Last week 15 students were away for the World Scholar’s Cup – Global Round in Kuala Lumpur. It was a week of debating, writing, quizzes, cultural fairs, dances, stairs and excitement!
After a short turn around from the regional round, the Shenton students put on an impressive performance, walking away with heavy necks from the medals they won!
A few achievement of note: – 2 teams qualified for the Tournament of Champions at Yale:
- Michelle Lam, Georgia Ngo and Morgan Crockett
- Willem De Blanc, Evan Blandin De Chalan and Zony Li
The senior division had 1300 students competing
- Izzy Leman 80th in writing
- Evan 56th in writing
- Georgia Ngo 93rd in debating
- Michelle 65th in debating
- Ben Gaudin 32nd in debating
Team debate 29th overall for the senior girls.
- Michelle Lam was the top school scorer.
- Finn Williams was 86th overall in the junior debating.
Morgan, Willem and Erin Campbell all performed musical pieces in front of an audience of 2000 (very impressive).
