Based on their performances at the districtwide Palm Beach County Academic Games League tournament, four students from Wellington Landings Middle School earned invitations to compete at the Academic Games League of America 56th annual national tournament held April 21-24 in Orlando. At the tournament, they represented Palm Beach County as members of the Palm Beach County All Stars team, composed of 53 students from elementary through high school grade levels.
The four WLMS students earned the following awards at the national tournament: Cruz Alvarez won an individual second place (silver) for theme the Cold War and team awards for first place (gold) for theme the Cold War, first place (gold) for Presidents and second place (silver) for Current/World Events; Andrew DellaVecchia won individual award for fifth place Current/World Events, seventh place for theme the Cold War and 13th place for Sweepstakes, and team awards for second place (silver) for Current/World Events, fourth place for theme the Cold War and eighth place for Presidents; Eli Grave de Peralta won an individual second place (silver) award for Current/World Events, and team awards for first place (gold) for theme the Cold War, second place (silver) for Current/World Events and eighth place for Presidents; and Robin Tessa Rawlik won an individual sixth place for Presidents and a team second place (silver) for Presidents.
The Palm Beach County Academic Games League was founded in 1973 and is the local level of the Academic Games League of America (AGLOA). The league features top-performing students from elementary, middle and high schools from across Palm Beach County competing in tournament-style games.
