Entering high school, Avery Salumbides didn’t care much for sports. There weren’t any she really enjoyed, and she said she wasn’t particularly good at any of them.
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District can tout the talents, accomplishments and college placements of its most successful students.
But, as Pedro Noguera is quick to point out, the
Members of Santa Monica High School's Academic Decathlon team created thousands of flashcards, spent countless hours in after-school practices and honed their skills with challenging short-answer
