Students Wins State’s Future Problem Competition

By BEN FIEBERT bfiebert@liherald.com

Baldwin Union Free School District announced students in Baldwin Middle School and Meadow Elementary School, who were among the top winners in this year’s New York Future Problem, NYFPS, competition.

Awards were presented to recognize the New York winners of the Global Issues Program Solving, GIPS, Community Problem Solving, CPS, Scenario Writing, SW, and Presentation of Action Plan competitions, PoAP. In addition, the district also hosted the annual competition at Baldwin Middle School on March 26th.

NYFPS is an education focused nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching young people’s lives by providing them with the necessary framework and skills for creative problem solving in order to empower the next generation of leaders. Students learned a six-step problem solving framework and applied those concepts within the competitions.

The GIPS competition focused on the application of the problem solving method to case studies. GIPS competitors also participated in the PoAP competition where they presented their solution action plans to an audience. CPS is a project-based competition where students tackled issues in their local communities. Students write a futuristic short story based on one of the annual topics for the SW creative writing competition.

The competitions were broken into three divisions based on age. It was broken into the Junior Division, which was grades 4 through 6, Middle Division, grades 7 through 9, and the Senior Division, grades 10 through 12. The first place participants received an invitation to attend the Future Problem Solving International Competition hosted at UMass Amherst on June 7 through 11.

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Meadows Elementary School and Baldwin Middle School participating in the NYFPS this year were recognized for their hard work and achievements at the state competition. Meadows Elementary School students received recognition for their unique book sharing program, which encourages a love for reading, especially for those who can’t easily access books. The Baldwin Middle School’s team identified student wellness as their area of concern and worked together to find solu- tions to benefit their school community.

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