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Campus News AND HIGHLIGHTS

UPPER SCHOOL

Fierce competition raged right up until the final question as the
SES Math Team of Peter Zheng, Nishanth Chalasani, Zane Zudans
and Lei Zhang finished first out of over 20 schools in the IRSC Math
Olympiad last spring.

Mrs. Stephenson and Dr. Bao took 17 Upper School students to
The Gulliver School in Miami to participate in the 11th Annual Florida
State Chinese competition in February. Students were tested
individually on reading, writing, and speaking skills, and each school
participated in a group "Jeopardy" cultural event test. Our Pirates
came in second in the four team group. As part of the competition
weekend, Dr. Bao won the South Florida Chinese Educator of the
Year Award.

Social media becomes an experiment: It started as a quick question
in Ms. Kennedy's English class. That question became a conversation,
and the conversation evolved into a social media experiment. A total
From top: Students of 57 juniors and seniors agreed to turn in their cell phones for a full
write about their week last spring. Students wrote daily about their experience on a
emotions during Ms. large note board in Ms. Kennedy's room. Emotions ran from "nervous"
Kennedy’s social and "scared", to gleeful anticipation for a full night's sleep!
media experiment; In a room full of 50 schools from across the country, Saint Edward's
Benedict Scholar, School's Academic World Quest team took second place in a fight
Zach Alerte; to the finish. Participants included: Kishore Chundi, Fawaz Naeem,
Entrepreneur Club Zach Alerte, Katie Alerte and Owen Prado.
competition winners
Cooper Beckett, Scholar athlete Zach Alerte was honored as the 2016-2017 Benedict
Barrett Rhymes and Scholar. Zach is an accomplished soccer player and dedicated student
Ritter Marchant and this prestigious honor recognizes his accomplishments.
Last April, the 2016 Cum Laude members and the final NHS
member were inducted into their societies.The inductee for NHS was
Autumn Meadows. The Cum Laude inductees were Fahad Ahmed,
Nishanth Chalasani, Kishore Chundi, Mason Heim, Grace Kahle,
Josh Hurwitz, David Stork and Taylor Tee.

Congratulations to Olivia Lazorik, Ellie Huryn, Sana Shareef and
Rachel Todd Gambee for their musical performances at the District
13 Solo & Ensemble Festival, held in Port St. Lucie.

Every SES student who participated in the state level of the Science
Fair competition placed in their respective categories. Congratulations
to Olivia Lazorik, Jacob Chesley, Elise Mallon, Clara Martin,
Christopher Powell, Sana Shareef, Omar Shareef, Lauder Fairchok
and David Todd Gambee on their exceptional results.
Seniors Cooper Beckett, Barrett Rhymes and Ritter Marchant took
top honors for the second year in a row at the Entrepreneur's Club
competition. Their product, called "Stickn'Go,” keeps fishing flies
organized and tangle-free.

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