EDITED NEWSLETTER VOLUME 5 A.Y. 2024-2025 (3)

History (Bowl) is told by the victors

• Mattea Moreno
• Team
• Saratoga
• (Junior
• High)
• and Team
• Shankara
• (Senior

Adi High) emerged as champions at the Historical Society of Southville’s (HSS) History Bowl

Finals held on November 13, 2024, after defeating three other teams in a four-quarter quiz competition that tested students’ speed, accuracy, and depth of historical knowledge.

The Junior

High division approached the competition with deep focus and calm determination as carefully formulated they their answers.Team

Baochuan— who composed of Noah Jouden, Nikaia Tan, Alleah Alojipan, and Matthew Medina—put up a strong fight and managed to gather 210 points, however Team Saratoga, Mumar featuring

Jose

Veluz, Yamina Abedin, Marcus Sybingco, and Maquisig

Lopez, defeated the other team with 450 points.

Each team answered their packet of questions under a whopping 20 seconds during the third quarter. However, what set their teams scores apart was a single player on Team Saratoga, Jose Mumar Veluz, who question in swept the every fourth quarter “Never without warning. underestimate people. I learned my lesson too late.” said Noah Jouden during interview.

a post-game

The Senior High division was filled with intensity and passion, every contestant could feel the weight of the moment. Members of the Team Mengzi, Caryl Alomia, Sophie

Pangan, Hannah Nixon and Mateo Estanislao, fought hard to gain 160 points.

Team Adi Shankara, led by Kenichi Gallos, Maruyama, Tybalt

Yap

Max and Hanks

Montenegro—who was not present during the finals—triumphed their way to first place with 490 points.

Kenichi’s quick reflexes were the highlight of the match with immediately buzzing the buzzer after only hearing the first three words of the question which threatened his opponents.The friendly rivalry between

Team

Mengzi and Team

Adi Shankara grew more intense as Team Adi Shankara took the lead during the last quarter. Both teams made up in the end and resolved their tension handshakes.

• with warm
• As the excitement settled, Ms.
• Sunny

Patron, the moderator of HSS, opened up her sentiments for the organization. started out

HSS as a only small recruitment club that was made to accommodate and train players for the International History Bee and Bowl (IHBB) and overtime, expanded it to anyone who had interest in history and quiz bees. After Southville qualified the Asian Championships, she and the officers began their plan to aim for the World

Championships.

Don Enrique (King) Padilla, officer of the Historical Society hopes that his team could cultivate a good succession to carry on the legacy of the freshly formed Historical

Society.

The seniors pioneered this event to provide a venue to express their interest in history, and to cultivate the potential of future generations who will surpass the seniors.

NEWS | VOLUME v

“That was my first Best Delegate award, so I was very surprised and happy. I hope our school would join more conferences and win more Best Delegate awards.”

-Joshua Santos

SISCMUN Secretariat