50th Anniversary of Future Problem Solving
This year marked the 50th Anniversary of the International Conference for the Future Problem Solving Program and was held onsite at the Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, a beautiful campus.
We would like to thank all of our students that represented us at this conference and their supporters. You always do us proud. We produced some spectacular results at the 2024 International Conference. Go team! Together with two Adult Service Awards, New Zealand brought home 13 trophies this year.
GLOBAL ISSUES PROBLEM SOLVING
Team Competition
JUNIOR DIVISION
1st - Northcross Intermediate
Isobel Carmichael, Jason Hao, Jonathan Xu and Yigu Ye
Coach: Glenis Martin
9th - St Andrew's College Prep
Zilong Chen, Benjamin Edward, Louis Hyland and Emmett Lawler
Coach: Sonia Lewis
MIDDLE DIVISION
4th - St Margaret's College
Sneha Datla, Kieva Hanlon, Phobe James and Tilly O'Donnell
Coach: Bridget Compton-Moen
6th - Kristin School
Junyi Guo, Oliver He, Jonathan Hu and Matthew Lee
Coach: Helen Mansfield
7th - Northcross Intermediate
Alan Li, Alex Xiao, Vincent Xu and Andy Yang
Coach: Glenis Martin
MAGIC Competition
In this Global Issues Problem Solving competition, teams of 3 or 4 students from different affiliates compete together as a team for the first time. Quite the challenge.
MIDDLE DIVISION
3rd - Westlake Girls' High
Charlotte Smith (NZ) Maithili (California), Emily (Washington) and Kai (Utah)
Coach: Kameron Sadler
SENIOR DIVISION
1st - Cashmere High
William Dyhrberg (NZ) Kate (Australia), Jonathan (California) and Evan (Nebraska)
Coach: Sue Williams
3rd - Cashmere High
Abby Laird (NZ) Jessica (California) and Akiva (Florida)
Coach: Sue Williams
PRESENTATION OF ACTION PLAN
Team Competition
MIDDLE DIVISION
3rd - St Andrew's College
Genevieve Bainbridge-Smith, Maja Clark, Alexa Collis, Alyssa Geddes, William Nicholls and Sophie Schouten
Coach: Sonia Lewis
SCENARIO WRITING
Individual Competition
SENIOR DIVISION
2nd - Cashmere High School
Moss Turner
Coach: Sue Williams
6th - Cashmere High School
Naomi Wilson
Coach: Sue Williams
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
COMMUNITY PROBLEM SOLVING
Team Competition
MIDDLE DIVISION
5th - Kristin School (One place away from a trophy)
Project - Worlds within Words
Jerry Chen, Matthew Lee and Sabrina Liu
Coach: Helen Mansfield
GLOBAL ISSUES PROBLEM SOLVING
Team Finalists
MIDDLE DIVISION
Kristin School
Gloria Dai, Andrew Gao, William Huang and Richard Wang
Coach: Helen Mansfield
SENIOR DIVISION
St Cuthbert's College
Isobel Denton, Julie Sung, Bonnie Wang and Olivia Wei
Coaches: Susan Jackson and Jan Walls
SCENARIO WRITING
Individual Finalist
MIDDLE DIVISION
Nelson College
Troy Kelso
Coach: Sarah Watts
PRESENTATION OF ACTION PLAN
Team Finalists
JUNIOR DIVISION
Northcross Intermediate
Isobel Carmichael, Jason Hao, Jonathan Xu and Yigu Ye
Coach: Glenis Martin
MIDDLE DIVISION
Kristin School
Junyi Guo, Oliver He, Jonathan Hu and Matthew Lee
Coach: Helen Mansfield
Northcross Intermediate
Alan Li, Alex Xiao, Vincent Xu and Andy Yang
Coach: Glenis Martin
St Margaret's College
Sneha Datla, Kieva Hanlon, Phobe James and Tilly O'Donnell
Coach: Bridget Compton-Moen
SENIOR DIVISION
St Cuthbert's College
Isobel Denton, Galathée Gaillard, Julie Sung, Zara Toes, Bonnie Wang and Olivia Wei
Coaches: Susan Jackson and Jan Walls
ONE SPOT AWAY FROM BEING A FINALIST
Scenario Writing
JUNIOR DIVISION
Takapuna Normal Intermediate School
Aida Thompson
Coach: Rhea Anglesey
Global Issues Problem Solving
MIDDLE INDIVIDUAL DIVISION
St Cuthbert's College
Zara Toes
Coaches: Susan Jackson and Jan Walls
ADULT SERVICE AWARDS
25 Years Service Award
Julie Styan - National Co-Director
5 Years Evaluation Award
Robyn Boswell QSM - Retired National Director