DARIEN, Conn. Students from Dariens IDEA gifted program showed that once again they are champions of difficult vocabulary. Both the seventh- and eighth-graders excelled in this years WordMasters Challenge.
The seventh-grade IDEA students placed seventh in the nation out of 171 teams in the year-end cumulative standings. The eighth-graders placed eighth in the nation out of 172 teams. Both teams were competing in the Gold Division.
Students in the WordMasters Challenge compete by using difficult vocabulary to solve logic puzzles involving analogies. The vocabulary is considerably harder than grade level, and challenges students to think metaphorically and analytically to solve the analogy problems. The students compete three times a year, each time using 25 new words.
Darien students who had perfect scores on at least one of the WordMasters challenges include: Paige Adams, Andrew Aoyama, Kyra Balenzano, Ben Boston, Maggie Brooks, Charlie Burke, Sarishka Desai, Mia Dursht, Arija Forsyth, Kevin Gallagher, Nicholas Giotis, Jack Hamson, Ben Hayes, Scott Jonker, Jack Kniffin, Oliver Knight, Aditya Krishnamachar, Caroline Lacy, Nicholas Liu, Owen Minson, Christina Molkenthin, Kristen Moran, Chloe Onbargi, Liam Russell, Tre Tucci, Jack Uhlman, Nicole Welsh, Samantha Wind and Chloe Zhou.
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