2019 WSC Kaohsiung Round

On March 22-23, 24 students alongside Ms. Chen and Mr. Lines traveled to Kaohsiung to compete in the regional round of World Scholars Cup. This was the largest event in Taiwanese history with over 410 scholars from 22 different schools. The students competed in team debates, collaborative writing, the Scholar's Challenge and the Scholar's Bowl. Some exciting moments for our students included Steve Loo in sixth grade being selected to participate in the Debate Showcase (with the best debaters from the competition) and Chrissie Gross in twelfth grade wow-ing the crowd with her rendition of "Everybody Gets a Kitten" - which was posted on the World Scholars Cup Facebook Group!

Besides all of the medals listed below, every single team from Hsinchu American School qualified to participate in the global rounds in Beijing, The Hague, Sydney, Manila, Nursultan and Durban. Ms. Chen and Mr. Lines could not be prouder of our HASpacas - most of which were first time scholars. They hope that their experience with WSC will nurture a love of learning, fun, samples of pasta and chairs.

【JUNIOR DIVISION】 ▸Sophie Su - Gold Medal in School Top Scholar, 3 Silver ▸Medals for Writing, Art and Debate ▸Lian Chang - Gold Da Vinci Medal ▸Vicky Hsu - 3 Gold Medals for Debate, Literature and Special Area ▸Steve Loo - 2 Silver Medals for Individual Writing and Team Writing ▸Jia Qi Gooi - Silver Medal for Team Writing ▸Yoyo Lai - 2 Silver Medals for Individual Writing and Team Writing ▸Kerdis Pan - Silver Da Vinci Medal ▸McKenzie Chen - Silver Medal for Art ▸Chris Tung - Gold Da Vinci Medal ▸Gigi Hsu - Silver Medal for Individual Writing ▸Casey Chiu - Silver Da Vinci Medal ▸Lanna Ma - Silver Da Vinci Medal

【SENIOR DIVISION】 ▸Chrissie Gross: Five Gold Medals in Art, Social Studies, Literature, Scholars Bowl and Team Writing, Two Silver Medals in Special Area and History, ▸Maggie Gross: Two Gold Medals in Scholars Bowl and Team Writing, One Silver for Art ▸Kevin Chiang: Gold Medal in Top School Scholar, Two Silver Medals in Social Studies & Art, Two Gold Medals in Scholars Bowl and Team Writing, One Silver Medal in Debate, One Silver Medal in Individual Writing ▸Ariel Chen: Two Silver Medals for Writing and Scholars Bowl ▸Kelly Loo: Gold Medal in Debate, Two Silver Medals for Writing and Scholars Bowl ▸Hannah Lee: Three Silver Medals in Individual Writing, Team Writing and Scholars Bowl ▸Erwin Hsu: Silver Medal in Team Writing ▸Edward Kao: Gold Medal in Literature, Silver Medal in Team Writing ▸Ken Su: Gold Medal in Debate, Two Silver Medals for Individual Writing and Team Writing ▸Alex Tung: Gold Da Vinci Medal ▸James Chang: Gold Da Vinci Medal ▸Bill Cheng: Gold Medal in Science