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Noble High students named winners in academic competition
Four Noble High School students are winners in the Academic World Quest competition by the World Affairs Council. Team members Sofia Dillon, Sage Study, Ryan Menter and team captain Rain Bugado now move on to represent Maine in the national competition in April.
The first ever regional, virtual Academic World Quest competition was organized in collaboration with seven sister councils of the World Affairs Council of Maine. Twenty-six teams slogged through 100 questions detailing everything from the future of the U.S. Foreign Service, to the International Labor Organization and Uzbekistan.
Martin Luther King Magnet School in Tennessee and Eastern Valley High School in Illinois won top honors, and will receive scholarships for CIEE’s High School Global Navigator summer programs. Maine will be represented at the national competition in April by Gould Academy, Thornton Academy, and World Quest newcomers, Noble High Sch