SHSID Students Won the Championship in USAD Finals

From Apr. 23rd to Apr. 28th 2019, 9 SHSID students with Ms He Yiwei went to Bloomington in the U.S. for the USAD Finals and won the championship in this competition.

USAD stands for United States Academic Decathlon, which is one of the supreme academic competition platforms in the US. Its vision is to provide all students the opportunity to excel academically through team competition. Students who take part in this competition need to learn and compete in 10 different subjects, including math, economics, science, social science, art, music, literature, essay, speech and interview.

This is the fourth time that SHSID students participating in this competition and they achieved the best scores this time. The team won 48 medals in total, including 22 gold medals, 10 silver medals and 16 bronze medals. The number of medals has doubled compared to the last year. The team’s overall score ranked the 1st place in Division II and the 4th place among all the US and international teams. Moreover, students won Overall Individual Awards for 3 gold medals and 2 silver medals.They are Tianyu Pei from 10(5),Calvin Pan from 9(10)and Brandon Wu from 9（10）; Kaiqing Liang from 10（10）and Mason Wang from 10（1）.

Congratulations to these students! For them, taking part in USAD competition is not only an unforgettable experience, but also a life journey harvesting growth and improvements.

上中国际部学生在美国学术十项全能总决赛中勇夺冠军

2019年4月23日至28日，上中国际部共9名学生在何艺玮老师的带领下，赴美国明尼苏达州布卢明顿参加美国学术十项全能总决赛，勇夺冠军。

美国学术十项全能（USAD）是美国首屈一指的高中生综合学术学术活动平台，其宗旨是通过团队学术活动的形式让不同级别的学生在学术方面超越自我。该比赛从数学、经济、科学、社会科学、艺术、音乐、文学、写作、演讲和面试10个领域对学生进行考核。

此次为我校高中部学生第四次参赛，共收获48枚奖牌，22金10银16铜，获得的奖牌数为去年的两倍。团队总分位列分组第一名，在所有美国以及国际队伍中总分位列第四名。此外，分组内个人总分排名情况，10(5)裴天宇、9(10)潘晓非,以及9（10）吴凯力分别获得金牌，10（10）梁凯晴、10（1）王梅森分别获得银牌。这是我校参赛以来的取得的最好成绩。

恭喜上中国际部的学生在国际赛事中再创佳绩，对他们而言，参加USAD不仅仅是一段难忘的比赛经历，更是一段收获成长与蜕变的人生旅程。

Written byHe Yiwei

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