ACS ANNUAL GIVING REPORT 2018-2019 ACS Giving Report 2019-11-novemb | Page 12

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS The 2018-2019 school year was challenging, thrilling, and very successful for the students at the American College of Sofia. The America for Bulgaria Campus Center unveiled new possibilities for them to shine on stage or in the makerspace. Then there were all the “regularly-scheduled” accomplishments. *** On September 30, 2018 four members of the ACS Class of 2019: Taniel Gulian, Kaloyan Kolev, Stoil Nikolov, and Georgi Vichev ranked first in one of the coolest events to take place in Bulgaria that fall, the Red Bull Soapbox race. Their vehicle was called The Teacher (Госпожата). *** In October the ACS boys’ football team, led by coach Borislav Dimitrov and Dean Tam Smith, beat the hosts from the Walworth Barbour American International School in Tel Aviv, the Kiev International School, and the Anglican School of Israel. *** In the first days of November 2018, the Autumn National Physics Competition took place in Sandanski. The majority of participants came from math and science schools from all over the country. ACS was represented by a team of 16 students: grades 9-12 each contributed 4 contestants. They won awards in each grade level, while the seniors won first place as a team. *** ACS senior Christo Simov was awarded the best delegate award for representing Turkey, and fellow senior Joana Nikolova received an honorable mention for representing Austria at the Model United Nations conference organized by Deutsche Schule Sofia on Nov. 9-10. *** In March 2019, ACS team MAL Inc. Oh, comprised of talented 9th and 11th graders and their teacher Radostina 12