Do you have better vocab than this 5th-grader?

Seven Beaufort County School District elementary and middle school students earned perfect scores in the spring edition of a national vocabulary competition.

One other student, Red Cedar Elementary School fifth-grader Katie Ryan, earned “Highest Honors” status in the WordMasters Challenge, a designation honoring students who finish among the top 10-15 students in the country at their grade level for the school year.

WordMasters is the nation’s longest-running language arts competition for elementary and middle school students. Other winners were:

▪  Two third-graders: Ralph Brewer of M.C. Riley Elementary and Angeles Santos Martinez of Pritchardville Elementary. They were among only 13 third-graders in the country to earn perfect scores.

▪  Three fourth-graders: Ella Barry of Bluffton Elementary, Connie Marie Taylor of Broad River Elementary and Lydia Benson of River Ridge Academy. They were among 60 fourth-graders nationally with perfect scores.

▪  Two Lady’s Island Middle School sixth-graders: Jack Campbell and Jada Jenkins. They were among only 15 sixth-graders in the nation to earn perfect scores.

This story was originally published June 3, 2016 at 3:15 PM with the headline "Do you have better vocab than this 5th-grader?."