2022-2023 WordMasters Challenge Year-End Results

We are pleased to announce the final results of the 36th annual WordMasters Challenge™.  Please check out the tables below for the Top Ten teams in each division, as well as the cumulative scores required to qualify for each level of individual special honors.

At the conclusion of each year’s WordMasters Challenge™, we determine three categories of national individual recognition.  “Highest Honors” are reserved for those students who have finished among the top 10-15 students in the country at their grade level.  “High Honors” are for those students who have finished among the top 2% of all competitors at their grade level, and “Honorable Mention” is for those who have finished in the top 10%.  The score required to qualify for these honors varies from year to year.  The charts below show the minimum score required for each level of honor at each grade level for the 2022-2023 WordMasters Challenge™.

Team Leaders, if you had one or more teams place among the Top Ten in its division and/or any of your students achieved Highest Honors recognition, we will be sending you a DRAFT press release by May 15th. Since we email the press releases as Word documents, you may edit and distribute the press release at your discretion.  If you would like to create your own press release, click here for a downloadable template.

We suggest that any student who has achieved a cumulative score high enough to qualify for one of these honors deserves special recognition—an article or photo in your local newspaper, a commendation from your Board of Education, or at least individual mention in a schoolwide awards assembly. Please send us copies of articles about your Challenge champions which have run in your local newspapers. We especially enjoy seeing photographs of the children who make up teams in different parts of the country, and will post them on our website with your permission.

It's time to start planning for the upcoming 2023-2024 WordMasters Challenge™! Registration is available online now through September 30th -- just click here to register online or download an order form.

BLUE DIVISION:

Grade 3 4 5 6 7 8
Highest Honors 56 58 59 58 57 59
High Honors 50 49 48 50 53 53
Honorable Mention 39 35 34 38 45 46

 

Please click on the following links to download a list of all students who achieved Highest Honors in the 2022-2023 WordMasters Challenge™ - Blue Division.  

Grade 3 |  Grade 4  |  Grade 5  |  Grade 6  |  Grade 7  |  Grade 8

 

Congratulations to the following Outstanding Teams in the Blue Division:

GRADE SCORE SCHOOL LOCATION
3B 549 Daves Creek Elementary Cumming, GA
  541 Lyman Elementary Lyman, SC
  528 Chestnutwold Elementary School Havertown, PA
  522 Glen Rock Elementary Schools Glen Rock, NJ
  521 Okatie Elementary Okatie, SC
  511 Bluffton Elementary School Bluffton, SC
  511 Prattville Elementary School Prattville, AL
  508 Campbell Hall N. Hollywood, CA
  507 Big Apple Academy Brooklyn, NY
  496 M C Riley Elementary Beaufort, SC
       
4B 595 Northpoint Elementary School Granger, IN
  560 Breck School Golden Valley, MN
  556 Lakeside Elementary School Richmond, VA
  551 Big Apple Academy Brooklyn, NY
  544 Rivers Edge Elementary School Glen Allen, VA
  539 Saddle Ridge School Rock Spring, GA
  536 Ridgefield Academy Ridgefield, CT
  531 Springfield Park Elementary Glen Allen, VA
  523 Campbell Hall N. Hollywood, CA
  515 Fairburn Avenue Elementary Los Angeles, CA
       
5B 595 Ketterlinus Elementary School St. Augustine, FL
  586 Big Apple Academy Brooklyn, NY
  578 Skyline Elementary School Solana Beach, CA
  567 Rutledge Hall Lincolnwood, IL
  559 Rivers Edge Elementary School Glen Allen, VA
  558 Ridgefield Academy Ridgefield, CT
  555 Glen Rock Elementary Schools Glen Rock, NJ
  551 Silverbrook Elementary Fairfax Station, VA
  551 Fairburn Avenue Elementary Los Angeles, CA
  542 Gary Elementary School West Chicago, IL
  542 Chestnutwold Elementary School Havertown, PA
       
6B 590 Peterson Middle School Sunnyvale, CA
  567 International School of Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY
  566 Bluffton Middle School Bluffton, SC
  558 Lincoln Junior High School Naperville, IL
  552 NYC Lab Middle School New York, NY
  551 Big Apple Academy Brooklyn, NY
  548 Rotolo Middle School Batavia, IL
  542 Lewis F Cole Intermediate School Ft. Lee, NJ
  542 Campbell Hall N. Hollywood, CA
  539 Ridgefield Academy Ridgefield, CT
       
7B 574 Peterson Middle School Sunnyvale, CA
  573 International School of Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY
  563 Carleton Washburne Winnetka, IL
  560 Solomon Schecter Day School of Greater Boston Newton, MA
  556 Manhattan Junior High School Manhattan, IL
  555 Ridgefield Academy Ridgefield, CT
  522 River Ridge Academy Bluffton, SC
  516 Highland Middle School Libertyville, IL
  515 St. John's Episcopal Parish Day School Tampa, FL
  513 Lincoln Junior High School Naperville, IL
       
8B 599 Lincoln Hall Lincolnwood, IL
  597 Peterson Middle School Sunnyvale, CA
  577 Big Apple Academy Brooklyn, NY
  568 Lincoln Junior High School Naperville, IL
  552 Carleton Washburne Winnetka, IL
  546 Geneva CUSD 304 Geneva, IL
  544 Ridgefield Academy Ridgefield, CT
  539 Highland Middle School Libertyville, IL
  537 St. John's Episcopal Parish Day School Tampa, FL
  533 Solomon Schecter Day School of Greater Boston Newton, MA
       

 

 

GOLD DIVISION:

Grade 3 4 5 6 7 8
Highest Honors 56 58 57 58 55 58
High Honors 53 52 52 52 54 54
Honorable Mention 45 42 42 43 47 47

 

Please click on the followng links to download a list of all students who achieved Highest Honors in the 2022-2023 WordMasters Challenge™ - Gold Division.  

Grade 3  |  Grade 4  |  Grade 5  |  Grade 6  |  Grade 7  |  Grade 8

Congratulations to the following Outstanding Teams in the Gold Division:

GRADE SCORE SCHOOL LOCATION
3G 573 Spartanburg School District 7 Spartanburg, SC
  548 Bibich Elementary School Dyer, IN
  533 The Avery Coonley School Downers Grove, IL
  529 Louise Archer Elementary Vienna, VA
  514 Spartanburg School District 7 Spartanburg, SC
  506 Monroe Township Elementary TAG Williamstown, NJ
  503 Homan Elementary Schererville, IN
  501 Oak Street Elementary School Falls Church, VA
  497 Peifer Elementary School Schererville, IN
  495 North Mianus School Riverside, CT
       
4G 588 St. Mark's School of Texas Dallas, TX
  578 Spartanburg School District 7 Spartanburg, SC
  565 Mason Ridge Elementary Town & Country, MO
  562 Louise Archer Elementary Vienna, VA
  551 Monroe Township Elementary TAG Williamstown, NJ
  549 North Mianus School Riverside, CT
  543 Bella Vista Elementary School San Ramon, CA
  543 Frank C. Whiteley School Palatine, IL
  541 Daves Creek Elementary Cumming, GA
  537 Spartanburg School District 7 Spartanburg, SC
       
5G 582 Daves Creek Elementary Cumming, GA
  555 Idea Program/Darien Public Schools Darien, CT
  550 Bella Vista Elementary School San Ramon, CA
  544 Louise Archer Elementary Vienna, VA
  542 Bella Vista Elementary School San Ramon, CA
  539 Spartanburg School District 7 Spartanburg, SC
  524 Wayne Township Elementary GATES Wayne, NJ
  519 Twin Hickory Elementary School Glen Allen, VA
  517 Spartanburg School District 7 Spartanburg, SC
  510 Manchester GATE School Fresno, CA
       
6G 590 Eastern Middle School Riverside, CT
  569 Idea Program/Darien Public Schools Darien, CT
  559 Annunciation Orthodox School Houston, TX
  549 Brentwood Middle School Brentwood, TN
  549 Hunting Ridge School Palatine, IL
  538 Hunting Ridge School Palatine, IL
  537 Frank C. Whiteley School Palatine, IL
  536 Spartanburg School District 7 Spartanburg, SC
  524 Manchester GATE School Fresno, CA
  518 Marion Jordan School Palatine, IL
  518 Long Beach Middle School Lido Beach, NY
       
7G 566 Kennedy Junior High Naperville, IL
  562 Eastern Middle School Riverside, CT
  538 Brentwood Middle School Brentwood, TN
  532 Hull Middle School Duluth, GA
  528 Miller Middle School/CUSD San Jose, CA
  527 Spartanburg School District 7 Spartanburg, SC
  524 Highland Middle School Libertyville, IL
  513 Idea Program/Darien Public Schools Darien, CT
  509 Rolling Hills Country Day School Rolling Hills Estates, CA
  508 South Bay Area Homeschoolers Mountain View, CA
       
8G 591 Miller Middle School/CUSD San Jose, CA
  580 Spartanburg School District 7 Spartanburg, SC
  575 Kennedy Junior High Naperville, IL
  569 Idea Program/Darien Public Schools Darien, CT
  562 Highland Middle School Libertyville, IL
  533 Cooper Middle School McLean, VA
  530 Annunciation Catholic Academy Altamonte Springs, FL
  528 Rolling Hills Country Day School Rolling Hills Estates, CA
  507 Walsh Middle School / Framingham Public Schools Framingham , MA
  498 Springfield Township Middle School Oreland, PA

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