EDUCATION EXTRA.Byline: The Register-Guard Spencer Butte student wins vocabulary contest Annika Bennett, an eighth-grader at Spencer Butte Middle School, won the Oregon State Championship in the fifth annual Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge The Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge is an annual vocabulary competition in the United States for youth in sixth, seventh, or eighth grade. It is sponsored by Reader's Digest magazine. Competition School Competition begins at a school level. , America's premier vocabulary competition. She will join the top winners from all 50 states to battle for the national title and $50,000 in college scholarships at the 2007 National Championship in Orlando, Fla., May 14-15. In contrast to a spelling bee, the National Word Power Challenge tests students' understanding of what words mean. Bennett, whose favorite word is eleemosynary eleemosynary (eh-luh-moss-uh-nary) adj. charitable, as applied to a purpose or institution. ELEEMOSYNARY. Charitable alms-giving. 2. Eleemosynary corporations are colleges, schools, and hospitals. 1 Wood. Lect. 474; Skinn. , spends an average of 10 hours reading every week. She began reading at the age of 4 and finished nearly 60 books last year. She counts "If on a winter's night a traveler," by Italo Calvino, as her favorite. More than 2 million students have participated in the Word Power Challenge, an in-school skill building program. Top grade level winners advanced to the state competition, and state champions and teacher escorts receive an all-expense-paid trip to the national championship. South Eugene senior is scholarship finalist Natalie Matthews, a South Eugene High School South Eugene High School is a public high school located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was founded as Eugene High School around 1900, and was located at Willamette Street and West 11th Avenue in a brick building that later served as Eugene's city hall. senior, has been selected as a finalist by the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation. She is one of 250 students from a field of 2,100 who were chosen for demonstrating academic excellence and school and community leadership. She will receive at least a $10,000 scholarship and will travel to Atlanta this month to compete with other finalists for two levels of awards. Fifty of the finalists will earn national four-year college scholarships of $20,000, and 200 students will earn regional four-year college scholarships of $10,000. Kiwanis club names March students of month Bohemia Sunrisers Kiwanis recently named Cottage Grove High School Cottage Grove High School is a public high school located in Cottage Grove, Oregon. It has a newer school building, opened in 2003 to replace the old high school building that was built in 1939 and held its first classes in 1940. seniors Ben Wolden and Sarah Wege as the students of the month for March. Wolden, who plans to attend the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. , is a member of Future Business Leaders of America, Mountain Lions, chess, water polo, Key Club and Interact, and is ASB ASB Asbestos ASB Arbeiter Samariter Bund (German medical help organisation) ASB Anti-Social Behaviour ASB Accounting Standards Board (UK FRC) ASB Aarhus School of Business vice president. He was a finalist for Junior First Citizen. Wege, who plans to attend Western Oregon University History Originally established in 1856 by Oregon pioneers as "Monmouth University", a private college, and later merged with another private institution (Bethel College near Rickreall) to become "Christian College. , has been a leader in Link Crew and participated in Interact and Club S.O.D.A. A member of National Honor Society The National Honor Society (NHS), established in 1921, is a recognition program for American high school students who show achievement in scholarship, leadership, service, and character. , she volunteers through the Youth Advisory Committee. |
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