2024 JPN Academic Challenge Winners !!

On March 9, 2024, 23 high school students from all across Georgia studying the Japanese language met for the 2024 Annual Japanese Academic Challenge, sponsored by Kennesaw State University, Symposium on Asia-US Partnership Opportunities (SAUPO),  Temple University Japan Campus, YKK Corporation of America, and the Japan Foundation, and co-organized by The Japan-America Society of Georgia.

The Japan Academic Challenge is an annual quiz bowl-style competition that tests students’ knowledge of Japanese culture, grammar, and language.  The Challenge has 4 different levels: Level I being reserved for students who are currently in their first year of Japanese studies, Level II for second year students, Level III for third year students, and Level IV for fourth year students. This year, a total of 9 teams from 3 Georgia high schools, Milton High School, Riverwood International Charter School, and Roswell High School, competed in the Academic Challenge.

The results are as follows:

2024 Academic Challenge Winners

	Level II 1st:     Roswell High School             Jannat Ahmed, Dalton Peek, Catherine Pearson 2nd:    Milton High School             Nathan Widjaja, Connor Lanier, Andrea Ruiz 3rd:     Riverwood International Charter School             Kayden Childs-Curry, Ellia Meisinger
	Level III 1st:     Milton High School             Sydney Vidmar, Gavin Girard, Toby Chiu 2nd:     Riverwood International Charter School              Mackenzie Grech, Sawyer Vova, Jade Torres Silva 3rd:     Roswell High School B              Emily Frezell, Theodore Dersnah 4th:     Roswell High School A              Feliopater Boshra, Vernonika Boshra
	Level IV  1st:      Roswell High School              Jiayi Christina Sun, Eden Wuttke, Madison Lu 2nd:     Milton High School              Isaac Justino, Francois Van der Merwe

Special Thank You to our Sponsors & Co-Organizers