SPM swoops swag of awards at Medan World Scholar’s Cup

On January 16^th-17^th, 2018, ten grade 7 and 8 SPM students successfully competed for the first time in the Medan Regional Round of the World Scholar’s Cup.

The team won a combined total of seventy-six medals in individual and group categories and received six gold, four silver and four bronze trophies. The SPM students were the most successful of the approximately two-hundred students, winning first, second and third for the best junior teams.

Ilona Pasha was the most successful student of the group as she was awarded the Best Scholar, Best Debater, and Best Writer. Ilona was also a part of the Best Debate Team and the Best School Team. Denzel Jordan was the most decorated junior, winning eleven medals. Dior Joanne Ivanka, Denzel Jordan’s sister, was also highly decorated with ten medals from across a range of categories.

The other students also all received an impressive number of medals. These students were Elizabeth, Caitlin, Renee, Nichelle, Metasha, Annete and Attara (who partnered with a senior team and successfully competed against much older opponents).

Jason Pringle, SPM’s English teacher, coached the students for one week before the competition. During their preparation for the event, the study material was globally released to the public by the World Scholar’s Cup organisers; this makes their achievement even more remarkable.

The Medan Regional Round was the first World Scholar’s Cup event for the year 2018.

All of the SPM World Scholar’s Cup entrants are now eligible to attend one of the Global Round which are being held this year in Melbourne, Australia; Barcelona, Spain; and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Should they be successful in one of these rounds, they will enter the final stage of the competition – the Tournament of Champions in Yale University, Connecticut, USA.

SPM congratulates Jason Pringle and the team on a wonderful result and looks forward to their future success.