St Andrew’s College Preparatory School students experienced huge success in Auckland in early November at the 2023 National Finals for Future Problem Solving, coming away with an incredible three first placings for New Zealand, amongst other top accolades:
- First place – Year 8 Future Problem Solvers team for ‘Global Issues Problem Solving’. The members of the Year 8 winning team are: Maja Clark, Alexa Collis, Alysa Geddes, and Sophie Schouten;
- First place – Year 7 Future Problem Solvers team for ‘Presentation of Action Plan’. The members of the winning Year 7 team are: Alice Glover, Tasmin Wingfield, Benjamin Yu, and Joy Zuo;
- First place – Year 8 Individual Problem Solver Genevieve Bainbridge-Smith for ‘Global Issues’;
- Third place – Year 8 Individual Problem Solver William Nicholls for ‘Global Issues’;
- Second Place – Year 7 Future Problem Solvers team for ‘Global Issues Problem Solving’. The members of the team are: Benjamin Edward, Cong (Zilong) Chen, Louis Hyland, and Emmett Lawler.