El Camino vies for academic crown (Los Angeles Daily News)
By Lisa M. Sodders
Staff Writer
WOODLAND HILLS -- Eight El Camino Real High School students traveled Tuesday to Boise, Idaho, to compete for a third national title in the Academic Decathlon -- a grueling two-day battle among America's brightest kids.
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El Camino teams are known for their distinctive black satin jackets, which each year are adorned with a secret motto, written in a foreign language, on the back. Last year's motto was a George Bernard Shaw quote -- "I want to be thoroughly used up when I die"-- written in Armenian.
This year's motto is in Aramaic and won't be revealed to non-Aramaic speakers until after the national competition.
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I've e-mailed the reporter and asked her to let me know what the motto is when it's made public.
UPDATE (15 April): Oops! It's an academic decathlon, not a sports one. My bad. More on the event here. The reporter for the first article has promised to get me the Aramaic when it's available.
