National Vocabulary Championship
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The National Vocabulary Championship (NVC) is the first-ever U.S.-wide vocabulary competition for high school students created by GSN, in association with The Princeton Review. Thirty thousand high school students from across the United States participated in the inaugural year (2006-2007).
The NVC aims to inspire students to expand their vocabularies and narrow the achievement gap. The program offers free educational resources, creates spirited competition through testing and game play, and awards more than $100,000 annually in college tuition and other prizes.
Fifty finalists nationally will receive a trip to the NVC Finals in Spring 2008, where they will compete for $40,000 toward college tuition in the form of a 529 plan and to be crowned the National Vocabulary Champion.
The host of the National Vocabulary Championship is GSN host Dylan Lane.
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[edit] How to Compete
The NVC is open to eligible high school students in the United States who are within the ages of 13 and 19 years old and in grades 9-12. Home schooled students are eligible to compete.
There are two ways to enter the competition:
Eligible students at participating schools in eight local markets can qualify to participate in a Citywide Championship for a chance to win $5,000 toward college tuition and other prizes as well as a trip to the national finals.
Eligible students nationwide may also participate through a National Qualifying Competition via on-line and regional exams offered by The Princeton Review for a chance to compete in the NVC Finals.
[edit] 2007-2008 Citywide Championships
Eight U.S. cities across the country are chosen each year to host Citywide Championship events. Eligible students who want to compete in one of the local Citywide Championships must attend a participating high school, register with the designated NVC coach at their school, and take the NVC in-school qualifying exam. All public and private high schools within these markets and their surrounding areas are invited to participate and encourage their students to compete. Approximately 100 top scorers per market will qualify to compete in the Citywide Championship, where one winner will receive $5,000 toward college tuition and other prizes as well as a trip to the national finals.
Below is a list of cities that the NVC will be visiting this year (2007-2008):
- Sacramento: Thursday, November 15th -- WINNER: Yvonne Lin (Sophomore)
- Nashville: Tuesday, November 27th -- WINNER: Brian Swenson (Junior)
- St. Louis: Thursday, November 29th -- WINNER: Rajiv Tarigopula (Sophomore)
- Detroit: Monday, December 3rd -- WINNER: Steven Banks (Senior)
- Northeast Ohio: Thursday, December 6th -- WINNER: Joel Fichter (Senior)
- New York: Monday, December 10th -- WINNER: Rebecca Maxfield (Junior)
- Pittsburgh: Monday, January 14th -- WINNER: John Oxenreiter (Senior)
- Philadelphia: Thursday, January 17th -- WINNER: Lauren Bezjak (Junior)
[edit] National Qualifying Competition
Eligible high school students who do not attend a participating school (listed under Citywide Championship) or do not wish to take the in-school qualifying exam can compete in the National Qualifying Competition by following the below steps: 1) The NVC offers an online national qualifying exam during November 2007 at winwithwords.com. For months leading up to the online exam, study tools and study modules are available at winwithwords.com, or 2) Top-scoring students on the online national qualifying exam have an opportunity to advance to the regional exams, which take place at designated The Princeton Review locations across the country. Forty-two top scorers from the National Qualifying Competition will join the eight citywide champions at the national finals.
[edit] Champions
The 2006-2007 National Vocabulary Championship was the inaugural year of the competition.
| Year | Winner's Name | Home Town | Grade | Winning Sentence | Winning Question | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-2007 | Robert Marsland | Madison, Wisconsin | 12th | The hirsute professor maintains that his solipsism stems from a bona fide philosophical conviction rather than excessive narcissism. | Which word comes from the Latin for "alone"? | solipsism |
| 2007-2008 | Aliya Deri | Pleasanton, California | 11th | Joseph was not perturbed by his pal's peccadillo, but his parents apprehended it to be an unambiguous portent of future dereliction. | Which word comes from the Latin for "sin"? | peccadillo |
