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In late March 2019 our students took part in the National Math Competition for Language Schools, and took
a bunch of medals, again. Alexander Zhelyazkov, and Ivan Nikolov from Grade 11 and eighth grader Lubomir
Kotsev qualified for the National Round of the Math Linguistics Olympiad.
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The annual ACS Debates Open returned this year with more participants than ever. Thirteen teams from
all over the country took part, including the Bulgarian National Debates team which features two ACSers.
After 5 exciting rounds and a semi-final, two ACS teams qualified for the final round, securing the victory
for ACS.
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In April, the Human Rights Club successfully held the first of its kind European Court of Human Rights
Mock Trial, together with undergrad law students from Sofia University and practicing lawyers and moot
trainers. Kudos for the smooth execution of the Mock Trial go to ACS Human Rights Club President Kristabel
Konta, Vice-President Dora Angelova, and Rado Angelov, as well as Club Members Maria Tsanova, Karl-Jan
Jakubik, Ralitsa Yolova, Kristina Stratieva, Alina Angelova, and Julie Dimitrova, all of them juniors at ACS.
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Gold medal in math from Thailand for ACS 9th grader Teodor Tankov. Fifteen hundred students from 22
countries took part in the last round of the International Math Olympiad TIMO in Phuket, Thailand. Teodor
Tankov is also Asia Open 2017 Champion.
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At the beginning of spring two ACS students took part in the National Round of the English Speaking Union
Public Speaking competition. The contestants competed on the topic “Nature is a Common Language”.
The jury recognized both ACS representatives: tenth grader Yana Peeva took the second place while senior
Ana-Maria Markovska won the Audience Award.
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