LOS ANGELES—North Hollywood High School won the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Science Bowl in downtown Los Angeles Saturday and will travel to Washington, D.C., next month to compete in the national Science Bowl.

Each member of the team is awarded a $1,250 Hitachi Scholarship and a fully funded trip to the nation’s capital to represent Los Angeles at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science National Science Bowl taking place from April 25–29, according to the LADWP.

North Hollywood High also won the regional competition in 2023.

The school, whose campus is located at 5231 Colfax Ave., will compete against 65 high school regional champions from 40 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico at next month’s national competition.

Taking second place at the LADWP’s Science Bowl XXXII Regional Competition was Science Academy STEM Magnet High School, with Harvard-Westlake High School taking third and Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies High School earning fourth-place honors.

Van Nuys High School won first place in the hands-on competition in which teams assembled and launched “rocket cars.” Each member of the winning team received a $750 LADWP scholarship.

Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School won second place, with team members each receiving LADWP scholarships of $600; Larchmont Charter School Team A took third place with team members receiving $450 LADWP scholarships; and Larchmont Charter School Team B placed fourth with team members receiving $300 LADWP scholarships.