World Scholar’s Cup – The Tournament of Champions at the Yale University

December 19, 2019

The month of November was filled with a competitive spirit as the students of SFHS geared to represent their school in the international arena – the much awaited, final round of the World Scholar’s Cup – The Tournament of Champions at the Yale University. Many begin this competition as an extracurricular, but end it on a bittersweet note. It involves interacting with people by acknowledging their awkwardness, listening to world famous poets’ talk about times they weren’t world famous, eating dinner in the halls alongside students of leading universities, and creating life-long friendships with people that live half way across the world.

The World Scholar’s Cup revolves around 4 (mostly) academic events, which include a debate (where a team doesn’t lose, but ‘lollipops’), MCQ challenge (yes, you can mark 5 options), creative collaborative writing round, and one that involves a clicker (it’s not a matter of surprise if knowledge of famed TV show Brooklyn 99 is a must to succeed).

Our students were a part of the junior and senior teams, which participated in all categories. Their fervor and enthusiasm was evident and they garnered many positions in the various events that were conducted during the span of six days. It was a proud moment for SFHS when their versatile pupil, Pankti Shah was chosen to be the flag bearer of India during the closing ceremony, an honour bestowed on a few.

Junior category (Teams)

1. Ishittta Groverr and Hazel Garg

2. Vyomm Khanna, Aaditya Sharma and Pankti Shah

Senior category (Teams)

1. Deveshi Verma, Myra Pandher Verma and Sehar Gupta

2. Kismattdeep Kaur Dosanjh, Ishika Wadhwa and Zaara Brar

3. Shishir Lamba and Himmat Singh Siag

4. Vaanya Gilhotra, Mayunk Shekhar Singh and Advitya Arora

A visit to Boston and the two coveted universities – MIT and Harvard along with the Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Times Square and the Grand Central Terminal made the trip memorable. Not only this, the Met Museum and Broadway show – The Phantom of the Opera enriched the minds of the students.