North Hollywood High Students Getting Ready to Defend Science Bowl Title

A team from North Hollywood High School participated in the Science Bowl Scrimmage Saturday at the LADWP headqurters.

They were among more than 250 students preparing for the Feb. 25 regional competition, which is sponsored by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. The winning team from the regional competition in February will represent the city at the National Science Bowl in Washington, DC, in late April.

Last year, North Hollywood won the regional competition and travelled to Washington D.C., where it placed eighth. The year before that, the team finished third nationally. In fact, North Hollywood High has won the regional competition every year but one since 1998. In 2001, North Hollywood won the national title.

The National Science Bowl is an academic science competition for high school and middle school students who show their knowledge in a question-and-answer format just like the television game show Jeopardy. The competing teams are made up of four students and one alternate with a teacher who serves as a coach.

The Feb. 25 regional competition is one of 69 at the high school level in more than 40 states and it part of the U.S. Department of Energy National Science Bowl program, the nation's largest science competition. More than 13,000 high school students are expected to participate nationally.

Read about last year's successful team here: