The Perth Modern Year 9 team featuring Alice Law, Dean Winarto and Dipika Choudhury produced excellent results in the Global Challenge at the World Scholar’s Cup in Sydney. They competed against students from about 30 countries and also older competitors (up to the age of 18 years).
The team earned three trophies:
• Fifth place in Overall Team Achievement; Fifth place in Team Debate and eighth place in Team Challenge
Dipika Choudhury came First place in Social Studies and received two trophies:
• Second place as the overall Top Scholar and Second place in the Challenge Subjects (Science, Social Studies, History, Special Area, Literature, Arts and Music).
Two Perth Mod teams have qualified for the Tournament of Champions which will be held at Yale University in November.