Tartan Achievements: National History Bowl, Presidential Scholar Semifinalists and More!
Several Upper School students have been recognized for their achievements recently in subjects like history, chemistry and cinematic arts.
Several Upper School students have been recognized for their hard work recently in subjects like history, chemistry, cinematic arts and more.
Here’s a look at some recent achievements:
Tartan History ClubUpper School students in the student-led Tartan History Club recently traveled to Arlington, Va., to compete in the 2023 International Academic Competitions National Championships.
The National History Bowl is a buzzer-based team history quiz competition with more than 100 regional and state tournaments which lead to a national championship event in April. The Tartan History team qualified by winning the Southern California regional tournament in February.
The St. Margaret’s team included juniors Nate Minton, Levon Alyanakian and Christopher Pelayo-Ayala, and sophomores Chase Springer and Ethan Stolper.
At the national championship, the team won three of five matches in preliminaries and advanced to the upper bracket, ultimately placing in the top third out of nearly 100 teams.
In addition, Nate and Christopher competed individually in the International Geography Bee after placing at the Southern California regionals. Nate advanced to the semifinals and placed 23rd overall.
Ethan also competed individually, representing St. Margaret’s at the junior varsity national championship for the History Bee as an individual.
Congratulations to the Tartan History Club for a great showing!
Senior Named U.S. Presidential Scholar Semifinalist
St. Margaret’s senior Winston Verdult has been named one of 628 semifinalists in the 2023 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, and one of about 50 named for their achievements in the arts.
The U.S. Presidential Scholars is one of the most prestigious achievements recognizing distinguished graduating high school seniors. Winston was nominated by YoungArts for his filmmaking accomplishments.
The Commission on Presidential Scholars will select up to 161 U.S. Presidential Scholars, including 20 in the arts, with U.S. Presidential Scholars medallions awarded in June.
Winston was one of two Tartans nominated for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program this year, along with senior Malcolm Matthew.
Student Paper Published by Pioneer Research Journal
Senior Alexis Lindenfelser will have a research paper published by the Pioneer Research Journal this month, one of 28 selected works from an international collection of undergraduate-level research.
Alexis' topic was “Nature Protecting Nature: The Use of Plant-Derived Organic Compounds to Produce Superior Sunscreens that are Both Non-Toxic to Coral and Present Reduced Health Risks to Humans.”
The Pioneer Research Journal features the most outstanding scholarship generated by the young global scholars enrolled in the Pioneer Research Program, the world’s only fully-accredited online research program providing U.S. college credit for exceptional high school students from around the world.
In all, 28 papers out of 1,400 each year are selected for publication.
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