Flagler Students From 6 Schools Collect 62 Awards at State Future Problem Solvers Competition

A total of 62 awards were presented in individual and team competitions to Flagler County students at the 2015 Future Problem Solvers State Competition in Orlando on March 19. Out of these 62 category winners, 16 International Conference invitations were announced. In all, 35 students have been invited to the competition’s International Conference this summer in Ames, Iowa.

In addition to the 16 invitations, Flagler students received three Grand Champion awards, two state and one international scholarship.

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The following is a list of winners in each category. The list was compiled by School Board member Andy Dance, who accompanied the teams to Orlando and chronicled the successes at his website.

State FPS Scholarship Recipients:

Will DeAugustino (FPC) and Autumn Sanson (FPC)

International FPS Scholarship Recipient:

Dennis Dineen (FPC)

Community Problem Solving/Individual Project

Senior Division:

1^st Place and International Competition Invitee:

Sense It – Daniel Thomas (FPC)

2^nd Place and International Competition Invitee

“The heART” Project – Sierra Biggs (FPC)

Community Problem Solving/Individual Project

Middle Division:

1^st Place and International Competition Invitee:

Screen Escape – Michael Pierre (BTMS)

2^nd Place and International Competition Invitee:

Not For Self, But For Country – Isabel Petrin (ITMS)

Community Problem Solving/Team Project

Senior Division:

2^nd Place and International Competition Invitee

Let’s Get Drown to Business – (FPC: Ashley Robshaw, Brielle Goldberg, Ethan

Christensen)

3^rd Place:

Ready Front – (FPC: Elizabeth Morris, Thomas Cassidy, Nathan Higgins, Jaia

Huggins, Bella Del Greco, Alexa White)

Middle Division:

1^st Place:

Fantastic Future for You! – (BTMS: Mariann Trecki, Amy Raleigh, Sarah Main, Ellis Valladares, Gianna LaBarbera, Madi Bitner)

Grand Champion and International Competition Invitee:

Don’t Stress, Beat That Test – (BTMS: Dallas Nickels, Valerie Diaz, Daniella Sbordone, Chase Smith, Brian Cote, Sharron Gardner)

Grand Champion and International Competition Invitee:

Project K.E.T.C.H. – (MHS: Delaney Booth & Maggie O’Mahoney)

Community Problem Solving/Team Project (Cont.)

Junior Division: Education & Civic Concerns

1^st Place and International Competition Invitee:

ESOL8 – (RES: Yana Goldshteyn, Shannon Golmayo, Emma Brito, Rovina Seetaram, Serena Daley, Bridgett Dubena, Nicole Gannett)

Junior Division: Health & Environmental Concerns

1^st Place:

SAFARIS – Science and Fitness at Rymfire is Sensational – (RES: Landon Gonzalez, Timothy King II, Nicholas Blumengarten, Gerry Mock, Victoria Wilcox, Levi McNally, Aaron Cope)

Junior Division: Human Concerns

1^st Place:

Food for Friends – (BES: Kyleigh Ruddy, Isabel Colindres, Madelyn Oliva, Julia Figluzzi)

2^nd Place:

Memory Lane – (BES: Kenny Logan, Hannah Butler, Margaret D’Elia, Michael Mwaura, Dorian Gaddy)

Grand Champion and International Competition Invitee:

NEW (New Students Everywhere Welcomed) – (RES: Jada Williams, Hunter Becker, Chase Hearn, Taylor Carroll, Nathaniel Gasparini)

Global Issues Booklet Writing:

Junior Division:

5^th Place:

BES Team B – (Kyleigh Ruddy, Polina Sokolova, Rebecca Martinez, Kaylee Chapman)

3^rd Place:

BES Team A – (Brionna Johnston, Ava Grundvig, Patricia Blackburn, Joseph Goddard)

Middle Division:

6^th Place:

FPC Team C – (Trey Deleon, Mia Scarcella, Andrew Secunda, Zach Verdi)

Global Issues Booklet Writing Teams (Cont.):

Senior Division:

4^th Place and invitation to International Competition:

FPC Team A – (Agata Bereznicka, Barrett Manfre, Marianna Sbordone, Anna Skudarnova)

Global Issues Skits:

Middle Division:

4^th Place:

FPC Team C – (Trey Deleon, Mia Scarcella, Andrew Secunda, Zach Verdi, Aaron Carll, Daniel Yeveseyevich, Kareena Weber)

Senior Division:

5^th Place:

FPC Team E – (Johnathan Cooper, Jake Ekberg, Mikhail Vassilyev, Mark Zevallos, Cole Orlando)

6^th Place:

FPC Team C – (Chloe Carll, Celestine Emberton. Justyn Perry, Kya Stotler, Austin Smith, Caitlin Burns, Ashly Wintersmith)

Individual Global Issues Writing

Junior Division:

3rd place and International Competition Invitee: Isabella Colindres (BES)

Middle Division:

5^th Place: Zaria George (FPC)

6^th Place: Liam Dineen (FPC)

Senior Division:

1^st Place and invitation to International Competition: Savannah Umpenhour (FPC)

3^rd Place and invitation to International Competition: Lauren Perrotta (FPC)

4^th Place: Isabel Voskoboynik (FPC)

5^th Place: Ashly Wintersmith (FPC)

6^th Place: Christina Gerhard (FPC)

Individual Scenario Competition:

Junior Division: 

2^nd Place and invitation to International Competition: Jack Moffat (BES)

Individual Scenario Competition (Cont.):

Middle Division:

1^st Place and invitation to International Competition: Danielle Sbordone (BTMS)

3^rd Place: Sasha Feldman (FPC)

Senior Division:

1^st Place and invitation to International Competition: Marianna Sbordone (FPC)

Group Scenario Writing Competition:

Junior Division:

1^st Place: Rebecca Martinez (BES)

2^nd Place: Jack Moffat (BES)

Middle Division:

Overall Best Writer: Zaria George (FPC)

1^st Place: Zaria George (FPC), Sasha Feldman (FPC), Teptida Battenhouse (MHS)

2^nd Place: Zameena Phillips (FPC), Ladyann Holderzwink (MHS), Nicholas Villa (ITMS)

3^rd Place: Lance Fairbanks (FPC), Danielle Sbordone (BTMS)

Senior Division:

1^st Place: Marianna Sbordone

2^nd Place: Judy Colindres

Multi-School Global Issues Writing (Alternate Booklet Writing)

Junior Division:

1^st Place: Sean Gilliam (BES)

3^rd Place: Saydee Peck (BES) and Nick Blumengarten (RES)

Middle Division:

1^st Place: Amy Raleigh (BTMS)

2^nd Place: Julietta Martinez (FPC), Daniella Sbordone (BTMS) and Michael Pierre (BTMS)

3^rd Place: Daniel Yeveseyevich (FPC) and Brian Cote (BTMS)

Senior Division:

1^st Place: Bella Del Greco (FPC) & Sierra Biggs (FPC)

2^nd Place: Monica Dorman (FPC) & Elizabeth Morris (FPC)

3^rd Place: Ashley Robshaw (FPC), Jessica Stone (FPC) & Bryce Binns (MHS)

Circus Maximus Competition:

Junior Division:

2nd place: BES Team (Saydee Peck, Kyleigh Ruddy, Natalie Valenteychik, Reina Robinson, Polina Sokolova, Aria Reiter)

The Florida Future Problem Solving website explains: Future Problem Solving Program International (FPSPI), was founded in 1974 by creativity pioneer, Dr. E. Paul Torrance. Future Problem Solving stimulates critical and creative thinking skills and encourages students to develop a vision for the future. The FPS Program features competitive as well as non-competitive activities in creative problem solving. Future Problem Solving Program International involves over 250,000 students annually from over 40 affiliates in the United States and 12 other countries.

Participants develop skills of teamwork, communication, research, critical and creative thinking, analysis, synthesis and evaluation.  They learn to apply these skills to situations that are futuristic, but oriented to real life.  The competitive aspects of FPS are fun but the benefits of learning a process that can be used for the rest of their lives. This is the reason that teachers, parents and students fall in love with the program and continue to stay involved with it for many years.