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On March 1, 2016 Danila Kumar School hosted the Regional Round of the prestigious World Scholar’s Cup competition for the second time. Students competed in six subject areas, connected with this year’s common theme Imperfect World. The best teams (seven from Danila Kumar School, that means 21 students) qualified for the next level of the competition – The Global Round. This year it took place in June in Thailand (Bangkok).

Taking up the challenge

With all the enthusiasm in the world on the part of the students and their mentors, it wasn’t difficult to take up the challenge. Nobody wanted to miss the chance of competing against 3500 scholars from all around the globe. It wasn’t just about travelling to the other side of the world, but also about gaining memorable experiences, meeting new people and cultures, different ways of life and expanding horizons.

There are many people who can take the credit for this trip, above all the parents, the headmistress (Mojca Mihelič, MA), the project coordinator Katarina Lovenjak, donors (companies: Eles, Grawe, Triglav, Plasta, DRI upravljanje investicij) and the head of the international department (Irena Šteblaj, MA) who first introduced the competition in Slovenia.

WSC 1    Photo 1: An important moment of the opening ceremony.

An unforgettable experience

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The students competed in 4 disciplines – team debates, collaborative writing, scholar’s bowl and the scholar’s challenge. However, the event wasn’t just serious all the time. For the scholars to relax, meet and socialize, a few other events took place – the talent show, debate schowcase, dance and the cultural fair. At the cultural fair, the students tried to do their best to present their home country, that is why the preparations started more than a month before departure.

The Slovenian stand was full of promotional materials, kindly given to us by the Government Communication Office – I Feel Slovenia, TIC Ljubjana and the company Rolljet. We spoilt our visitors with the popular Frutabelas by Fructal, Lucifer and Rajska ptica chocolates, honey by Čebelarstvo cvet and dried apples. We also had posters showing the Slovenian landscape, cities and the picturesque countryside.

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wsc 5  Photos 2-4: Students of Danila Kumar and the visitors of our stand

The closing ceremony started with a flagbearers parade of all countries. The proud Slovenian flagbearers were Justin Andraz Okai (junior division) and Eva Sreš (senior division).

The coordinator of WSC in Slovenia and the organizer of the regional round in Ljubljana, Katarina Lovenjak, was awarded with the prestigious title Coach of the Year.

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Congratulations to all our students!

JUNIOR DIVISION (1800 scholars, age 10-14)

Top School Scorer, Country Top Scholar, Top Students in Europe:

Karlo Vidovič (509th place out of 1800 scholars)

Top team in Slovenia

 Karlo Vidovič, Mik Marter, Petr Kurakin

Top Teams in Europe

Karlo Vidovič, Mik Marter, Petr Kurakin (2nd place)

Max Tomsich, Domen Škerlep, Gregor Bohinc (3rd place)

 Top individual writing:

Mik Marter (144th place)

 Individual debate:

Karlo Vidovič (383th place)

Živa Rozalija Markovič (403rd place)

 Challenge (Arts, Social studies, History, Literature, Science, Special Area):

Karlo Vidovič (343rd place)

Max Tomsich (392nd place)

Aniket Godbole (419th place)

 

Teams Invited to the Tournament of Champions:

Karlo Vidovič, Mik Marter, Petr Kurakin

Max Tomsich, Domen Škerlep, Gregor Bohinc

 Other teams with more than 20,000th points (and the invitation to the Tournament of Champions):

Lana Šuštaršič, Nina Samardžija, Kaja Sekulovska

Aniket Godbole, Tjaša Gorenc

Hana Dorotea Merzel, Živa Markovič, Tina Šegina

wsc 7  Photo 6: Juniors after the award ceremony

SENIOR DIVISION (1700 scholars, age 15-18)

 Top School Scorer, Country Top Scholar, Top Student in Europe, Champion Scholar:

Eva Sreš (80th place out of 1700 scholars)

Top team in Slovenia

Dora Janušič, Eva Sreš, Nika Zebić

Top Teams in Europe

Dora Janušič, Eva Sreš, Nika Zebić (2nd place)

Champion Teams

Justin Andraz Okai, Bar Darchevits, Aimee Watts (mixed team – 31st place)

 Individual debate:

Eva Sreš (224th place)

Dora Janušič (243rd place)

Nika Zebić (375th place)

 Individual writing:

Justin Andraz Okai (120th place)

Challenge (Arts, Social studies, History, Literature, Science, Special Area):

Eva Sreš (64th place)

 Top Debate teams:

Justin Andraz Okai, Bar Darchevits, Aimee Watts (mixed team – 60th place)

Dora Janušič, Eva Sreš, Nika Zebić (67th place)

 Top Writing teams:

Justin Andraz Okai, Bar Darchevits, Aimee Watts (mixed team – 13th place)

 Teams Invited to the Tournament of Champions:

Dora Janušič, Eva Sreš, Nika Zebić

Justin Andraz Okai, Bar Darchevits, Aimee Watts (mixed team)

Other teams with more than 20,000th points (and the invitation to the Tournament of Champions):

Giulia Garbin, Miha Tušar, Aladin Hadžić