This Saturday, Feb. 4, Ladue Horton Watkins High School (LHWHS) students held their annual Ladue Dance Marathon at Ladue Horton Watkins High School, where their efforts to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals culminated in their largest donation to date.

This year, the students raised a grand total of $44,237.04, about $11,000 more than last year. You can watch the big reveal video here! Over the past four years, Ladue Dance Marathon has raised close to $127,000. All funds stay local, going directly to Children’s Hospital and SSM Cardinal Glennon to help pay for new patient programs, equipment and facility renovations.

Students who participate in Ladue Dance Marathon spend months fundraising and wrap up their efforts at the event with music and dancing, games and philanthropic activities. Several patient families, known as “Miracle Families,” also attend the event to share their inspirational stories with the students who support them.

“Our executive directors, Julia Biest and Shirley Gelman, started raising money last summer, well before any previous year’s efforts had begun,” faculty co-sponsors Mike Farrell and Julie Blank said. “They never stopped striving to motivate the executive board. All of our student leaders worked tirelessly to create fundraising opportunities (through companies such as Waterway and Kendra Scott), to recruit dancers, and to inspire the participants to remember why they signed up for the event: not for the party, but for the kids.”

Dance Marathon is a nationwide organization that raises funds and awareness for Children’s Miracle Network. Ladue Dance Marathon is student-led and was the first high school Dance Marathon in Missouri, and is now one of two in the Greater St. Louis region.

Check out more photos here!

Congratulations to the following DECA students for qualifying for the Missouri State DECA competition at the Lake of the Ozarks in March! One student, Kaycee Little, also automatically qualified for the international DECA competition in Anaheim, California!

DECA is an international association for management and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality, and marketing.

Principles of Finance
1st- Riley Gage (10)
2nd- Yan Rybak (11)

Principles of Hospitality and Tourism
1st- Thomas Xiong (11)

Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making
2nd- MacKenzie Hines-Wilson (12) and Panth Shah (12)

Financial Services Team Decision Making
1st- Eric Yang (11) and Julian Peng (11)

Marketing Management Team Decision Making
1st- Burhan Mubeen (12) and Nisha Naseer (12)

Sports and Entertainment Marketing Team Decision Making
1st- Jake Gerardi (11) and Aidan Morley (11)

Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making
1st- Kenan Elzoobi (12) and Cloe Frank (12)

Apparel and Accessories Marketing
4th- Monty Rickey (10)

Automotive Services Marketing
1st- Ben Avigad (11)

Business Finance
1st- Xinyu He (12)
2nd- Kathryne King (11)

Business Services Marketing
3rd- Noor Rahman (11)

Food Marketing
1st- Michael Burke (12)

Hotel and Lodging Management
3rd- Kaycee Little (11)

Human Resources Management
1st- Ande Siegel (10)

Marketing Communications
1st- Mya Danforth (10)

Quick Serve Restaurant Management
1st- Jessica Matson (12)

Retail Management
1st- Emma Warticovschi (11)
3rd- Kelly Phung (10)

Sports and Entertainment Marketing
1st -Tyler Love (12)
2nd- Shaun Carr (11)

Innovation Plan
1st- Leanna Feng (12) and Diane Mwonga (12)

Independent Business Plan
1st- Mya Danforth (10) and Gus Helmkampf (10)

Financial Consulting
1st- David Song (12)

Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling
1st- Josh Horowitz (10)

Professional Selling
2nd- Jake Gerardi (11)

Leadership Delegate
2nd- Kaycee Little (11)

On Saturday, Feb. 11, 10 Ladue Middle School students participated at the Regional Round of the MathCounts Competition. Nine of the students placed in the top 15, which is a remarkable stat!

In addition, 7th-grader Samuel Chen won the No. 1 overall prize; 8th-grader William Xie won the Countdown Round (a head-to-head speed round); and the team of Stephen Jiang, Jason Ding, Will Bender and Anthony Wang took First Place in the Team Round.

All of these students will move on to the state competition in March. Here are the nine students and their places (and grade levels).

1) Sam Chen (7)
2) Stephen Jiang (8)
5) William Pan (8)
6) Jason Ding (8)
7) Anthony Wang (7)
10) William Xie (8)
11) Will Bender (7)
13) Marina Sha (8)
14) Iris Zhou (7)

Ladue School District students competed at the Gateway Chess League Action Tournament held this past Saturday, February 18. Spoede Elementary won the 3rd grade and under division, and three students (Alex Zhang, Katie Eisenman, and Tom Xiong) placed first in their individual grade levels.

Third Grade and Under Division

• The Spoede Elementary team of Alex Zhang, Celina Zhou, Christopher Huang, Roy Zhu, Kevin Wu, Rex Zhu, and Anish Shinde won the 3rd Grade and Under division. The Conway Elementary team of Ayden Huang came in 9th place.
• Anish Shinde finished in 2nd place in the Kindergarten individual standings.
• In the 1st grade individual standings, Alex Zhang came in 1st place, Ayden Huang received 2nd place, Roy Zhu came in 4th place, and Kevin Wu finished 6th.
• In the 3rd grade individual standings, Celina Zhou came in 3rd place, Christopher Huang finished 9th, and Rex Zhu finished in 12th place.

Fifth Grade and Under Division

• In the 5th Grade and Under division, Sahil Chatwal and Atharva Shinde (Spoede Elementary) came in 6th place.
• Sahil Chatwal placed 4th, and Atharva Shinde placed 10th in the 4th grade individual standings.
• Zachary Barrett (Ladue Fifth Grade Center) came in 16th out of 24 teams, and he finished in 11th place in the 5th grade individual standings.
• The Reed Elementary team of Jenna Song came in 19th place, and she earned 5th place in the 3rd grade individual division.

Middle School

• The Ladue Middle School 6th Grade and Under team of Max Yang, Allen You, Samuel Loiterstein, and Andrew Stappenbeck finished in 3rd place.
• In the 6th grade individual standings, Max Yang finished in 11th place, Allen You was 12th, Samuel Loiterstein was 21st, and Andrew Stappenbeck was 26th.
• The 8th Grade and Under team of Katie Eisenman, Daniel Ye, Arya Bhushan, and Kanishk Shanmugam finished in 3rd place.
• Katie Eisenman came in 1st place in the 8th grade individual standings. Daniel Ye was 4th, Arya Bhushan was 9th, and Kanishk Shanmugam was 12th place in the 7th grade individual standings.

High School

• The LHWHS team of Tom Xiong, Zachary Millsap, Sophie Kras, Jason Pummer, and Yan Rybak finished in 3rd place.
• In the individual standings, Zachary Millsap finished in 4th place in the 12th grade division, Tom Xiong won the 11th grade division, and Yan Rybak finished in 8th place. Sophie Kras finished in 9th place, and Jason Pummer finished in 11th in the 9th grade individual standings.

Congratulations to three Ladue Horton Watkins High School students for their performances in the St. Louis Area Brain Bee neuroscience competition held at Washington University.

Akhil Kondepudi (10) and Shelei Pan (9) both moved on to the top 10 oral round competition, with Akhil taking second place and Shelei taking third place. Jakhi Riley (11) also competed and performed well!

Congratulations to the LMS Science Olympiad team members and coaches, who represented the school well at last Saturday’s regional tournament! The competition team will go on to the state finals on Saturday, April 8, at Westminster University in Fulton, Missouri. Below is a listing of team members and coaches.

Competition Team:

Fayzan Ali (9), Ashna Chali (8), Harry Chen (8), Jason Ding (8), Stephen Jiang (8), Aditya Kondepudi (7), Shelei Pan (9), William Pan (8), Marina Sha (8), Cindy Wang (9), Daniel Xu (7), Max Yang (6), Christopher Ye (9), Eric Yin (8) and Lucy Yue (8).

Training Team:

Arya Bhushan (7), Yuvan Chali (6), Chris Chen (7), Samuel Chen (7), Huamin Gao (8), Richie Jiang (6), David Ju (6), Shriya Koneru (8), Evan Schreiner (7), Emily Shaw (6), Rohan Tatikonda (7), Ryan Tung (7), Vyomini Vakil (7), Anthony Wang (7) and Justin Zhang (7).

Coaches:

Martin Long (Coordinator), Christine Allen, Mark Biernbaum, Michael Clay, Melody Frese, Kelly Hake, Natalie Jeney, Donna Matthews, Hugh McMonigle, Kathleen Murphy, Deb O’Hara, Elizabeth Rendine, Jody Rozbicki and Lisa Stein.

This year for the first time, all four Ladue Schools elementary schools participated in FIRSTLEGO® League, a worldwide competition where teams of students ages 9 to 14 are challenged to research real-world problems and devise a workable solution over the course of eight weeks. The groups must also design, build and program a LEGO robot to complete a mission through an obstacle course, all while learning how to work together and draw from one another’s strengths.

The purpose behind FIRSTLEGO is to actively engage student creativity while they apply Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) concepts. The “FIRST” in FIRSTLEGO represents: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.

This year’s competition theme was “Animal Allies” with each team being given the tasks of identifying a way in which the lives of animals and humans intersect, researching a common issue and then brainstorming about how animals and people can help one another.

FIRSTLEGO League is part of the fall curriculum at the elementary level for students participating in Idea Lab. However, parents can also lead teams outside of school for students in grades 4-8. This year’s teams included:

• Two Spoede Elementary School teams, led by Kathie Dolan (teacher)
• Two Reed Elementary School teams, led by Karen Engelkenjohn (teacher)
• One Conway Elementary School team, led by Lindsay Lombardo (teacher)
• One Old Bonhomme Elementary School team, led by Tammy Maclean (teacher)
• One Fifth Grade Center team, co-coached by parents Gaurav Suri and Sonali Jain
• Two Ladue Middle School teams, one sixth grade and one seventh grade, coached by parents Madhari Chali and Jeff Howe

When the 2016-17 season wrapped up, Ladue Schools’ FIRSTLEGO League teams had won the following awards:

• Reed Elementary teams “Creative Cows Creating Coupons” and “Next Generation Super Pigs” won the Core Values Awards
• Spoede Elementary team “Masked Bandits” won the Championship Award — earning an invitation to the Eastern Missouri Championship
• Spoede Elementary team for “Fawntastic Deer Dudes” won the Project Name Award
• Fifth Grade Center team “The Little Piggies” won the Robot Design Award

The Ladue School District’s participation in FIRSTLEGO League began eight years ago when Reed Elementary School Teacher Karen Engelkenjohn led one of only four experimental teams in the St. Louis area. This year, more than 150 teams competed in 12 expos in the St. Louis area. At the high school level, this experience expands to more complex robots. Our high school’s robotics team “Rambunction” also competes annually in the FIRST Robotics competitions.

Spoede Elementary’s Fawntastic Deer Dudes

This team of students tackled the problem of deer being hit by vehicles on local streets. They learned that deer see a larger spectrum of light than people do, which led them to determine that motion-sensored infrared lights turned away from the road could be set up to startle deer away from streets in areas where they are most often hit by cars. The students called Town & Country’s Mayor Jon Dalton to set up a meeting to share their idea.

Photo:

Top Row (l to r): Katherine Myckatyn, Zoe Tenenbaum, Isabella Huang, Emma Bangert, Lauren Clay, Natalie Wolk, and Maya Zigo.

Bottom Row (l to r): Atharva Shinde, Sohan Maganty, Brody Sandler, Sahil Chatwal, David Deffry, Logan Elick, Jonathan Yao, and Anderson Dai.

On March 2, 2017, students from Old Bonhomme elementary participated in the 2017 Academic Challenge Cup, held at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The competition consists of a half-day event designed to challenge students in second and third grade in creative problem solving. Five Old Bonhomme teams participated, and The Builders of the Mind team took home one of four Level Of Excellence awards.

This competition draws bright students from diverse areas and brings them together for a morning of friendly competition. Academic Challenge Cup is sponsored by the Gifted Resource Council.

Congrats to Winston Chen, the LMS winner of the geography bee, who qualified to compete in the Missouri Geography Bee on Friday March 31! Winston is a seventh-grade student.

This is the second level of the National Geographic Bee competition, which is now in its 29th year.

School Bees were held in schools with fourth- through eighth-grade students throughout the state to determine each school champion. School champions then took a qualifying test, which they submitted to the National Geographic Society. The National Geographic Society has invited up to 100 of the top-scoring students in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Department of Defense Dependents Schools and U.S. territories to compete in the State Bees.

Each state champion will receive $100, the National Geographic Concise Atlas of the World, 4th Edition and a trip to Washington, D.C., to represent their state in the National Geographic Bee Championship to be held at National Geographic Society headquarters, May 14-17, 2017.

Good luck to Winston in the next round!

The Ladue Middle School MathCounts team placed first in the Missouri MathCounts Competition on Saturday.

The four-person team consisted of Stephen Jiang (8), Jason Ding (8), Anthony Wang (7) and Will Bender (7). In the lightning-quick Countdown round, Anthony Wang (7) took 2nd place and William Pan (8) placed 4th.

Nine LMS students participated in the Individual competition, all of whom placed in the Top 20. Seven of the Top 10 Math kids in the state are Ladue Middle School students!

Note that the top four finishers (three from LMS) make up the Missouri team that competes in the National MathCounts competition in Orlando in May!

Here are the students and their final positions:

1) Stephen Jiang (8)
2) Anthony Wang (7)
3) Jason Ding (8)
5) Will Bender (7)
7) William Pan (8)
9) Samuel Chen (7)
10) William Xie (8)
16) Marina Sha (8)
18) Iris Zhou (7)

The Ladue Treble Choir received a “1” Exemplary rating at the MSHSAA State Choir Large Ensemble Festival on Monday, March 6. Congratulations to the following students!

Ariel Brown (11)
Rose Coughlin (10)
Rebecca Cunningham (10)
Cleo Davis (10)
Naomi Edwards (12)
Gigi Goebel (11)
Anne Heartney (11)
Donna LaMore (12)
Anna Lu (10)
Sementay Marut (12)
Azucena Molina (11)
Annie Schlesinger (12)
Aleesha Shi (11)
Maya Wasserstrom (12)
Mycaila Williams-Arnold (12)

The speech & debate team competed at the MSHSAA District Tournament this past weekend!

The team finished with:
– 3 district champions
– 4 entries/5 students qualify to the state tournament
– 4 debate entries advance to elimination rounds
– Finalists in all events except two

Congratulations to the students listed below on their accomplishments!

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
Albert Liu (11) – Quarterfinalist

POLICY DEBATE
Patrick Naughton (12) & Aramis Rickey (12) – District Champions & State Qualifiers
Noah DiAntonio (12) & Maya Mutic (12) – Quarterfinalists

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE
Levi Dyson (11) & Edward Wu (11) – Semifinalists & State Qualifiers

DOMESTIC EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING
Patrick Naughton (12) – District Champion & State Qualifier

INTERNATIONAL EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING
Maya Mutic (12) – District Champion & State Qualifier

ORIGINAL ORATORY
Audrey Wang (11) – 5th

RADIO SPEAKING
Maya Mutic (12) – 7th place

HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION
Ande Siegel (10) – 6th place

DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION
Ande Siegel (10) – 5th place

DUET ACTING
Jackson Bry (9) & Eli Goldstein (9) – 6th place

STORYTELLING
Eli Goldstein (9) – 6th place

Thirty Ladue School District students competed at the Gateway Chess League Class Tournament held on Saturday, March 4th.

Third Grade and under division

• The Spoede Elementary team of Rex Zhu (3) , Roy Zhu (1), Anish Shinde (KG), Celina Zhou (3), Kevin Wu (1), Christopher Huang (3), and Bodie Buxner (2) won the 3rd and under division.
• The Conway Elementary team of Aaron Lin (2), Alex Wang (3), and Ayden Huang (1) came in 3rd place in the 3rd and under division.

Fifth Grade and under division

• In the 5th grade and under division, Atharva Shinde (4), Cooper Buxner (2), Harper Buxner (4), and Sahil Chatwal (4) (Spoede Elementary) finished in 3rd place.
• The Ladue Fifth Grade Center team of Zachary Barrett (5), Aditya Jain (5), and Ari Willick (5) finished in 5th place in the 5th and under division.
• The Reed Elementary team of Jenna Song (3) came in 12th place in the 5th and under division.

Middle School

• The Ladue Middle School 6th grade and under team of Andy Stappenbeck (6), Gil Weiss (6), and Samuel Loiterstein (6) finished in 2nd place in the 6th and under division.
• The 8th grade and under team of Benjamin Liu (7), Joshua Fundler (7), Katie Eisenman (8), Daniel Ye (7), Roshen Chatwal (7), Arya Bhushan (7), and Alex Rybak (7) won the 8th and under division.

High School

• The LHWHS team of Sophie Kras (9) and Jason Pummer (9) finished in 3rd place in the 9th and under division.

In this tournament, players also competed in divisions according to their US Chess Federation rating:

• Benjamin Liu (7) won the 1000 and above division, Aaron Lin (2) was 2nd, Jason Pummer (9) was 7th, Daniel Ye (7) was 18th, and Roshen Chatwal (7) was 25th.
• In the 800-999 division, Joshua Fundler (7) was 2nd, Jenna Song (3) 5th, Katie Eisenman (8) 8th, Celina Zhou (3) 11th, Arya Bhushan (7) 20th, Ayden Huang (1) 25th and Alex Rybak (7) 27th.
• In the 600-799 division, Zachary Barrett (5) was 7th, Gil Weiss (6) 16th, and Sahil Chatwal (4) 34th.
• In the under 600 division, Sophie Kras (9) was 7th, Aditya Jain (5) 10th, Rex Zhu (3) 11th, Roy Zhu (1) 16th, Andy Stappenbeck (6) 19th, Atharva Shinde (4) 25th, Cooper Buxner (2) 26th, Anish Shinde (KG) 29th, Harper Buxner (4) 41st, Ari Willick (5) 42nd, Kevin Wu (1) 45th, Samuel Loisterstein (6) 47th, Alex Wang (3) 50th, Christopher Huang (3) 52nd, and Bodie Buxner (2) 58th.

To view the full tournament results, visit the Gateway Chess website.

Many of these students will be competing at the Missouri State Chess Championships on March 18 in Columbia, Missouri.

Several young women Ladue Horton Watkins High School have recently received the 2017 St. Louis & Southern Illinois Aspirations Award for their accomplishments in computing! Award recipients are selected for their aptitude and interest in IT and computing, solid leadership ability, good academic history, and plans for post-secondary education.

Congratulations to our winners!

2017 Winners:
Amanda Steiner (12)
Julia Wang (11)

National Honorable Mention:
Rose Coughlin (10)

2017 Honorable Mentions:
Leda Liang (11)
Nikol Nikolova (10)

The 2017 Aspirations Award ceremony will be held 0n Sunday, March 26 at Saint Louis University.

At the 10th Annual Missouri Percussion Arts Trophy Competition held last Saturday, the Ladue Schools percussionists took first place in their respective categories!

Ladue percussionists Jacob Cytron (12) and Amelia Malone (10) took first place in their respective categories–Solo Marimba and Solo Percussion with Miles Kim (12) capturing the 3rd Place Trophy for Solo Marimba.

Other Ladue percussionists competing were Laura Ewald (11), Anthony Schuster (11), Ian Pallares (11), Jack Roth (12) and Jackson Hummels (12).

MPAT is divided into high school and collegiate divisions with international soloist She-e Wu (Manhattan School of Music/Northwestern) adjudicating. Both Jacob and Amelia received a masterclass as first place recipients.

The event was held at the Cowan Performing Arts Center in Lebanon, Missouri.

Check out this article on the on-ice chemistry of some of the Ladue Schools hockey players! Though the team didn’t take home the final win in the Wickenheiser Cup this year, the teamwork and friendship displayed by these players proves that they walk away from the season with what is even more important: the experiences on the ice.

See the article here!

The middle school high school orchestras have been performing well in recent contests!

The 7th and 8th grade orchestras participated in the SLSMEA Orchestra Contest last Wednesday. The 7th grade orchestra earned a rating of II+, and the 8th grade orchestra earned a rating of I.

The high school concert and symphonic orchestras participated in the MSHSAA Orchestra Contest last Thursday. The concert orchestra earned a rating of II, and the symphonic orchestra earned a rating of I.

The panel of judges were impressed with the musicianship and energy of all the groups of student musicians!

Congratulations to the 8th grade Science Bowl, which took first place in the regional Science Bowl and won themselves an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington D.C. at the end of April to compete in the nationals finals!

The Ladue 1 team had to string out six straight victories over the course of three hours (after already completing six prior matches) in order to win the competition. This included back-to-back wins over the only team that beat them earlier in the day.

“It was truly a battle of attrition, and the odds were heavily in the other team’s favor,” substitute coach Michael Clay said. “It was an astonishing come from behind win!”

8th Grade Team:
Harry Chen
Jason Ding
Stephen Jiang
William Pan
Eric Yin

The 6th and 7th grade teams did well, too. Both teams made it through the first round undefeated.

7th Grade Team:
William Bender
Aditya Kondepudi
Arya Bhushan
Samuel Chen
Anthony Wang

6th Grade Team:
Yuvan Chali
Richie Jiang
Josh Yin
Max Yang

The speech and debate team competed in the Eastern Missouri District Tournament this past weekend. The team took 2nd place in Speech Sweepstakes, 1st place in Congressional Debate Sweepstakes, 1st place in Debate Sweepstakes, and 1st place in Overall Sweepstakes!

Aramis Rickey (12) was named the District Student of the Year! Aramis was nominated for his leadership, dedication to the team, his belief in ethical debate, and for holding our entire team to a higher standard. Aramis will now go on to represent Eastern Missouri in the National Student of the Year competition.

Ladue qualified 11 students to the National Speech and Debate Association’s National Tournament! We’ll be traveling to Birmingham in June for a week of speech and debate competition!

Congratulations to the students listed below on their individual accomplishments!

National Qualifiers ​
Patrick Naughton (12) and Aramis Rickey (12) – 3rd place​, National Qualifiers

Congressional Debate – Senate
Edward Wu (11) – 3rd place, National Qualifier

Congressional Debate – House 2
Levi Dyson (11) – 2nd place, National Qualifier

Congressional Debate – House 3
Albert Liu (11) – 1st place & District Champion, National Qualifier

Informative Speaking
Fatima Sheriff (11) – 5th place

Duo Interpretation
Connie Dong (10) and Michelle Liu (10) – 6th place

Humorous Interpretation
Ande Siegel (10) – 1st place & District Champion, National Qualifier

Original Oratory
Olivia Liu (10) – 4th place, National Qualifier

Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Patrick Naughton (12) – 3rd place, National Qualifier
Hale Masaki (10) – 4th place, National Qualifier

International Extemporaneous Speaking
Noah DiAntonio (12) – 1st place & District Champion, National Qualifier
Aramis Rickey (12)  – 3rd place, National Qualifier
Maya Mutic (12) – 4th place
Max Kornfeld (10) – 6th place, National Qualifier

Policy Debate
Noah DiAntonio (12) and Maya Mutic (12) – 2nd place
Patrick Naughton (12) and Aramis Rickey (12) – 3rd place
Olivia Liu (10)  and Hale Masaki (10) – 4th place
Max Kornfeld (10) and Noor Rahman (11) – 5th place

Two teams representing Ladue Schools achieved Highest Honors in the recent WordMasters Challenge™—a national vocabulary competition involving nearly 150,000 students annually. The third grade team scored an impressive 183 points out of a possible 200 in the second of three meets this year, placing seventh in the nation. In addition, the fourth grade team scored 189 points, finishing 10th in the nation.

Competing in the Blue Division of the WordMasters Challenge™, fourth graders Ritwik Ashok and Bella Soyfer each earned a perfect score of 20 on the challenge. Nationally, only 116 fourth graders achieved this result. Other students from Ladue Schools who achieved outstanding results in the meet include third graders William Burrus, Ihenna Eke-Okoro, Sylvia Hanes, Harry Margraf and Anthony Zho, and fourth graders Amanda Armbruster, Gage Galati, Jake Oberman, Ben Stephenson and Braeden Wallace. The students were coached in preparation for the WordMasters Challenge™ by their classroom teacher.

The WordMasters Challenge™ is an exercise in critical thinking that first encourages students to become familiar with a set of interesting new words (considerably harder than grade level), and then challenges them to use those words to complete analogies expressing various kinds of logical relationships. Working to solve the analogies helps students learn to think both analytically and metaphorically. Although most vocabulary enrichment and analogy-solving programs are designed for use by high school students, WordMasters Challenge™ materials have been specifically created for younger students in grades three through eight. They are particularly well-suited for children who are motivated by the challenge of learning new words and enjoy the logical puzzles posed by analogies.

The WordMasters Challenge™ program is administered by a company based in Indianapolis, Indiana, which is dedicated to inspiring high achievement in American schools. Further information is available at the company’s website.