Local High School Teams Compete in Regional Academic WorldQuest Competition February 14 at SITFebruary 7, 2007 Student teams from Brattleboro Union High School, Fall Mountain Regional High School, Monadnock Regional High School, The Putney School, and Vermont Academy compete in the 2007 Academic WorldQuest competition Wednesday evening, February 14 at 6:30 at the School for International Training in Brattleboro. Academic WorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Councils of America. The local competition, organized and chaired by Margo Neale of Brattleboro, is a project of the Windham World Affairs Council and is open to the public. “This is an exciting, fast moving competition where top students from area schools work as teams to show their knowledge and try to top other area teams. The winning team gets a trip to Washington, DC in the spring to compete with the best teams from around the country. It’s fun for those in the audience too, because we give them score sheets and enable them to play along as well!” says Ms. Neale. “While we don’t send adults to Washington, those who can match the winning student team will receive some sweet surprises, befitting the evening of Valentines Day.” Fifty winning four-student teams from around the country will meet in a national competition in Washington, D.C. March 23-25 to compete in a giant quiz on world affairs. This area’s winner for the last two years, The Putney School, finished 25th in the national competition last year. For more information about WorldQuest, see http://www.worldaffairscouncils.org/programs/flagship/worldquest/. “The actual competition in Washington,” Neale adds, “is only one part of a weekend designed to introduce the students to our nation’s capitol as well to representatives of the State Department and to people in the news media. Students report that they not only have a wonderful trip but that they feel part of a group of peers who are interested in world affairs and share the sensibilities of global citizens.” WorldQuest competition teams were formed last fall at each school and have
been studying in specific categories ever since. “The competition in
the past has been very tight and we expect it to be the same this year,” says
Neale The School for International Training is reached by taking Route 5 south from the rotary located just east of I-91 Exit 3. Proceed southbound on Putney Road (Route 5) one-quarter mile to the first traffic light, which is at Black Mountain Road. Turn right onto Black Mountain Road and follow the road over I-91, past a residential area and through two very sharp curves. After the curves, Black Mountain Road bears left. Do not turn left but bear right on Kipling Road to the top of the hill. Near the top of the hill you will pass an open field on your left and you will see several large white buildings in the distance to the left. Turn left on Dickinson Road at the crest of the hill where you see the World Learning and School for International Training signs and a circle of flags. The dining hall where the competition is held is the first large building on the left. There is plenty of free parking. --30-- FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: |
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