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Standout Student: Arcado Fourth Grader Gets Highest WordMasters Honors
Arcado Elementary student was one of three in the state with the highest honors in a vocabulary and reasoning competition.
fourth grader Ryan Tay got a perfect score in his division of the WordMasters Challenge, a national competition involving learning new words and reasoning.
Tay was one of only three in the state to win the highest honors in the challenge and one of 108 in the U.S., the Gwinnett County Public Schools said.
In the WordMasters Challenge, students learn new words, then use them in logical reasoning. It teaches students to think analytically and metaphorically.
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