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Dozens of Flagler County Students Qualify for International Problem Solvers Competition

March 31, 2026 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Rymfire Elementary's winners. (Flagler Schools)
Rymfire Elementary’s winners. (Flagler Schools)

The Future Problem Solving Florida Affiliate Competition hosted more than 150 Flagler Schools students at the state competition earlier this month.

Forty-five Flagler Schools students received invitations to the World Finals on June 10-14 at Indiana University.

Four Flagler high school students won scholarships at the event. Flagler Palm Coast’s (FPC) Arianna Slaughter and Matanzas’ Lily Lisowski won $500 scholarships. FPC’s Lilian Ames and Abbie Blumengarten won $250 scholarships.

Top Results for Flagler Students:

GLOBAL ISSUES — TEAM

Junior Team

5th Place: Chloe Campbell, Adalyn Hurley, Jaxon Letterman, Kamden Weisstein — Indian Trails Middle School. (Coaches Beth Blumengarten, Hannah Anderson and Neil Kopach).

Senior Team

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2nd Place: Lily Ames, Spencer Habek, Anabelle Machado, Abbie Blumengarten — Flagler Palm Coast High School (Coaches Danielle Moss and Anabella Fish). Invitation to International Competition

4th Place: Megan Rhee, Lily Lisowski, Ava Muldoon, Amy Leonardi — Matanzas High School (Coach Amy Kopach).

GLOBAL ISSUES — MAGIC (Multi-Affiliate Global Issues Competition)

Junior Team

6th Place: Abdo Aladra and Gabby Manley (Rymfire)

5th Place: Gabe Shuler and Derrick Hatter (Rymfire) with Olleskiy Kulchitsky (Indian Trails)

4th Place: Mariah Mullins and Noelle Castello (Rymfire) 3rd Place: Xavier Paden and Cole Delacruz (Rymfire)

2nd Place: Layla Verdote, Brayden Wisnewski, Jordyn Maffei (Rymfire)

1st Place: Ethan Verdote and Aspen Lester (Rymfire) with Riley MacDonald (Indian Trails)

Middle Team

6th Place: Kiersten Castine (Indian Trails)

5th Place: Eva Swartzlander and Eli Christlieb (Indian Trails) 4th Place: Jenna Baldwin and Tamir Robinson (Indian Trails)

3rd Place: Raquel Levy (Indian Trails) with Aisha Isgandarova (FPC) 2nd Place: Gianna DiBitetto and Sara Villacis (Indian Trails)

1st Place: Lucien Guadagno (Indian Trails) with Kensington Lascano (Buddy Taylor)

Senior Team

4th Place: Carter Ives and Jordan Sauer (Matanzas) with Bryson and Nikki Isgandarova(FPC)

3rd Place: Matt Carleton and Delaney Pearson (Mantanzas) with Aiyana Cayetano (FPC)

2nd Place: Ben Iannotti and Keegan Murray (Matanzas) with Kashvi Sagar (FPC) 1st Place: Brianna O’Malley (Matanzas) with Jaeda Weikle (FPC)

GLOBAL ISSUES — Action Plan Presentation Senior

1st Place: Team C (Sydney Mahon, Amanda Wu, Laura Herrera, Holden Carleton) — Flagler Palm Coast (Coaches Danielle Moss and Anabella Fish)

3rd Place: Team B (Lily Ames, Spencer Habek, Abbie Blumengarten, Annabelle Machado) — Flagler Palm Coast (Coach: Danielle Moss and Anabella Fish)

4th Place: Team C — Matanzas (Wesley Kopach, Willa Ames, Eva Luis, Mary Grace Seward, Ben Iannotti, Keegan Murray, Jordan Sauer), Coach Amy Kopach.

COMMUNITY PROJECTS — INDIVIDUAL

Middle

1st Place: Stitch Space — Mia Puccio, Indian Trails Middle School (Coaches Beth Blumengarten, Hannah Anderson and Neil Kopach). Invitation to International Competition

2nd Place: Proyecto UNO — Izzy Cruz, Indian Trails Middle School (Coaches Beth Blumengarten, Hannah Anderson and Neil Kopach)

COMMUNITY PROJECTS — TEAM

Junior

1st Place: Reading to Relatives — Noelle Castello, Connelly Davis, Enzo Gitto, Gabby Manley, Mariah Mullins, Xavier Paden, Gabriel Shuler, Layla Verdote. Rymfire Elementary (Coach Caryn Taylor). Invitation to International Competition

2nd Place – Positivity Patrol — Abdo Aladra, Cole Delacruz, Cece Dorozsmay, Mira Gitto, Derrick Hatter, Aspen Lester, Jordyn Maffei, Austin May, Frank Paolucci, Ethan Verdote. Rymfire Elementary. (Coach Amber Acosta). Invitation to International Competition

3rd Place: Volunteer Engineers — Adalyn Hurley, Jaxon Letterman, Kamden Weisstein, Baedan Canfield, Dilan Glodav. Indian Trails Middle School (Coaches Beth Blumengarten, Hannah Anderson and Neil Kopach). Invitation to International Competition

Middle

1st Place: Ready Set Work! — Avery Mahon, Maria Saman, Olivia Willems, Illiana Stockman, Elevyn Thompson, Mia Kopcikova, Guiseppina Gitto. Indian Trails Middle School (Coaches Beth Blumengarten, Hannah Anderson and Neil Kopach). Invitation to International Competition

Senior

1st Place: The Real You Project — Diana Kolodiy, Dempsey Manhart, Wesley Kopach, Willa Ames, Mary Grace Seward. Matanzas High School (Coach: Amy Kopach).

Invitation to International Competition CREATIVE WRITING

Middle

5th Place: Elevyn Thompson — ‘No Place Like Home’. Indian Trails Middle School (Coaches Beth Blumengarten, Hannah Anderson and Neil Kopach)

8th Place: Ameera Toolsie — ‘Pushed Beyond the Skies Limits’. Indian Trails Middle School (Coaches Beth Blumengarten, Hannah Anderson and Neil Kopach)

Senior

1st Place: Ava Muldoon — ‘A Circle in the Sand’. Matanzas High School (Coach Amy Kopach). Invitation to International Competition

2nd Place: Eva Luis — ‘Always Working’. Matanzas High School (Coach Amy Kopach)

Invitation to International Competition

STORYTELLING

Middle

1st Place: Katelyn Castello — Indian Trails Middle School. (Coaches Beth Blumengarten, Hannah Anderson and Neil Kopach. Invitation to International Competition

3rd Place: Tamir Robinson — Indian Trails Middle School. (Coaches Beth Blumengarten, Hannah Anderson and Neil Kopach).

Senior

1st Place: Holden Carleton — Flagler Palm Coast. (Coaches Danielle Moss and Anabella Fish). Invitation to International Competition

2nd Place: Emma Gilbert — Flagler Palm Coast. (Coaches Danielle Moss and Anabella Fish). Invitation to International Competition

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  1. What Else Is New says

    April 2, 2026 at 8:11 pm

    Thank you Flaglerlive for reporting wonderful news of Flager County public school students excelling in problem solving curriculum, winning scores of prizes in their field of expertise. Public schools teachers and administrators deserve our gratitude for encouraging students and offering advantages to intellectually compete locally and nationwide. Support public schools!

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