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Flagler County's Future Problem Solvers win 47 awards at state competition

Seventy students from five county schools invited to Internationals.


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  • | 1:12 p.m. April 3, 2025
Flagler Palm Coast High School's competitors at the state Future Problem Solvers competition in Orlando. Courtesy photo
Flagler Palm Coast High School's competitors at the state Future Problem Solvers competition in Orlando. Courtesy photo
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Flagler County students won 47 awards at the Future Problem Solvers state competition March 23-26 in Orlando. Seventy Flagler students received invitations to the International competition June 4-8 in Bloomington, Indiana.

Flagler County state award winners by school:

FLAGLER PALM COAST HIGH SCHOOL

Senior Multi-Affiliate Global Issues Competition (MAGIC)

Fourth place: Emma Gilbert, Eva Sites, Laura Herrera

Third place: Lorraine Wilson

Second place: Kashvi Sagar, Karolyn Whitney

First place: Aaradhana Moluguri, Nicki Hollis, and Daniel Payne

Global Issues Senior Individuals

Second place: Desmond Akmentins (Invitation to Internationals)

Global Issues Senior Team

Second place: Victoria Da Silva, Liam Lafferty, Ava Mello, Arianna Slaughter (Invitation to Internationals)

Senior Presentation of Action Plans

Fifth place: Jesus Rodriguez, Ethan Zverinsky, Xander Lascano, Kashvi Sagar

Fourth Place: Alex Whaley, Desmond Akentins, Muhammad Khawaja

Middle Storytelling

Third place: Holden Carleton (Invitation to Internationals)

Middle Creative Writing

Sixth place: Oliver Esquivel Novek

Second place: Holden Carleton (Invitation to Internationals)

Senior Creative Writing

Fifth place: Emma Gilbert

Fourth place: Liam Lafferty

Senior Community Problem Solving

Second place: Project SEW (Saving Earth’s Wardrobe) — Nicki Hollis and Lorraine Wilson (Invitation to Internationals)

MATANZAS HIGH SCHOOL

Global Issues Senior MAGIC

Fourth place: Matthew Carleton

Second place: Carter Ives

Senior Creative Writing

Second place: Lili Lisowski (Invitation to Internationals)

First place: Ava Muldoon (Invitation to Internationals)

Senior Community Problem Solving

Third place: Project: POV — Brianna O'Malley, Jordan Sauer, Ben Iannotti, Tony Pacilli

First place: Project: AI in Action — Wesley Kopach, Dempsey Manhart, Megan Rhee, Willa Ames, Mary Grace Seward, Diana Kolodiy (Invitation to Internationals)

INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL

Global Issues MAGIC

Middle Division:

Sixth place: Adriana Berti, Gabriella Putis

Fifth place: Bella Nong, Jenna Ames, Skye Soler

Fourth place: Priya Vargas, Anthony Demaio, Alexander Fredericks

Third place: Mia Puccio, Sebastian Barnes

Second place: Sophia Gonzalez, Monica Vazquez, Madeline Aguilar

First Place: Jaclynn Crockett, Reagan Rodriguez

Junior Division:

Fifth Place: Bianca Wright, Marlie Sipos

Third place: Kason Davis, Elisei Volkovskiy

Second place: Cam Derie

First place: Elissa Griffin

Global Issues Team

Junior:

Sixth place: Elevyn Thompson, Illiana Stockman, Keziah McCoy, Mia Kopcikova 

Middle:

First place: Bella Bailey, Emma Ball, Audrey Westly (Invitation to Internationals)

Creative Writing

 Fifth place: Elevyn Thompson

 Third place: Audra Snyder (Invitation to Internationals)

Community Problem Solving

Junior Teams:

Third place: News Crew — Magnolia Vandebunte, Gianna DiBitetto, Sophie Berkovich, Kayla Raad, Isabella Cruz

Second place: Healthy Helpers — Kason Davis, Ameera Toolsie, Gia Rego, Yeily Cuevas Melendez, Giuseppina Gitto (Invitation to Internationals)

Middle Teams:

Third place: The Lost Treasures — Gabriel Figueroa, Aaron Po, Madeline Aguilar, Bianca Wright, Shealyn Hardy, Zechariah Wright, Jalia Kidd (Invitation to Internationals)

Second place: Get it Done! — Liliana Fanelli, Avery Mahon, Lucy Simonsen, Alexander Fredericks, Sophia Le, Maria Saman (Invitation to Internationals)

First place: Skill Builders — Emma Ball, Bella Bailey, Bryson Quinones, Audrey Westly (Invitation to Internationals)

Middle Individuals:

Third place: Project Spotlight — Adriana Berti

Second place: The Food Saver — Ogheneovie Umebese (Invitation to Internationals)

BUDDY TAYLOR MIDDLE SCHOOL

Global Issues MAGIC

Second place: Kendon Reinert

Fourth place: Aubrey Marino

RYMFIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Global Issues Junior MAGIC

Third place: Kamden Weisstein

Sixth place: Emma Hoffman

Global Issues Junior Team

Seventh place: Baedan Canfield, Chole Campbell, Emma Norwood, Abby Johnson

Junior Community Problem Solving 

First place: Project Occupation Exploration — Lily Vazquez, Kamden Weisstein, Emma Norwood, Gabby Rosales, Sofia Hunchak, Abby Johnson, Jaxon Letterman, Angel Perez, Liam Orr, Dilan Glovada (Invitation to Internationals)

 

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