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Orlando, FL, May 15, 2007 – Matthew Evans, a seventh-grader from Albuquerque, New Mexico, took the top prize today in the fifth annual Reader’s Digest National Word Power Challenge, America’s premier vocabulary competition. The 12-year-old student, who is home schooled, was crowned Word Power Champion by quizmaster Al Roker of NBC’s Today Show, who hosted the National Championship at the Renaissance Orlando Resort at SeaWorld and Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. A television special based on the national event airs on NBC stations this summer.
"The best word to describe this champion’s command of the English language is staggering,” said Kathleen Bordelon, executive director of the Reader’s Digest National Word Power Challenge.
Read the rest at Reader's Digest
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Animals
Homeschooled Matthew Evans took the top prize today in the fifth annual Reader’s Digest National Word Power Challenge,
Orlando, FL, May 15, 2007 – Matthew Evans, a seventh-grader from Albuquerque, New Mexico, took the top prize today in the fifth annual Reader’s Digest National Word Power Challenge, America’s premier vocabulary competition. The 12-year-old student, who is home schooled, was crowned Word Power Champion by quizmaster Al Roker of NBC’s Today Show, who hosted the National Championship at the Renaissance Orlando Resort at SeaWorld and Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. A television special based on the national event airs on NBC stations this summer.
"The best word to describe this champion’s command of the English language is staggering,” said Kathleen Bordelon, executive director of the Reader’s Digest National Word Power Challenge.
Read the rest at Reader's Digest
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We thought it might be fun to find out more about my breed name. Beagle This little dog has a distinct, resonant baying voice, which was how hunters were able to follow a pack of Beagles as they eagerly chased after prey. According to the Oxford...
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Lord Epa and I resumed homeschooling today. Lord Epa seems to be enjoying the literature program I designed for him. We are gradually getting back into the Spanish groove. One of the things I like about Power Glide is not only do you study the language...
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With calm determination, 14-year-old Caitlin Snaring snared a title on Wednesday that only one other girl in geographic history has held: She won the National Geographic Bee. In Snaring's first-time run at the bee in the nation's capital, the...
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