This week’s word is: Deleterious [del-i-teer-ee-uh s]– (adj) harmful, destructive, detrimental

Every Wednesday in homerooms teachers will give a vocabulary word and its definition to students. Use the word correctly in a sentence or demonstrate the word in an illustration and turn it in Thursday during lunch period for a chance to win a gift card. The best entry each week will be announced Friday and win a $10 Target gift card.

Previous winners are Keana Esmkhani, Anna Duclos and Christian Warren.