- April 27, 2025
Flagler County students won 47 awards at the Future Problem Solvers state competition March 23-26 in Orlando. Seventy Flagler students received invitations to the International competition June 4-8 in Bloomington, Indiana.
Flagler County state award winners by school:
Senior Multi-Affiliate Global Issues Competition (MAGIC)
Fourth place: Emma Gilbert, Eva Sites, Laura Herrera
Third place: Lorraine Wilson
Second place: Kashvi Sagar, Karolyn Whitney
First place: Aaradhana Moluguri, Nicki Hollis, and Daniel Payne
Global Issues Senior Individuals
Second place: Desmond Akmentins (Invitation to Internationals)
Global Issues Senior Team
Second place: Victoria Da Silva, Liam Lafferty, Ava Mello, Arianna Slaughter (Invitation to Internationals)
Senior Presentation of Action Plans
Fifth place: Jesus Rodriguez, Ethan Zverinsky, Xander Lascano, Kashvi Sagar
Fourth Place: Alex Whaley, Desmond Akentins, Muhammad Khawaja
Middle Storytelling
Third place: Holden Carleton (Invitation to Internationals)
Middle Creative Writing
Sixth place: Oliver Esquivel Novek
Second place: Holden Carleton (Invitation to Internationals)
Senior Creative Writing
Fifth place: Emma Gilbert
Fourth place: Liam Lafferty
Senior Community Problem Solving
Second place: Project SEW (Saving Earth’s Wardrobe) — Nicki Hollis and Lorraine Wilson (Invitation to Internationals)
Global Issues Senior MAGIC
Fourth place: Matthew Carleton
Second place: Carter Ives
Senior Creative Writing
Second place: Lili Lisowski (Invitation to Internationals)
First place: Ava Muldoon (Invitation to Internationals)
Senior Community Problem Solving
Third place: Project: POV — Brianna O'Malley, Jordan Sauer, Ben Iannotti, Tony Pacilli
First place: Project: AI in Action — Wesley Kopach, Dempsey Manhart, Megan Rhee, Willa Ames, Mary Grace Seward, Diana Kolodiy (Invitation to Internationals)
Global Issues MAGIC
Middle Division:
Sixth place: Adriana Berti, Gabriella Putis
Fifth place: Bella Nong, Jenna Ames, Skye Soler
Fourth place: Priya Vargas, Anthony Demaio, Alexander Fredericks
Third place: Mia Puccio, Sebastian Barnes
Second place: Sophia Gonzalez, Monica Vazquez, Madeline Aguilar
First Place: Jaclynn Crockett, Reagan Rodriguez
Junior Division:
Fifth Place: Bianca Wright, Marlie Sipos
Third place: Kason Davis, Elisei Volkovskiy
Second place: Cam Derie
First place: Elissa Griffin
Global Issues Team
Junior:
Sixth place: Elevyn Thompson, Illiana Stockman, Keziah McCoy, Mia Kopcikova
Middle:
First place: Bella Bailey, Emma Ball, Audrey Westly (Invitation to Internationals)
Creative Writing
Fifth place: Elevyn Thompson
Third place: Audra Snyder (Invitation to Internationals)
Community Problem Solving
Junior Teams:
Third place: News Crew — Magnolia Vandebunte, Gianna DiBitetto, Sophie Berkovich, Kayla Raad, Isabella Cruz
Second place: Healthy Helpers — Kason Davis, Ameera Toolsie, Gia Rego, Yeily Cuevas Melendez, Giuseppina Gitto (Invitation to Internationals)
Middle Teams:
Third place: The Lost Treasures — Gabriel Figueroa, Aaron Po, Madeline Aguilar, Bianca Wright, Shealyn Hardy, Zechariah Wright, Jalia Kidd (Invitation to Internationals)
Second place: Get it Done! — Liliana Fanelli, Avery Mahon, Lucy Simonsen, Alexander Fredericks, Sophia Le, Maria Saman (Invitation to Internationals)
First place: Skill Builders — Emma Ball, Bella Bailey, Bryson Quinones, Audrey Westly (Invitation to Internationals)
Middle Individuals:
Third place: Project Spotlight — Adriana Berti
Second place: The Food Saver — Ogheneovie Umebese (Invitation to Internationals)
Global Issues MAGIC
Second place: Kendon Reinert
Fourth place: Aubrey Marino
Global Issues Junior MAGIC
Third place: Kamden Weisstein
Sixth place: Emma Hoffman
Global Issues Junior Team
Seventh place: Baedan Canfield, Chole Campbell, Emma Norwood, Abby Johnson
Junior Community Problem Solving
First place: Project Occupation Exploration — Lily Vazquez, Kamden Weisstein, Emma Norwood, Gabby Rosales, Sofia Hunchak, Abby Johnson, Jaxon Letterman, Angel Perez, Liam Orr, Dilan Glovada (Invitation to Internationals)
