Hightower Trail Middle School was recently crowned Georgia champion of the 7th annual Vocabulary Bowl, which tested more than 1.3 million students across the country.
The contest is sponsored by Vocabulary.com, which will recognize all 50 U.S. state and 9 Canadian provincial winners with championship banners.
Hightower Trail, which came in 35th in the overall competition, was fourth last year in Georgia.
This year Pope High School of East Cobb was the Georgia runner-up after being the 2019-20 state champion.
Hightower Trail also finished 10th overall among middle schools. Here’s principal Laura Montgomery on how her students improved their Vocabulary Bowl prowess while improving their literacy skills:
“Increasing vocabulary, which aids in effective communication, is part of our daily goal of addressing 21st Century Skills as a STEM school. The students at HTMS worked hard this year to practice their vocabulary using Vocabulary.com. Throughout the year, teachers assigned practice lists related to the books we read and things we study in other classes. Students answered a variety of questions for practices involving context, definitions, and even pictures. Some students even explored and practiced additional lists related to their interests—astronomy, civil rights, and even baseball. In the end, HTMS students mastered over 113,000 words on the program! It’s impressive, mind-boggling, staggering, and awesome!”
Here’s more about the 2020-2021 Vocabulary Bowl:
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Total students participating: 1,300,000+ million students
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Total schools participating: 43,500+
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Total words mastered: 36,600,000+
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K-12 students from 50 U.S. states, U.S. territories and 9 Canadian provinces participated
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Students earn points for their school by mastering words on Vocabulary.com
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See the full results of this season’s Vocabulary Bowl here.
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