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Summit to return to national WorldQuest competition
December 15, 2011
Clockwise from top left: Junior Adam Chow and seniors Brian Rouillard, Ty Wahlbrink and Mark Samaan.
A team of four Summit Country Day students won the Academic WorldQuest competition sponsored by Greater Cincinnati’s World Affairs Council for the second year in a row. The competition was held Dec. 10 at Northern Kentucky University.
Junior Adam Chow and seniors Brian Rouillard, Mark Samaan, and Ty Wahlbrink will represent the Cincinnati region in the National Academic WorldQuest competition in Washington D.C. in April. Each of the four students won a $200 prize plus an all-expense paid trip with Spanish Teacher Monica Desch and French Teacher Mary Jean Feldhaus to the national event.
Mark and Brian were on the winning regional team last year which competed in Washington. This was the eighth year The Summit has sent a team to the regional WorldQuest competition.
Sponsored by the World Affairs Councils of America, Academic WorldQuest is held in 40 U.S. cities. Participating high schools select four-person teams. Competitors test their knowledge of international affairs, geography, history and current events.
