Edina Students Step Up As Knowledge Masters

Editor's Note: The following is a press release from the City of Edina.

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Which is the geographically largest country in Africa? Who coined the term, “Newspeak”? What would happen if Earth’s atmosphere vanished?

These are just some of the questions that Edina Public Schools students involved in Knowledge Masters students might be asked at the drop of a pin while participating in the Knowledge Masters Open.   

Middle school and high school students at South View, Valley View and Edina High School worked together to answer 200 challenging questions in the December 5^th global event, earning points for the speed and accuracy of their answers. Teams tackle topics ranging from fine arts to history to earth science. Unlike typical academic and athletic competitions, the Knowledge Master Open allows teams to compete nationally and internationally from the comfort of their own school. The competition, held annually in the fall and spring, runs on classroom computers and attracts over 3,000 schools and 24,000 students from the U.S. and abroad. 

Six Edina teams participated, ranking high among over 500 competing teams from across the U.S., China, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United Arab Emirates.

Congratulations to Edina’s participants in the Fall 2012 Knowledge Masters Open:

• Valley View 7^th Grade Team – 3^rd place Minnesota, 24^th place overall (out of 508 teams)
• Valley View 8^th Grade Team – 1^st place Minnesota, 9^th place overall (out of 508 teams)
• Valley View 9^th Grade Team - 2^nd place Minnesota, 2^nd place overall (out of 73 teams)
• South View 7^th Grade Team – 13^th place Minnesota, 142^nd place overall (out of 508 teams)
• South View 8th Grade Team - 15^th place Minnesota, 157^th place overall out of 508 teams)
• Edina High School – 2^nd place Minnesota, 35^th place overall (out of 551 teams)