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District 15 Teams Win in Knowledge Master Open
A team of 24 fifth- and sixth-grade students from Hunting Ridge Elementary School earned first place in the state of Illinois in the Knowledge Master Open academic competition. The team also finished sixth in the world out of a competitive field of 423 schools.
A team from Marion Jordan School finished second in the state and earned a ranking of 13th in the world.
The Knowledge Master Open, a competition designed to stimulate learning and recognition for academic achievement, runs on classroom computers. More than 2,500 middle school, junior high, and high school teams used their computers to answer 200 challenging questions, earning points for both speed and accuracy. The competition, presented twice each school year by Academic Hallmarks, a Colorado software publisher, allow students the opportunity to compete in a large academic event without the expense of traveling to a central site.
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