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Middle Schools Excel in Vocabulary Bowl, Led by Houston's Lanier
Lanier Middle School took home the prize, leading a strong middle-school crop.
In the 2015-16 Vocabulary Bowl, middle-school students proved to be just as fierce competitors as their high-school counterparts. So, for the first time, we honored a winner in the Bowl's middle-school division. Lanier Middle School claimed the trophy this year, coming in second overall to their fellow Houston school, Chavez High School. As Chavez did earlier this week, Lanier celebrated their achievement with an exhilarating event at the school.
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Houston's Chavez High School Celebrates Back-to-Back Vocabulary Bowl Wins in Style
Another year, another victory for the vocabulary whizzes from Texas.
Houston's Chavez High School did the unthinkable, pulling off their second consecutive victory in the 2015-2016 Vocabulary Bowl by surpassing more than 23,000 schools from around North America. The school celebrated with a special ceremony today, as students were presented with the Vocabulary Bowl trophy, medals for top students, and a special proclamation from the Mayor's office congratulating them on their impressive achievement.
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Vocabulary Bowl Roundup Video Showcases Top Schools for April
With the Bowl season coming to a close, we look at the top schools on the April leaderboard.
The 2015-16 Vocabulary Bowl season wrapped up on April 30th, so in our latest SportsCenter-style roundup we catch you up on the action in the final month of play.
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The Results Are In: Students Master Over 14 Million Words in 2015-16 Vocabulary Bowl
Participation nearly doubled in our annual leaderboard competition.
In the second annual Vocabulary Bowl, an astounding number of students participated in the battle to see which school could master the most words. A whopping 582,785 students from 23,804 schools across North America competed and collectively mastered 14,108,105 words!
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March Madness Strikes the Vocabulary Bowl Leaderboard
Our monthly roundup of the top 20 schools features newcomers and familiar faces.
In the Vocabulary Bowl, we had our own kind of March Madness, with the best and the brightest jockeying for position at the top of the leaderboard. Our SportsCenter-style roundup catches you up on all the action.
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Nearly 800 witty entries from around the world made judging this year's Vocabulary Video Contest harder than ever.
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Check Out the February Vocabulary Bowl Top 20 Roundup
The winner of the monthly school leaderboard came down to the wire.
It's time once again for our monthly installment of the Vocabulary Bowl Top 20 Roundup, our SportsCenter-style broadcast recognizing the schools around the country that have come out on top of the Vocab Bowl leaderboards.
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