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[[File:WSC Logo notext.png|thumb|The official tournament logo.]] |
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The '''World Scholar's Cup''' (abbreviated as WSC) is an international team academic program with students participating from over 65 countries. The |
The '''World Scholar's Cup''' (abbreviated as '''WSC''') is an international team [[Academic program (program)|academic program]] with students participating from over 65 countries.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The World Scholar's Cup · Host Schools|url=https://www.scholarscup.org/hosts/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-28|website=www.scholarscup.org|at=Requires patience|language=en}}</ref> The program was founded by [[DemiDec]], in particular by Daniel Berdichevsky, in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2018-01-14|title=3 Murid Indonesia Harumkan Bangsa di World Scholar’s Cup|url=https://republika.co.id/share/p2j26m328|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-28|website=Republika Online|at=paragraph 2|language=id}}</ref> The World Scholar's Cup aims to teach students with interesting, not-taught-in-schools lesson, and finding [[Common ground (communication technique)|common ground]] between people of different statuses. |
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==Tournament format==<!-- A lot of statements do not need citations. I'm a WSC former participant: you have to be there, and that's the only best citation. --> |
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==Tournament Format== |
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A team for the World Scholar's Cup is generally composed of three students from the same or different schools, however |
A team for the World Scholar's Cup is generally composed of three students from the same or different schools, however teams of two or mixed-school teams are permitted as well. Each team participates in four standard round events. |
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Teams may participate in any regional round. If teams are unable to attend a regional round, but would still like to participate in the Global Round, they may qualify for a [[Wild card (sports)|wildcard]]. |
Teams may participate in any regional round. If teams are unable to attend a regional round, but would still like to participate in the Global Round, they may qualify for a [[Wild card (sports)|wildcard]]. |
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*Finished in the Top 25 in the Tournament of Champions in the previous year |
*Finished in the Top 25 in the Tournament of Champions in the previous year |
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To qualify to the Tournament of Champions at Yale University, teams must: |
To qualify to the Tournament of Champions at [[Yale University]], teams must: |
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*Exceed a point threshold at a Global Round (which is usually around 22,000 points but may vary) |
*Exceed a point threshold at a Global Round (which is usually around 22,000 points but may vary) |
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*All members have qualified at a Global Round |
*All members have qualified at a Global Round |
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*Two members in a team must have been teammates at the Global Round they qualified from |
*Two members in a team must have been teammates at the Global Round they qualified from |
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The tournament is divided into junior and senior divisions, and participation in a division depends on the ages of the students of a team. Participants who are 14 years of age or older are classified as a senior. In regional rounds, both divisions participate separately but simultaneously, while global rounds have the events of each division staggered, where the junior division competing in an event a day before the seniors' event. Closing ceremonies are held separately as well, with junior divisions attending a day before the senior division. |
The tournament is divided into junior and senior divisions, and participation in a division depends on the ages of the students of a team. Participants who are 14 years of age or older are classified as a senior.{{Efn|Stated in a picture at the official website.|name=a|group=lower-alpha}} In regional rounds, both divisions participate separately but simultaneously, while global rounds have the events of each division staggered, where the junior division competing in an event a day before the seniors' event. Closing ceremonies are held separately as well, with junior divisions attending a day before the senior division. |
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== Events == |
== Events == |
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Each |
Each Regional Round consists of four main events: the Scholar's Challenge, Collaborative Writing, The Team Debate, and the Scholar's Bowl. In addition to these four main events, non-competitive activities take place in select tournaments. These activities are both social and academic. |
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=== Team Events<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.scholarscup.org/events/|title=The World Scholar's Cup · Team Events|website=www.scholarscup.org|language=en|access-date=2018-01-02}}</ref> === |
=== Team Events<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.scholarscup.org/events/|title=The World Scholar's Cup · Team Events|website=www.scholarscup.org|language=en|access-date=2018-01-02}}</ref> === |
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==== Collaborative Writing ==== |
==== Collaborative Writing ==== |
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Collaborative Writing is based on |
Collaborative Writing is based on arguments, with students picking one of six different prompts. Each participant on a team must pick a different prompt. Participants pick one side of a topic and write for, against, or about it with a persuasive tone, providing evidence to support their claims using any resources available to them, with the exception of [[social media]] and communicating with people other than their teammates. |
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At the beginning of the event, students have 30 minutes to work with their teammates to discuss and research their arguments. Following the collaboration period, students have 45 minutes to write their essay. There is no word minimum or maximum, and students are expected to cite sources. Following the writing period, students then have 15 minutes to collaborate again with their teammates to edit one another’s work, but they may not finish a teammate’s essay. |
At the beginning of the event, students have 30 minutes to work with their teammates to discuss and research their arguments. Following the collaboration period, students have 45 minutes to write their essay. There is no word minimum or maximum, and students are expected to cite sources. Following the writing period, students then have 15 minutes to collaborate again with their teammates to edit one another’s work, but they may not finish a teammate’s essay. |
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==== Team Debate ==== |
==== Team Debate ==== |
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During the team debate, all teams |
During the team debate, all teams have assigned rooms and arguments. In the debate room, teams will meet their opponents and learn the motion. Teams will have 15 minutes to confer within the room before the debate begins. Teams may use World Scholar’s Cup materials{{Efn|Teams joined were given materials to help them during the program months prior to the program.|name=b|group=lower-alpha}} or any outside resources to prepare. It is up to the members of individual teams to assign themselves speaking order. |
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Each debater will stand in front of the room for the length of his or her speech. Teams may not make noise or interrupt while a debater is speaking. Speakers may use notes, but should not read their speeches in their entirety. |
Each debater will stand in front of the room for the length of his or her speech. Teams may not make noise or interrupt while a debater is speaking. Speakers may use notes, but should not read their speeches in their entirety. Students may speak for up to four minutes. There is no penalty for speaking up to four minutes. The judge will signal time left using knocks, with two knocks meaning the speaker must stop speaking and sit down. |
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Students may speak for up to four minutes. There is no penalty for speaking up to four minutes. The judge will signal (usually with one knock), when the student has just one minute left to speak. At four minutes, the judge will signal (usually with two knocks) and the student may finish his or her sentence, but then must stop speaking and sit down. A two-member team may still debate, with one member speaking twice. A student who speaks twice will be scored only for his or her first speech. |
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Between speakers, teams will have 60 seconds to prepare before the next speaker is called. Before the end of the debate, the competing teams are required to give positive and constructive feedback to the opposing team, for roughly 90 seconds. At the end of the debate, the judge (or panel of judges) will announce a winning team. The winning team will then proceed to a designated room and the non-winning team to a different designated room, where each will face another team with the same number of wins and non-wins. |
Between speakers, teams will have 60 seconds to prepare before the next speaker is called. Before the end of the debate, the competing teams are required to give positive and constructive feedback to the opposing team, for roughly 90 seconds. At the end of the debate, the judge (or panel of judges) will announce a winning team. The winning team will then proceed to a designated room and the non-winning team to a different designated room, where each will face another team with the same number of wins and non-wins. |
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The Scholar's Bowl is a team event usually held in a theater. Team members work together to answer multiple choice questions that are displayed on a large screen. |
The Scholar's Bowl is a team event usually held in a theater. Team members work together to answer multiple choice questions that are displayed on a large screen. |
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In order to answer the questions, each team of students is given a "clicker" that connects to a scoring computer on stage. Students then choose their answer by pressing A, B, C, D, or E on their clicker. Once the question has been read aloud by the |
In order to answer the questions, each team of students is given a "clicker" that connects to a scoring computer on stage. Students then choose their answer by pressing A, B, C, D, or E on their clicker. Once the question has been read aloud by the host, students are given 15 seconds to submit their answer. The questions gets harder each time and worth more points than the previous one. There are sometimes rapid fire questions which have to be answered in 5 seconds, worth even more points. |
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⚫ | The Scholar's Bowl implements many types of questions, many based on popular multimedia examples. The questions tend to include references to pop culture, and often include the names of WSC staff members |
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Questions from each area of the curriculum are featured in the Scholar's Bowl. At the Global Round in 2010, a new scoring system for the Scholar's Bowl was introduced, making each question worth more points than the last as the questions get more difficult. After all bowl rounds have finished, there is a bonus round that includes question with points starting from 1000, all the way up to 2000 per question, as the difficulty level increases. The final question of every Scholars Bowl allows you to gamble points from betting to win 500 points to 2500 points. |
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The Scholar's Bowl is often the last educational event of the competition before the awards ceremony. |
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=== Community Events<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scholarscup.org/communityevents/|title=The World Scholar's Cup · Community Events|website=www.scholarscup.org|language=en|access-date=2018-01-02}}</ref> === |
=== Community Events<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scholarscup.org/communityevents/|title=The World Scholar's Cup · Community Events|website=www.scholarscup.org|language=en|access-date=2018-01-02}}</ref> === |
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==== The Scholar's Scavenge ==== |
==== The Scholar's Scavenge ==== |
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The Scholar's Scavenge occurs each year at the Global Round and the Tournament of Champions, and first took place in 2009 in Singapore. Students are teamed up with those from other countries and given a list of tasks. At least one person in the team has a camera, and the tasks are completed by taking photos and videos. The tasks may relate to the curriculum |
The Scholar's Scavenge occurs each year at the Global Round and the Tournament of Champions, and first took place in 2009 in Singapore. Students are teamed up with those from other countries and given a list of tasks. At least one person in the team has a camera, and the tasks are completed by taking photos and videos. The tasks may relate to the curriculum, teamwork, organizer, or just silly. Each task is worth a certain number of points depending upon the difficulty. At the end of the scavenge, chaperons collect the memory cards of the student taking the pictures and score them. These scores do not count toward the scores in the competition as a whole, but are only used for this event. Sometimes, teams with the highest scores will be call up for an award in an award ceremony. |
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==== The Debate Showcase ==== |
==== The Debate Showcase ==== |
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==== The Scholar's Show ==== |
==== The Scholar's Show ==== |
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[[File:Scholarsshowbeijing2011.jpg|thumb|Two students perform in The Scholar's Show.]] |
[[File:Scholarsshowbeijing2011.jpg|thumb|Two students perform in The Scholar's Show.]] |
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The first Scholar's Show occurred in 2010 at the regional round held in [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]]. |
The first Scholar's Show occurred in 2010 at the regional round held in [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]]. It originated from several students playing [[We Will Rock You|''We Will Rock You'']] playing during an intermission. When the song was over, Berdichevsky invited any student wanting to showcase their talent to come forward. |
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Student performances range from vocal and instrumental performances to [[beat boxing]], dancing, drinking hot sauce and magic tricks. The Scholar's Show is held at all two-day rounds, and at each Global Round and the Tournament of Champions. |
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==== Flag March ==== |
==== Flag March ==== |
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'''Awards Ceremony''' |
'''Awards Ceremony''' |
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The Awards Ceremony, also known as the Closing Ceremony, takes place just before |
The Awards Ceremony, also known as the Closing Ceremony, takes place just before the end of a round. Traditionally, staff members stand on stage and announce the winners for the entire round. In the 2017 Hanoi Global Round, a new division, the Skittles Division, was formed, which encompasses kids aged primary years (from 8-12). |
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==== Very Emotional Farewell To The Year's Theme ==== |
==== Very Emotional Farewell To The Year's Theme ==== |
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Began in 2018 ToC, with |
Began in 2018 ToC, with scholars together saying bye to the [[Havana]] theme and destroying the set of it, the Very Emotional Farewell To The Year's Theme is an event where scholars and staffs ultimately destroy the year's theme in a (hopefully) non-violent way. The event happens at every ToC at the [[New Haven Green]]. |
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==Curriculum== |
==Curriculum== |
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The World Scholar's Cup curriculum has six subjects that relate to a larger theme. Each year the theme changes |
The World Scholar's Cup curriculum has six subjects that relate to a larger theme. Each year the theme changes. Students are often given questions that require critical thinking skills as well as their basic knowledge to come to a conclusion rather than focusing on memorization. For instance, instead of asking on which date an experiment was performed, the question would ask, "Which artist would be most likely to oppose this experiment?" |
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The subjects of the curriculum are: |
The subjects of the curriculum are: |
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* Literature |
* Literature |
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* Art & Music |
* Art & Music |
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* Special Area |
* Special Area (custom each year) |
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* History |
* History |
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* Social Studies |
* Social Studies |
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Until 2009, mathematics up to [[trigonometry]] was included in the curriculum. However, in 2010 it was eliminated in order to better address the goals of the competition. The tournament's decision to eliminate math stemmed from the subject's inflexibility and its difficulty to debate |
Until 2009, mathematics up to [[trigonometry]] was included in the curriculum. However, in 2010 it was eliminated in order to better address the goals of the competition. The tournament's decision to eliminate math stemmed from the subject's inflexibility and its difficulty to debate. In 2008, the World Scholar's Cup added a "film" category to its [[visual arts]] section, and in 2010 added a "music" category to its art section. |
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Until 2013, the World Scholar's Cup released curriculum guides each year—one for each subject. The guides were available free-of-charge on its official website. Starting in 2013, topic outlines and theme-relevant material was made freely available to students through their website. The World Scholar's Cup recommends connecting each section of the outline to the given theme and how they connect or impact society.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://new.scholarscup.org/subjects/intro/ |title=Subject Introduction |accessdate=2013-03-16}}</ref> |
Until 2013, the World Scholar's Cup released curriculum guides each year—one for each subject. The guides were available free-of-charge on its official website. Starting in 2013, topic outlines and theme-relevant material was made freely available to students through their website. The World Scholar's Cup recommends connecting each section of the outline to the given theme and how they connect or impact society.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://new.scholarscup.org/subjects/intro/ |title=Subject Introduction |accessdate=2013-03-16}}</ref> |
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Until 2014, there was a Current Affairs section, which was replaced by Social Studies. To address its absence, Current Affairs would from thereon out be integrated across all six subjects instead. |
Until 2014, there was a Current Affairs section, which was replaced by Social Studies. To address its absence, Current Affairs would from thereon out be integrated across all six subjects instead. |
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== Champions<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The World Scholar's Cup · Tournament Results|url=https://www.scholarscup.org/results/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-28|website=The World Scholar's Cup|language=en}}</ref> == |
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== Champions == |
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=== Overall Individual Champions === |
=== Overall Individual Champions === |
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== Page Links == |
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* [[World Scholar's Cup 2018|World Scholar's Cup 2018 season]] |
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== References == |
== References == |
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[[Category:Competitions]] |
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World Scholar's Cup | |
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Type: | International Educational Program |
Founded: | 2006 |
Founder: | Daniel Berdichevsky |
Headquarters: | Los Angeles, California |
Managing Director: | Jeremy Chumley |
Lead Programmer: | Tom Brazee |
Director of Curriculum: | Josephine Richstad |
Website: | http://scholarscup.org |
The World Scholar's Cup (abbreviated as WSC) is an international team academic program with students participating from over 65 countries.[1] The program was founded by DemiDec, in particular by Daniel Berdichevsky, in 2006.[2] The World Scholar's Cup aims to teach students with interesting, not-taught-in-schools lesson, and finding common ground between people of different statuses.
Tournament format
A team for the World Scholar's Cup is generally composed of three students from the same or different schools, however teams of two or mixed-school teams are permitted as well. Each team participates in four standard round events.
Teams may participate in any regional round. If teams are unable to attend a regional round, but would still like to participate in the Global Round, they may qualify for a wildcard.
To qualify for the annual Global Round, teams must do one of the following:
- Exceed a point threshold at a Regional Round (which varies per round but is usually 20,000)
- Earn a wildcard at a Regional Round (through strong point performance)
- Apply for an exceptional wildcard (granted only in extraordinary circumstances)
- Finished in the Top 25 in the Tournament of Champions in the previous year
To qualify to the Tournament of Champions at Yale University, teams must:
- Exceed a point threshold at a Global Round (which is usually around 22,000 points but may vary)
- All members have qualified at a Global Round
- Two members in a team must have been teammates at the Global Round they qualified from
The tournament is divided into junior and senior divisions, and participation in a division depends on the ages of the students of a team. Participants who are 14 years of age or older are classified as a senior.[a] In regional rounds, both divisions participate separately but simultaneously, while global rounds have the events of each division staggered, where the junior division competing in an event a day before the seniors' event. Closing ceremonies are held separately as well, with junior divisions attending a day before the senior division.
Events
Each Regional Round consists of four main events: the Scholar's Challenge, Collaborative Writing, The Team Debate, and the Scholar's Bowl. In addition to these four main events, non-competitive activities take place in select tournaments. These activities are both social and academic.
Team Events[3]
The Scholar's Challenge
The Scholar's Challenge is a 120-question multiple choice exam given to each individual competitor to complete within 60 minutes. Prizes are awarded to top participants in each subject and to both top-scoring overall teams and individuals.
A feature of the Scholar's Challenge implemented in 2015, named the certainty factor, allows participants to select multiple answers per question. Though each question has only one correct answer, choosing multiple answers allows the participant to earn points inversely proportional to the number of answers chosen. For example, if a participant chose one single answer, and if it was correct, they would score a point; if they chose two answers and one was correct, they would score 1/2 a point; if they chose three and one was correct, they would score 1/3 of a point, and so forth. If time was running out, a participant can shade in all five answers and automatically win 1/5 of a point.
Collaborative Writing
Collaborative Writing is based on arguments, with students picking one of six different prompts. Each participant on a team must pick a different prompt. Participants pick one side of a topic and write for, against, or about it with a persuasive tone, providing evidence to support their claims using any resources available to them, with the exception of social media and communicating with people other than their teammates.
At the beginning of the event, students have 30 minutes to work with their teammates to discuss and research their arguments. Following the collaboration period, students have 45 minutes to write their essay. There is no word minimum or maximum, and students are expected to cite sources. Following the writing period, students then have 15 minutes to collaborate again with their teammates to edit one another’s work, but they may not finish a teammate’s essay.
Team Debate
During the team debate, all teams have assigned rooms and arguments. In the debate room, teams will meet their opponents and learn the motion. Teams will have 15 minutes to confer within the room before the debate begins. Teams may use World Scholar’s Cup materials[b] or any outside resources to prepare. It is up to the members of individual teams to assign themselves speaking order.
Each debater will stand in front of the room for the length of his or her speech. Teams may not make noise or interrupt while a debater is speaking. Speakers may use notes, but should not read their speeches in their entirety. Students may speak for up to four minutes. There is no penalty for speaking up to four minutes. The judge will signal time left using knocks, with two knocks meaning the speaker must stop speaking and sit down.
Between speakers, teams will have 60 seconds to prepare before the next speaker is called. Before the end of the debate, the competing teams are required to give positive and constructive feedback to the opposing team, for roughly 90 seconds. At the end of the debate, the judge (or panel of judges) will announce a winning team. The winning team will then proceed to a designated room and the non-winning team to a different designated room, where each will face another team with the same number of wins and non-wins.
One cultural aspect of WSC debate is the 'lollipop'. In order to promote positivity and self-improvement, the World Scholar's Cup had replaced the term "losing" with "lollipopping" since 2015. This change was also reflected in the debate schedules that each team receives, with the term "losing team" no longer used.
The Scholar's Bowl
The Scholar's Bowl is a team event usually held in a theater. Team members work together to answer multiple choice questions that are displayed on a large screen.
In order to answer the questions, each team of students is given a "clicker" that connects to a scoring computer on stage. Students then choose their answer by pressing A, B, C, D, or E on their clicker. Once the question has been read aloud by the host, students are given 15 seconds to submit their answer. The questions gets harder each time and worth more points than the previous one. There are sometimes rapid fire questions which have to be answered in 5 seconds, worth even more points.
The Scholar's Bowl implements many types of questions, many based on popular multimedia examples. The questions tend to include references to pop culture, and often include the names of WSC staff members.
The Scholar's Bowl is often the last educational event of the competition before the awards ceremony.
Community Events[4]
The Scholar's Scavenge
The Scholar's Scavenge occurs each year at the Global Round and the Tournament of Champions, and first took place in 2009 in Singapore. Students are teamed up with those from other countries and given a list of tasks. At least one person in the team has a camera, and the tasks are completed by taking photos and videos. The tasks may relate to the curriculum, teamwork, organizer, or just silly. Each task is worth a certain number of points depending upon the difficulty. At the end of the scavenge, chaperons collect the memory cards of the student taking the pictures and score them. These scores do not count toward the scores in the competition as a whole, but are only used for this event. Sometimes, teams with the highest scores will be call up for an award in an award ceremony.
The Debate Showcase
Another additional event is the Debate Showcase. The regional round's top 8 junior and senior debaters take part in this event. At Regional Rounds there is only one Debate Showcase with both juniors and seniors taking part. Regardless, 8 students debate in each Showcase.
The format mirrors the main event's format, but the students instead debate on stage in front of the rest of the participants. Each student speaks once for up to four minutes. When all six speakers have gone, the host of the Showcase invites volunteers from the audience and debaters from the showcase to step forward and share their general thoughts on the topic that was debated.
Additionally, top-scoring round debate participants (or runners-up) are the judging panel for the Showcase. When the Debate Showcase ends, the panel announce the winners.
The Scholar's Ball
The Scholar's Ball was first added to the tournament in 2011 at the Global Round in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The idea spawned from a conversation about the competition where one party misheard "Scholar's Bowl" as "Scholar's Ball".
The Scholar's Ball encourages mingling, dancing, and the chance to "look sharp". Students are required to come in formal wear. Some students refer to it as a "pseudo-prom" or "nerd-prom". It was introduced to allow students mingle with students from different countries.
The Scholar's Show
The first Scholar's Show occurred in 2010 at the regional round held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It originated from several students playing We Will Rock You playing during an intermission. When the song was over, Berdichevsky invited any student wanting to showcase their talent to come forward.
Student performances range from vocal and instrumental performances to beat boxing, dancing, drinking hot sauce and magic tricks. The Scholar's Show is held at all two-day rounds, and at each Global Round and the Tournament of Champions.
Flag March
The Flag March happens at the end of every Global Round and Tournament of Champions before the Awards Ceremony. In the Flag March, there is one representative (flag bearer) from every country participating in the World Scholar’s Cup. The flag bearers carry the flag of their country and march to the stage.[5]
The World Scholar's Camp
In 2012, the World Scholar's Camp was created, and took place in Singapore in December 2012. It included seminars and outings to various locations in Singapore.
Camps take place at various schools and cities through the year.[6]
Awards Ceremony
The Awards Ceremony, also known as the Closing Ceremony, takes place just before the end of a round. Traditionally, staff members stand on stage and announce the winners for the entire round. In the 2017 Hanoi Global Round, a new division, the Skittles Division, was formed, which encompasses kids aged primary years (from 8-12).
Very Emotional Farewell To The Year's Theme
Began in 2018 ToC, with scholars together saying bye to the Havana theme and destroying the set of it, the Very Emotional Farewell To The Year's Theme is an event where scholars and staffs ultimately destroy the year's theme in a (hopefully) non-violent way. The event happens at every ToC at the New Haven Green.
Curriculum
The World Scholar's Cup curriculum has six subjects that relate to a larger theme. Each year the theme changes. Students are often given questions that require critical thinking skills as well as their basic knowledge to come to a conclusion rather than focusing on memorization. For instance, instead of asking on which date an experiment was performed, the question would ask, "Which artist would be most likely to oppose this experiment?"
The subjects of the curriculum are:
- Science
- Literature
- Art & Music
- Special Area (custom each year)
- History
- Social Studies
Until 2009, mathematics up to trigonometry was included in the curriculum. However, in 2010 it was eliminated in order to better address the goals of the competition. The tournament's decision to eliminate math stemmed from the subject's inflexibility and its difficulty to debate. In 2008, the World Scholar's Cup added a "film" category to its visual arts section, and in 2010 added a "music" category to its art section.
Until 2013, the World Scholar's Cup released curriculum guides each year—one for each subject. The guides were available free-of-charge on its official website. Starting in 2013, topic outlines and theme-relevant material was made freely available to students through their website. The World Scholar's Cup recommends connecting each section of the outline to the given theme and how they connect or impact society.[7]
Until 2014, there was a Current Affairs section, which was replaced by Social Studies. To address its absence, Current Affairs would from thereon out be integrated across all six subjects instead.
Champions[8]
Overall Individual Champions
Seniors
Year | Round | Location | Champion | School | Country |
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2012 | Global | Bangkok | ? | Hwa Chong Institution | Singapore |
ToC | Yale | Glenys Poon | National Junior College | Singapore | |
2013 | Global | Dubai | Herbert Chang | Kaohsiung American School | Taiwan |
ToC | Yale | Medha Goyal | Chinese International School | Hong Kong | |
2014 | Global | Singapore | Terran Kroft | Kaohsiung American School | Singapore |
ToC | Yale | Nora Jandhyala | GEMS Wellington International School | UAE | |
2015 | Global | Kuala Lumpur | Chauncey Lo | International School of Beijing | China |
Mini Global | Ireland | Yuval Beker | Ahad Ha'am High School | Israel | |
ToC | Yale | Chauncey Lo | International School of Beijing | China | |
2016 | Global | Bangkok | Dylan Kroft | Kaohsiung American School | Singapore |
Mini Global | Prague | Vishal Sriram | American International School Chennai | India | |
ToC | Yale | Pavithra Chempakanalloor | Henry Wise Wood Senior High School | Canada | |
2017 | Global | Hanoi | Nicol Yong | St Joseph's Institution International Singapore | Singapore |
Global | Athens | Zhuoyan Li | Keishin High School | Japan | |
Global | Cape Town | Dana Chiueh | International Bilingual School at Hsinchu Science Park | Taiwan | |
ToC | Yale | Tyus Sheriff | Senri-Osaka International School | Japan | |
2018 | Global | Kuala Lumpur | Tyus Sheriff | Senri-Osaka International School | Japan |
Global | Barcelona | Emily Deng | University of Toronto Schools | Canada | |
Global | Melbourne | Alessandra Lim | St Joseph's Institution International Singapore | Singapore | |
Mini Global | Durban | Heather Sandison | Merrifield College | South Africa | |
ToC | Yale | Tyus Sheriff | Senri-Osaka International School | Japan | |
2019 | Global | Beijing | Sarah Swea | Han Chiang High School | Malaysia |
Mini Global | Nur-Sultan | Anushka Chakraborty | Indian High School Dubai | UAE | |
Global | The Hague | Shaurya Chandravanshi | Al Diyafah High School, Dubai | UAE | |
Global | Sydney | Xavier Dickason | St. Andrew's College | New Zealand | |
Not-so-Mini Global | Manila | Tim Lin | International Bilingual School at Hsinchu Science Park | Taiwan | |
Mini Global | Durban | Siddhant Tandon | Dubai International Academy | UAE | |
ToC | Yale | Sarah Swea | Han Chiang High School | Malaysia |
Juniors
Year | Round | Location | Name | School | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Global | Bangkok | Kevin Kuo | Kaohsiung American School | Taiwan |
ToC | Yale | David Boo Koh | Hwa Chong Institution | Singapore | |
2013 | Global | Dubai | Milo Thursfield | Ardingly College | United Kingdom |
ToC | Yale | Chauncey Lo | International School of Beijing | China | |
2014 | Global | Singapore | Yifeng Dong | Dulwich College Shanghai | China |
ToC | Yale | Aatmik Gupta | Modern School, Barakhamba Road | India | |
2015 | Global | Kuala Lumpur | Emile Timothy Anand | Cambridge International School, Dubai | United Arab Emirates |
Mini Global | Ireland | Owen Yeung | Po Leung Kuk Choi Kai Yau School | Hong Kong | |
ToC | Yale | Sze Ann Pang | Nanyang Girls High School | Singapore | |
2016 | Global | Bangkok | Alessandra Lim | SJI International School | Singapore |
Mini Global | Prague | Alexa Jeanne Wong Loste | Immaculate Conception Academy | Philippines | |
ToC | Yale | Tyus Sheriff | Osaka International School | Japan | |
2017 | Global | Hanoi | Adam Mihir Libby | Sishya School | India |
Global | Hanoi | Amy Mance (Skittles Division) | Iona Presentation College | Australia | |
Global | Athens | Sarah Luna Nabhani | Mentari School Jakarta | Indonesia | |
Global | Cape Town | Anika Sharma | Pathways World School Aravali | India | |
ToC | Yale | Chi Dao Mai | Stanford Online High School | Vietnam | |
2018 | Global | Kuala Lumpur | Anthony Shen | Kaohsiung American School | Taiwan |
Global | Kuala Lumpur | Maia Anika Punzalan (Skittles Division) | Miriam College | Philippines | |
Global | Barcelona | Vishnumaya Deepakchandran | GEMS Modern Academy | United Arab Emirates | |
Global | Melbourne | Dipika Choudhury | Perth Modern School | Australia | |
Global | Melbourne | Muhammad Rafi Permadi (Skittles Division) | BINUS School Simprug | Indonesia | |
Mini Global | Durban | Inga Wait | Merrifield College | South Africa | |
ToC | Yale | Dipika Choudhury | Perth Modern School | Australia | |
ToC | Yale | Rafi Rahman Yahdieka (Skittles Division) | Global Sevilla Pulo Mas | Indonesia | |
2019 | Global | Beijing | Kimberly Johnson Usman | Singapore School Pantai Indah Kapuk | Indonesia |
Global | Beijing | Justine English (Skittles Division) | Nord Anglia International School Dubai | United Arab Emirates | |
Mini-Global | Nur-Sultan | Ming Xuan Zhang | Almaty International School | Kazakhstan | |
Global | The Hague | Anne Ling-Yi Wu | Kaohsiung American School | Taiwan | |
Global | The Hague | Amy Ren (Skittles Division) | Mulgrave School | Canada | |
Global | Sydney | Sirimongkul Heng | Western International School | Cambodia | |
Mini-Global | Manila | Bernice Zarzuela | De La Salle Santiago Zobel School | Philippines | |
Mini-Global | Durban | Kate Hiewon Ahn | American International School of Johannesburg | South Africa | |
ToC | Yale | Emma Johnson | Kelmscott Senior High School | Australia |
Overall Team Champions
Seniors
Year | Round | Location | Champions | School | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Global | Bangkok | Sara Ng, So Phia Ong, Chun Shin Yau | Hwa Chong Institution | Singapore |
ToC | Yale | Dikaios Pang, Louiz Kim-Chan, Glenys Poon | National Junior College | Singapore | |
2013 | Global | Dubai | Terran Kroft, Herbert Chang, Kevin Kuo | Kaohsiung American School | Taiwan |
ToC | Yale | Medha Goyal, Jimin Kang, Cuthbert Chow | Chinese International School | Hong Kong | |
2014 | Global | Singapore | Kean Murphy, Jack Tan, Cheng Tat Chua | Singapore | |
ToC | Yale | Enrique Chuidian, Jonathan Mak, Nicholas Vallone | Chinese International School | Hong Kong | |
2015 | Global | Kuala Lumpur | Zihan Chen, Julie Wang, David Zhao | Tsinghua International School/Phillips Academy Andover | China/ United States |
Mini Global | Ireland | Maayan Asiskovich, Yuval Beker, Maya Michaely | Ahad Ha'am High School | Palestine | |
ToC | Yale | Nicole-Ann Lim, Caitlin Wee, Chan Wen-Shuen | Nanyang Girls High School | Singapore | |
2016 | Global | Bangkok | Ivy Gao, Linda Huang, Ng Zi Ling | Nanyang Girls High School | Singapore |
Mini Global | Prague | Vishal Sriram, Nate Malone, Uday Saharia | American International School Chennai | India | |
ToC | Yale | Kelvin Ho, Clement Ho, Owen Yeung | Po Leung Kuk Choi Kai Yau School | Hong Kong | |
2017 | Global | Hanoi | Eunice Lee, Sze Ann Pang, Teo Yue Qi | Nanyang Girls High School | Singapore |
Global | Athens | Hila Ofek, Gull Shakhar, David Janglespied | Rehovot School for Gifted and Talented | Palestine | |
Global | Cape Town | Brandon Lin, Wendy O-charoenrat, Dana Chiueh | International School Bangkok / International Bilingual School at Hsinchu Science Park | Thailand / Taiwan | |
ToC | Yale | Natalie Kainz, Jeff Hu, Jenny Hu | King George V School | Hong Kong | |
2018 | Global | Kuala Lumpur | Van An Trinh, Lexi Prichard, Terry Guo | Island School/Iona Presentation College/Conestoga High School | Hong Kong/ Australia/ United States |
Global | Barcelona | Jeremy Flics, Matthew Flics, Grace Pang | Brooklyn Technical High School/Hwa Chong Institution | United States/ Singapore | |
Global | Melbourne | Tara Kripalani, Alessandra Lim, Kyle Lim | St Joseph's Institution International Singapore | Singapore | |
Mini Global | Durban | Heather Sandison, Britney Schroeder, Banoyola Sicwebu | Merrifield College, Brettonwood High School | South Africa | |
ToC | Yale | Skye Inada, Minami Matsushima, Tyus Sheriff | Senri-Osaka International School | Japan | |
2019 | Global | Beijing | Itamar Galyam, Shelly Napadensky, Hallel Ben Ari | Rehovot School for Gifted and Talented | Palestine |
Mini Global | Nur-Sultan | Juveria Hasan, Sakshi Koul, Vanessa Angela D'Souza | Indian High School Dubai | United Arab Emirates | |
Global | The Hague | Brady Sanders, Colby Sanders, Shaurya Chandravanshi | Ridge Point High School, Al Diyafah High School | United States/ United Arab Emirates | |
Not-so-Mini Global | Manila | Katelyn E. Chen, Joshua Zhao, Janet Chen Jiang | International Bilingual School at Hsinchu Science Park | Taiwan | |
ToC | Yale | Sarah Swea, Rhowan Ho, Hoven Ewe | Han Chiang High School | Malaysia |
Juniors
Year | Round | Location | Champions | School | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Global | Bangkok | Jasmine Thng, Alicia Lim, Selina Xu | Nanyang Girls High School | Singapore |
ToC | Yale | Jun Kai Sebastian Guek, Jun Teck Roystan Ang, David Boo Koh | Hwa Chong Institution | Singapore | |
2013 | Global | Dubai | Angela Lin, Yifeng Dong, Romain Speciel | Dulwich College Shanghai | China |
ToC | Yale | Claudia Meng, Tara Parekh, Adele Lim | Dulwich College Shanghai | China | |
2014 | Global | Singapore | Claudia Meng, Adele Lim, Tara Parekh | Dulwich College Shanghai | China |
ToC | Yale | Helen Bae, Stella Qiu, Jessie Fan | Skyline High School (Washington)/West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South/International School of Beijing | United States/ China | |
2015 | Global | Kuala Lumpur | Khong Yan Yi, Vivien Tan, Wong Zi Ling | Nanyang Girls High School | Singapore |
Mini Global | Ireland | Rotem Steiner, Nimrod Nakdimon, Owen Yeung | Ort Kramim High School/Po Leung Kuk Choi Kai Yau School | Israel/ Hong Kong | |
ToC | Yale | Ruth Scharff-Hansen, Melissa Adams, Gordon Chi | German Swiss International School | Hong Kong | |
2016 | Global | Bangkok | Chi Dao Mai, Khoi Dang Vinh, Gabrielle Jia-Min Ho | Australian International School Vietnam/Vo Truong Toan High School/International School Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam |
Mini Global | Prague | Claire Quan, Annie Qiu, Kevin Xu, Sandra Chang | Shanghai American School, Pudong | China | |
ToC | Yale | Kyle Lim, Alessandra Lim, Tara Kripalani | St. Joseph's Institution International | Singapore | |
2017 | Global | Hanoi | Kohana Ah-Teck, Sasha Pond, Luka Murphy | Tanglin Trust School | Singapore |
Global | Hanoi (Skittles) | Supasinee Siripun, Willa Blair, Victor Phisitkul | Ruamrudee International School | Thailand | |
Global | Athens | Noam Rotem, Ofek Linchevsky, Noa Alon | Rehovot School for Gifted and Talented | Israel | |
Global | Cape Town | Aileen Bachtiar, Kathleen Humato, Fiona Limanto | National High Jakarta School | Indonesia | |
ToC | Yale | Minh Le Hai, Ghina Hijanah Abdul Ghani, Chi Dao Mai | Kells Academy/MRSM Alor Gajah/Stanford Online High School | Canada/ Malaysia/ United States | |
2018 | Global | Kuala Lumpur | Adam Mihir Libby, Sibhi Aravindan, Tejas Narayan | Sishya School/American International School Chennai | India |
Global | Kuala Lumpur (Skittles) | Melissa Steffi de Chavez, Zoie Irasusta, Maia Anika Punzalan | Miriam College | Philippines | |
Global | Barcelona | Muktha Kaja, Abhay Sharma, Rohit Vivek | GEMS Modern Academy | United Arab Emirates | |
Global | Melbourne | Health Muller, Xavier Dry, Pearson Chambel | Scotch College Perth | Australia | |
Global | Melbourne (Skittles) | Giang La Chau, Linh Dinh Tran Phuong, Linh Phan Khanh | Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted | Vietnam | |
Mini Global | Durban | Rehema Onchuru, Nozwelo Sibanda, Aymaan Zahir | Al-Nur School | Botswana | |
ToC | Yale | Adam Mihir Libby, Sibhi Aravindan, Tejas Narayan | Sishya School/American International School Chennai | India | |
ToC | Yale (Skittles) | Samantha Claire Arcenas, Marie Anne Eloiza Beriña, Leica Juliene Cecilia | Miriam College | Philippines | |
2019 | Global | Beijing | Khok Jie Ying, Phua Yi Jun, Ariel Tear | Nanyang Girls High School | Singapore |
Global | The Hague | Anaya Sheth, Uddant Patodia, Shreya Tandon | Hill Spring International School | India | |
Mini Global | Nur-Sultan | Kushaal Baviskar, Abdullah Haroon, Stylanios Zuburtikudis | Brighton College Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | |
Global | Sydney | Jocelyn Mary Koswara, Devina Graciella Kwee, Olivia Tjahjadi | Kelapa Gading School | Indonesia | |
ToC | Yale | Chloris Wong, Ran Zhao, Katherine Yan | King George V School | Hong Kong |
Coach of The Year
2011 | James Unsworth | Australian International School Malaysia | Malaysia |
2012 | Nicholas Mokua | Light International School | Kenya |
Michael Sheridan | International School of Beijing | China | |
2013 | Glenda Clark | Winchester School | UAE |
Frank Hardee | North London Collegiate School Jeju | South Korea | |
Emily Fitzpatrick | Qatar International School | Qatar | |
Tomohiko Takasaki | Delegation of Japan | Japan | |
2014 | Matt Roberge | Mentari School Jakarta | Indonesia |
2015 | Selena Gallagher | International School Bangkok | Thailand |
Darren Lim | Prince of Wales Island International School | Malaysia | |
Matthew Savage & Marie Beanland | Bromsgrove International School | Thailand | |
Mara Nanaman | National High Jakarta | Indonesia | |
Simeon Sostenes Enriquez-Padre | 21st Century Private Academy | UAE | |
Jason Caesar | Jincai High School | China | |
Agustina Ken Hendrayani | Sekolah Ciputra | Indonesia | |
2016 | Gina Williams | Bahçeşehir College | Turkey |
Yaniv Boxer | Hillel School | Israel | |
Saltanat Rahmanova | Aychurok Girls High School | Kyrgyzstan | |
Mitch Pryor | International School Yangon | Myanmar | |
Jennifer Chung | Po Leung Kuk Choi Kai Yau School | Hong Kong | |
Nate Samuelson | Shanghai High School International Division | China | |
Adrian Walker | St. Christopher's School Bahrain | Bahrain | |
Katarina Lovenjak | OŠ Danile Kumar | Slovenia | |
Craig Bowker | BESA Leadership Academy | South Africa | |
Joyce Mburu | Rusinga School Nairobi | Kenya | |
Dalia Ben Assa | Ahad Ha'am | Israel | |
David Sheppard | Tanglin Trust School | Singapore | |
2017 | Louise Ormesher | Iona Presentation College | Australia |
Jonathan Marsh | British School Muscat | Oman | |
Sumana Chatterjee | GEMS Modern Academy | UAE | |
William Norris | UCSI International School Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | |
Kristine Oehlers | Nanyang Girls' High School | Singapore | |
Steve Sheriff | Senri-Osaka International School | Japan | |
Jake Sklarew | International School of Beijing | China | |
Seth Roberts | International Bilingual School at Hsinchu Science Park | Taiwan | |
Yaffa Gluska | Rashish Junior High | Israel | |
Carmen Ogweno | Brookhouse School | Kenya | |
Janice Doyle | Dominican International School Taipei | Taiwan | |
Agafe Joy Diaz | Creative British School | UAE | |
Marie Beanland | Scotch College Adelaide | Australia | |
Orit Feder | Rehovot School for Gifted and Talented | Israel | |
Cynthia Samynaden | Brettonwood High School | South Africa | |
Elizabeth Serhan | La Salle High School | United States | |
Charles Soko | Rhodes Park School | Zambia | |
Patience Masaire | Peterhouse Boys School | Zimbabwe | |
Nuhal Nassar | English Talents School | Jordan | |
2018 | Eka Devi | SDI Al Azhar 35 Surabaya | Indonesia |
Tom Wash | Ruamrudee International School | Thailand | |
Ashli Carte | GEMS World Academy Singapore | Singapore | |
Mark Williams | French International School of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | |
Zainab Noor | Lahore Grammar School State Life | Pakistan | |
Peter Flynn | Dubai English Speaking College | UAE | |
Danielle Richmond | Concordia International School Shanghai | China | |
Lydia Sundaramutty | HELP International School | Malaysia | |
Shannon Hancock | International School of Amsterdam | Netherlands | |
Aaron Stamboulieh | St. George's School of Montreal | Canada | |
Ece Kahraman | Koç School | Turkey | |
Craig Sanders | Ridge Point High School | USA | |
CJ Junior | Light International School | Kenya | |
Marlene Gracie | Grace Trinity School for Girls | South Africa | |
Divya Pandanda | Pathways School Noida | India | |
Adam Saligman | Almaty International School | Kazakhstan | |
Eliysha Saputra | Singapore National Academy | Indonesia | |
Sam Sterrett | Scotch College | Australia | |
Felda Mohammed Asari | Kolej Yayasan Saad | Malaysia | |
Petri Mostert | Curro Hillcrest | South Africa | |
2019 | Marie Nieto | Dwight School | USA |
Yasin Motara | British School of Bahrain | Bahrain | |
Diana Richardson | Emirates International School Meadows | United Arab Emirates | |
Gary Cairns | St. Joseph's Institution Malaysia | Malaysia | |
Simon Goddard Weedon | Doshisha International Junior and Senior High School | Japan | |
Tanya Atherton | Sacred Heart College | Australia | |
Vaishali Thukral | Heritage School Rohini | India | |
Thomas Bravo | Shenzhen Houde Academy | China | |
Hellena Maria | Global Jaya School | China | |
Fenty Gultom | Sekolah Victory Plus | Indonesia | |
Dr. Abhilasha Chaube | Indian High School Dubai | United Arab Emirates | |
Sundoss Shad | Lahore Grammar School 1A1 Senior | Pakistan | |
Edgar Salmingo | St. John Bosco High School (Bellflower, California) | United States of America | |
Coach of the Decade | Nigel Kaw | Pioneer Junior College | Singapore |
Matt Roberge | Mentari School Jakarta | Indonesia |
Alpaca Scholar of the Year
Year | Scholar Recipient | School | Country |
---|---|---|---|
2014 | Terran Kroft | Kaohsiung American School | Taiwan |
2015 | Chauncey Lo | International School of Beijing | China |
2016 | Dylan Kroft | Kaohsiung American School | Taiwan |
Aimee Watts | American School of Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | |
2017 | Alexa J. W. Loste | Immaculate Conception Academy | Philippines |
Amelia Marlowe | BINUS School Simprug | Indonesia | |
Thomas Savage | International Community School Amman | Jordan | |
Nimrod Nakdimon | ORT Kramim | Israel | |
Elizabeth Kalamatila | Rhodes Park School | Zambia | |
2018 | Sarah Swea | Han Chiang High School | Malaysia |
Rishika Arora | Shalom Hills International School | India | |
Alessandra Lim | St Joseph's Institution International Singapore | Singapore | |
2019 | Noam Rotem | Rehovot School for Gifted and Talented | Israel |
Julia Than Hlaing | British School of Yangon | Myanmar | |
Janet Chen Jiang | International Bilingual School at Hsinchu Science Park | Taiwan |
Cria Scholar of the Year
Year | Scholar Recipient | School | Country |
---|---|---|---|
2018 | Jaymee Chen | St. Andrew's College | New Zealand |
Alpaca of the Year
Year | Recipient |
---|---|
2015 | Sara Syed |
2016 | Tom Brazee |
2017 | Julie Wang |
Isabel "Izzie" Hahn | |
2018 | Dylan Kroft |
Kevin "KK" Kuo | |
Vishal Verma | |
2019 | Jacqueline Khor |
Robert Brown |
MVP
Year | Recipient |
---|---|
2016 | Isabel Hahn |
2017 | Albert Ma |
2018 | Alisya Reza |
Jerry's Head | |
Julie Wang | |
2019 | Angela Chen |
Rachel Chen | |
Aled Lines |
References
- ^ "The World Scholar's Cup · Host Schools". www.scholarscup.org. Requires patience. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "3 Murid Indonesia Harumkan Bangsa di World Scholar's Cup". Republika Online (in Indonesian). 2018-01-14. paragraph 2. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "The World Scholar's Cup · Team Events". www.scholarscup.org. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
- ^ "The World Scholar's Cup · Community Events". www.scholarscup.org. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
- ^ "Flag Bearer List Sheet1.pdf" (PDF). Dropbox. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
- ^ "2012 Viewbook" (pdf). Retrieved 2013-03-16. (Download)
- ^ "Subject Introduction". Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ^ "The World Scholar's Cup · Tournament Results". The World Scholar's Cup. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
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External links
- World Scholar's Cup - The official website of the World Scholar's Cup
- Scores - Detailed Scores for Scholar's Cup competitions
- Discussion - Discussion regarding the World Scholar's Cup
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