top priority. Like last year, this competition was a big shift for everyone involved, said team coach Alina Lee. It was important to focus on maintaining our momentum without our normal face-to-face interactions. Our program is built on teamwork and accountability so keeping the sense of connection among our students was a top priority. I am really impressed how well everyone responded, and I m very excited for our team. This year s winning team of students is Dwaipayan Chanda, Eunice Choi, Joshua Choi, Rachel Heo (alternate), Chloe Hyun, Aroa Kim (alternate), Justin Kim, Hirusha Liyanage, Anthony Mercado (alternate), Jasdeep Sidhu, and Zorex Villadelgado, Jr. The coaches are Alina Lee, Linda Kang and Amy Contreras. ....
Granada Hills Charter High School won its eighth national Academic Decathlon championship this weekend, officials announced Saturday. The team scored 52,656.7. ....
Print Growing up in Winnetka in a Korean family, 17-year-old twins Eunice and Joshua Choi had heard about the Korean War from their parents and grandparents. But it wasn’t until this last year, training up for their high school’s academic decathlon team, that the Granada Hills Charter seniors came to see their family history in a new way. The Cold War was the theme of this year’s academic competition. Studying “the larger context” of “how the U.S. influenced other countries through proxy wars,” Eunice Choi explained, “opened my eyes to the amount of soft power and propaganda that was so prominent and how it influences us today.” ....