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Dalton’s Future Problem Solvers Take Top Awards and Advance to Internationals
The hard work of Dalton students in the Future Problem Solvers club—in a rigorous after school program focused upon usage and strengthening of critical and creative thinking skills—is paying off!
Dalton competitors earned some exciting outcomes and awards based on their Global Issues Problem Solving action plans on the topic Living in Poverty during the New York State Bowl.
Students who participated in the club applied the six-step problem-solving method to a future scenario navigating challenges related to living in poverty and wrote a global issues problem-solvers action plan. Judges evaluated and scored their written work after they competed in the state bowl.
Future Problem Solvers follow a six-step approach to problem-solving:
- Identify Challenges Related to the Topic or Future Scene
- Select an Underlying Problem
- Produce Solution Ideas to Address the Underlying Problem
- Generate and Select Criteria to Evaluate Solution Ideas
- Evaluate Solution Ideas to Determine the Better Action Plan
- Develop an Action Plan
While the judges’ invitation to advance to Internationals is extended to our highest placing students, we have many club members who will continue to participate in applying the six-step problem-solving process as they develop innovative solutions for the International Conference topic of Terraforming.
Here are the results of the FPSNY State Awards Ceremony for the 2019-2020 school year:
Junior Division-Global Issues Problem Solvers (Teams)
Second Place Team Members: Sophie Kim-Yatter '26, Jonah Madover '26, and Sam Shapiro '26.
Junior Division- Global Issues Problems Solvers (Individual Competitor)
First Place Individual: Shreya Ranjan '26
Middle Division- Global Issues Problem Solvers (Individual Competitors)
First Place Individual: Mirabelle Zhang '24
Second Place Individual: Cooper Hartog '24
Third Place Individual: Toma Pojarliev '24
Middle Division- Global Issues Problem Solvers (Teams)
First Place Team Members: Minelle Jeddy '23, and Isabella Winckler '23
The ceremony took place virtually and can be viewed here. Future Problem Solvers Club is supervised by Middle School Science Teacher, Ms. Kate Fenner, and Middle and High School Science Teacher, Dr. Alicia Reid, and we are extremely proud of all the incredible work completed by each of the Future Problem Solvers Club members this year. A huge congratulations to all of the FPS club participants for their dedication and hard work throughout the year!
5th Graders
Spencer Chaisanguanthum '27, Rebecca Chung '27, Dylan Ellant '27, Mika Higgins-Woo '27, Nico Molina '27, Jonathan Nallengara '27, Cecilia Pascual '27, Sydney Shaw '27, Jenny Wang '27, Evie Winckler '27, Maya Yamada '27, and Jack Yang '27
6th Graders
Oliver Katz '26, Sophie Kim-Yatter '26, Teddy Liu '26, Jonah Madover '26, Arabella Moffitt '26, Amelia Montgomery '26, Shreya Ranjan '26, Sam Shapiro '26, Jackson Silver '26, and Charlotte Sleeper '26
8th Graders
Cooper Hartog '24, Toma Pojarliev '24, and Mirabelle Zhang '24
9th Graders
Minelle Jeddy '23 and Isabella Winckler '23
Story submitted by FPS Coaches: Dalton Middle School Science Teacher Kate Fenner, and Dalton Middle/High School Science Teacher Dr. Alicia Reid
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