Danielle Flores, a junior at the Academy of Mount St. Ursula, placed in the top 10 in New York City in the National Vocabulary Championship. Some13,000 students participated.
On Dec. 10, Flores competed against 100 other finalists at the Bayard Rustin Education Complex in Manhattan.
“Being in the citywide championship was both an exhilarating and enlightening experience,” Flores said in a statement. “Spending time with people of wide vocabularies showed me I have so much more to learn about the English language. Competing with them was as intense as being in the playoffs!”
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