12 Middle Schoolers qualify for national history competition
Students from around the region, including 37 USN students in sixth, seventh, and eighth grades, gathered in Durnan Auditorium to participate in the Regional Great History Challenge.
By Joel Bezaire, Assistant Head of Middle School for Academics
Our students took their "home field advantage" to its fullest extent as 12 of the 20 regional qualifiers for the national competition in Orlando, Floridia were USN Tigers, and most of the top 5 scores also call 2000 Edgehill home.
Congratulations to the following National Qualifiers!
Sixth Grade: James Barbieri ’31, Gray Ezell ’31, James Keiper ’31, Lucas Lupu ’31, and Neel Sinha ’31. Seventh Grade: Rose Doyle ’30 and Reya Roy ’30 Eighth Grade: Clio Cherry-Pulay ’29, Asher Huffman ’29, James Michels ’29, Oren Schwartz ’29, and Vihaan Sinha ’29
Clio Cherry-Pulay ’29, Asher Huffman ’29, James Michels ’29, Oren Schwartz ’29, and Vihaan Sinha ’29 pose with their awards at the Great History Challenge.
Rose Doyle ’30 and Reya Roy ’30 (not pictured) advanced to Nationals after a strong performance in Durnan Auditorium.
James Barbieri ’31, Gray Ezell ’31, James Keiper ’31, Lucas Lupu ’31, and Neel Sinha ’31 go on stage to accept their award at the Great History Challenge.
Librarians invite the USN community to celebrate Read Across USN Week from Friday, January 9 through Friday, January 16 and read 300K pages. Click here to volunteer during Community Night in the Hassenfeld Library, when we celebrate this week of literacy 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday, January 15.
The Quiz Bowl team traveled to Bowling Green, Kentucky, to face several top teams from across the country at this year's South Warren Tournament. USN's second-place finish earned the team an invitation to the National Academic Quiz Tournaments' National Championships in May.
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