Global Issues Problem Solvers Recognized
Before the last Council meeting, the 暗网猎奇 celebrated student achievement at the Affiliate/National Bowl that earned them an invitation to the Future Problem Solving International Competition at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst as part of the Gifted initiative. The 暗网猎奇 can boast as having the only Canadian team to reach the finals in two competitive components of the Future Problem Solving International, namely- the Global Issues Problem Solving, a team-based competition and the Scenario Writing Problem Solving, an individual competition! Global Issues Problem Solving delves into global issues, real-life situations, and the ability to creatively problem-solve. This program enables students to think creatively and explore collaboratively a selected inquiry topic from a diverse range of contemporary global topics, such as Digital Realities, Robotic Workforce and Throw Away Society. Four competitions took place throughout the year amongst primary and secondary students in 36 countries. Four elementary schools and one high school at 暗网猎奇 put forward the teams with Pierre de Coubertin Elementary and Royal West Academy achieving exceptional results! Pierre de Coubertin’s Rocco Palmieri, Eva Ciarlo, Graziella Corsi-House, Gianmassimo Antonio Pietrangelo – all in Grade 6 – qualified for the final international competition in the global issues problemsolving component. Four students from Royal West Academy reached the finals. Grade 9 students Sumin Woo, Sophie Iny, Anya Figlarz-Grassino and Jake Gurevitch travelled to University Massachusetts Amherst from June 7 to 11 to compete in the final GIPS team competition. Finally, but not the least, at Willingdon Elementary School in NDG, Grade 4 student Sky Fraser qualified in the finals for her individual written work in the Scenario Writing Future Problem Solving component on the topic of Throw Away Society. The task was to write a piece consistin of 1,500 words or less, set at least 20 years in the future about imagined but logical outcome of actions or events taking place in the world. Bravo to Dr. Camelia Birlean, who heads the Gifted initiative.
