Two Teams of Archmere Students Earn Highest Cumulative WordWright Honors

The WordWright Challenge is a national reading competition for students in grades 9 through 12 that require analytical reading of many kinds of prose and poetry. It emphasizes perceptive interpretation, sensitivity to language, and an appreciation of style. There are four meets per year but only the scores of the top 10 students at each grade level officially count. The sum of these top 10 scores represents each team's score.

In the cumulative standings at the end of the four WordWright Challenge meets this year, Archmere's eleventh graders placed tenth in the nation and the twelfth graders placed thirteenth. English teacher Mr. Stephen Klinge supervised the Archmere students. Over 693 high school teams participated in this national competition.

Four of Archmere's students won highest honors for year-long individual achievement: Juniors Elise Brady and Ali Curren both placed among the twenty highest ranked eleventh graders in the entire country in the year-end cumulative standings, while seniors Emily Lugg and Madeline Singh placed among the twenty highest scoring seniors at their grade level nationwide.

Students at the school who excelled in the year's final meet, held in April, included juniors Elise Brady and Lauren Wilson, both of whom earned perfect scores, and Ashley Heitzenroder, and seniors Madeline Singh (who earned a perfect score) and Emily Lugg.

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Archmere Academy is a private, Catholic, college preparatory co-educational academy,
grades 9-12 founded in 1932 by the Norbertine Fathers.