Bucks County World Language Tournament Held at WTHS
Students from several schools across the county participated in Wednesday's competition.
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William Tennent High School hosted approximately 450 students from 15 different schools across Bucks County Wednesday afternoon for the county's fourth annual World Language Competition.
"It's incredible to see the future of Bucks County's world languages together, celebrating our diversity and love of languages," said organizer and WTHS Spanish Teacher Ariel Vargas.
The pop-quiz style event featured three rounds of 12 questions, and covered topics such as translation, spelling, vocabulary and culture.
Teams were competing on levels from basic to advanced and were awarded ribbons based on the number of points achieved.
Blue ribbons were awarded to teams scoring more than 30 points, red ribbons were awarded to teams with a score between 25 to 29 points, and white ribbons were awarded to teams that scored below 24 points.
The results from the competition are as follows:
| School Name | Number of Teams | Number of Blue Ribbons | Number of Red Ribbons | Number of White Ribbons |
| Unami MS | 2 | 2 | ||
| Council Rock South HS | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Central Bucks South HS | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Pennsbury HS | 6 | 6 | ||
| William Tennent HS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Lenape MS | 2 | 2 | ||
| Central Bucks West HS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Council Rock North HS | 8 | 3 | 5 | |
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Central Bucks East HS |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Truman HS | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tamanend MS | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Log College MS | 1 | 1 | ||
| Klinger MS | 1 | 1 | ||
| Palisades HS | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Neshaminy HS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Kathleen
7:45 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
Considering the billions of dollars we are forced to pay to fund ESL I would suggest these schools concentrate on giving awards to those students who score the highest in English, Grammar, Voice and Diction instead of pushing "diversity."
otis
8:25 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
Wow kathleen that may be the most ignorant comment ever. If you don't know learning a second language has been proven to help understanding your language much easier.