Southbank Westminster Wins Academic Bronze (and seven other medals!)

Achieving one medal in the United States Academic Decathlon is difficult enough, but this year Southbank Westminster won a team Bronze, plus seven individual medals.

This, and the International Maths competition recently hosted by Westminster (with a great deal of help from Kensington parents), are both good examples of academic accomplishments of which Southbank should be proud.

The United States Academic Decathlon is the premier academic competition in the United States, providing students of all learning levels the opportunity to excel academically through team competition.

This year for the first time the event was opened up to American International Schools abroad. Our students competed online on 17th April and 1st and 2nd of May.

"Many congratulations to all the students who took part, their teachers and Lisa Saleh. This really is an outstanding achievement for Southbank," adds Westminster Principal Terry Hedger.

The entire team scored the Bronze for overall highest average score. Individual results were:
Bronze
Business and economics to Glen Tokola (Varsity)
Essay creative writing to Jack O'Connor (Scholastic)

Silver
Science to Glen Tokola (Varsity) and Olivia Tokola (Honors)
Essay creative writing to Glen Tokola (Varsity) and Devika Joshi (Scholastic)
Language and Literature to Brian Fitzpatrick (Honors)

Gold
Mathematics to Ariel Sagalovsky (Honors).

Ariel achieved the highest score at the event; Brian, Jack and Devika (who used to attend Southbank Kensington) were the first ninth graders to medal at the national level and Brian is the youngest competitor to win at Honors level.