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CB Schools Win Big in Language Competition

Students from several CB schools garnered ribbons in the fourth annual World Language Competition.

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Several Central Bucks middle and high schools won ribbons recently in a county-wide language tournament.

About 450 students from 15 different schools across Bucks County competed recently for the county's fourth annual World Language Competition at William Tennent High School.

"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. 

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The pop-quiz style event featured three rounds of 12 questions, and covered topics such as translation, spelling, vocabulary and culture.

Teams competed on levels from basic to advanced and were awarded ribbons based on the number of points achieved. 

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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

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

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